A Derf Story

Last year, I went on a painting spree. I painted the guest bedroom, the guest bathroom, the master bathroom, and the half bathroom (twice – another Derf story for another time.)

During one of the various paint sales at Home Depot, I bought a gallon of paint to do the master bedroom as well (this is before I ran out of steam) in Behr “Monaco” – a very pretty soft blue that will make our room all nice and tranquil and sleepy.

Probably mid-guest room, I realized that one gallon would not be enough to do the master bedroom (probably because I was cutting it close on the guest bedroom, which is about 2/3 the size of the master), but by this time I had also realized what a hassle it would end up being to do the master bedroom (got to move all our immediate-living things out, unplug the network, move all the furniture to the center of the room, live in the guest room for a week…), so I decided to put off getting that other gallon and/or maybe I just wouldn’t paint the room at all.

Well this weekend, I spent a few hours touching up the ceiling and trim in the half bath and realized how productive I feel when I get a room all clean and painted (the previous owners had terrible taste in colors and even worse technique). I decided I would touch up the master bathroom this coming weekend, and I resolved to paint the master bedroom this year.

Side note: Funny how my list of resolutions was nonexistent on Jan 1, but now I’ve got four time-and-patience consuming tasks (change name on car loan; move two 401ks; paint master bedroom) lined up… But I digress.

Anyway, Home Depot is having a 4th of July paint sale going on now ($6 off per gallon - woohoo!) so I figured, what better time to go ahead and get that other gallon? There's a Home Depot right near my office, so I dashed out this afternoon, found my paint card to give to the Paint People, and stood in line for a good 3 minutes before I realized, I don’t know which finish the gallon I already have is in.

So now I have a paint chip but no paint. It’s all right – painting the bedroom wasn’t going to happen this month anyway, and the sale goes on through this Saturday, and I can go later this week.

But still. Derf.

Update 07/05 - Paint acquired! One gallon, Monaco, Satin finish.