Some things in this world are perfect…
I mean, how could you possibly improve on that Peanut Butter-Chocolate Sensation?
It’s what happens when you eat fifteen of them, five days in a row and need to wear your already shrinking dress pants that’s not perfect…
So, it is possible to have a bit of perfection in your life.
And I found it.
I know the secret to painting perfect stripes on walls…
And here it is…
Step 1. Use a laser lever…like this one that clings to the wall like a scum-eating sucker fish… (Thanks Beth for reminding me to pull this puppy out!)
First you need to do the math and figure our how wide your stripes are… but you are on your own for that, yo!
Step 2. Tape off your stripes. I found that making pencil along the laser line before you start taping an immense help. Duh.
So make sure you do that and you won’t have to re-tape five times because you have wavy lines of tape going up and down your soon to be perfectly striped wall…
Step 3. This is the vital step… the salt to your flour… the take a right turn when your GPS says to… the walk before you can run…
The Make It or Break It step…
Seal your tape with the base paint color.
Do it, my bleeps. I hemmed and hawed and thought of thrity-eleven reasons why I should skip this step.
I’m a fan of the lazy.
But this time, I wanted PERFECTION. I needed it in my life at this very moment.
So I chucked Lazy to the curb and put a DO NOT DISTRUB sign on the doorknob, shut the door and locked it tight.
And then I let this cute-cute-cutey save me from some hard labor have some fun!
Isn’t he cute? Oh, be still my beating heart…
I’m easily sidetracked..sorry.
Step 4 or something… Paint two coats or so of the stripe color. Then gently peel off the tape and listen for the chorus of Angels singing sweet heavenly songs in your ears…
Angel Choirs. Seriously…
Ah, Perfection. It couldn’t get any better…
Unless you want to stencil the white space, yo.
Love lift us up where we belong…
Where the eagles cry on a mountain high…
So, how about it?
Are you a fan of the lazy or are you a do-it-right-the-first-time fan?
Paint Color: Rain by Sherwin Williams