Is Anybody Working?
I had set as my intention- and project- for this week to paint and update the spare bedroom in my house. The walls had long been dingy and still bore many marks from the previous residents who had occupied these premises more than twelve years ago. High time, I thought, to turn this room into something more welcoming...and so I bought the paint, did the wall prep (filling in the numerous nail holes, dings, etc.), moved and covered the furniture, and set about the task, a little at a time. If you have ever undertaken a painting task, you know that it involves cutting in- by brush- around the edges: along the ceiling, the baseboards, and in the case of my lovely old home, along the crown molding, windows, and four doors. (two closets, an attic, and the door into the room.) Then came the rolling...the prestidigitation of turning dingy walls into fresh, bright, clean ones. Last came the woodwork- which you might already realize is considerable in this admittedly small...