Today was pretty productive, considering I didn’t actually start anything until 4:00. I’m always happy when I remember how much nicer paint is than primer – primer gets everywhere and spatters and glops and is always really annoying, so switching to paint is a relief – it goes on nice and smooth and is pretty. Admittedly, I only got to do one coat today, so though it’s hard to see in the photos, it’s not actually pretty yet, it’s more haphazard strips where it’s thinner so you can see the primer coming through, and brushstrokes at edges and general weirdness, but at least if you squint, the room’s starting to look like part of the house instead of some strange other place (my eldest sister once called it “the land of knotty pine”). So here are today’s progress photos, where the walls have been painted tan, but nothing else has changed…