One of my long time items on my project list has been to paint our laundry room. We have lived in our home for 4 years and that room, and a few others, still has the original flat primer it was built with. So after too much time on Pinterest I found my idea…stripes. So after I completed the base satin finish paint I moved on to taping.
Taping the lines
I would be lying if I said this was the fun part. I decided on a smaller 4 inch stripe. This meant a lot of measuring and lot of tape. This was the progress I made in about 30 minutes. Thank goodness it is a small room.
Mommy’s Helpers
That’s right, Mommy has 2 little helpers. I went off to look to the intertubes for advice on taping only to return to a closed laundry room door. To my horror my 18m old and 33m old had removed the tape and even drew me a few lines. While my husband thought it was hilarious I thought about crying. The little ones said, “We are helping Mommy. Pres is doing tape and I am making lines.” So cute!
Painting
Painting was the easy part. I was smart this time and waited for the kids to go to bed which meant for continuous, distraction free painting. Once the painting was complete I requested the help of my husband to remove the tape before the paint dried.
The finished product
I finally got to hang up my Mother’s Day gift! I love this phrase because in a home full of kids…it is so true!!! I think once the paint has dried I will hang up a little clothes line under the quote, add some clothes pins, and a few things. I was thinking maybe a pair of jeans with a hole in the knee, a sock or 2, and a stained up baby shirt.