Okay, I was on the show on the 11th. A few people called into the show and one actually is going to be my savior so to speak. He is going to do the following (he is a painter by trade, but also works for a rental property complex so he knows how to do a lot of stuff):
Fix my cracked ceilings!!! YES! And then repaint over them
Install some new lighting in the kitchen while he's doing the ceilings (I will buy these)
Sand and strip off the paint in our living room - the trim paint which must have, I dunno 12 layers of paint and it looks so bad.
Repaint our parlour room after he fixes those cracks on the walls
Paint the ENTIRE exterior of the house
FREE LABOR! FREE PAINT AND SUPPLIES! He got a local paint store chain to donate $700+ worth of paint and such. I can't believe it!
He is coming over today with paint samples. I am going to paint the exterior a pale, pale gray (like a dove gray) with federal navy trim with very subtle dark scarlet red accents (our house has the old windows where you do the main trim in one color and then the little trim another color- this will be the red)....my husband has always wanted a red, white and blue themed house so this will be close enough! I didn't want it to be tacky!
Isn't that awesome! I'm going to ask a friend if I pay him $100 or so if he will install the floor molding before Bob gets back.
I felt pretty comfortable while they were talking to me on air. My friend said I sounded "perky."
Thanks for asking!!
