Hoy finalmente pudimos comenzar a pintar en casa, y eso me tiene realmente feliz (a pesar de los problemas el茅ctricos), porque finalmente podremos organizar todo para recibir la navidad en nuestro hogar, pues a pesar de que he hecho muchas cositas para decorar, sin pintar ni hacer una limpieza profunda no pod铆a poner absolutamente nada, as铆 que oficialmente iniciamos los preparativos para poner la casa linda.
Para los que siguen mi blog, seguramente recordar谩n mi pared roja, que viene siendo la pared focal de la sala, color que tambi茅n tiene la entrada a mi cocina, y una de las paredes de la cocina como tal, y aunque de verdad amo este color y mi mural con palabras, ya es momento de cambiar un poco el estilo en casa.
Y como ya mis chicos est谩n grandes puedo experimentar con tonos m谩s claros sin temor a que se ensucien a cada instante por sus manitos traviesas, y los colores que escogimos para este cambio son el blanco y el gris, que son los colores que utilizamos en nuestra habitaci贸n y que definitivamente crean un ambiente muy luminoso, adem谩s de acogedor.
As铆 que el gris pasa a tomar el lugar del rojo, y el blanco arena est谩 siendo sustituido por un blanco puro, y como se podr谩n imaginar poder pasar del rojo al gris lleva su proceso, y por aqu铆 les cuento lo que hicimos previo a comenzar a pintar.
En primer lugar se movieron los muebles para despejar el 谩rea que se iba a pintar, cosa que hice junto con mi esposo hace unos d铆as, pero con el tema de la electricidad de verdad no hab铆a tenido muchas fuerzas para hacer gran cosa y las horas con electricidad eran escasas.
Hoy, a pesar de pasar la noche entera sin luz, de dormir fatal, y del calor horrible que hace en la isla decid铆 comenzar a pintar, as铆 que limpi茅 muy bien las paredes con un pa帽o h煤medo para eliminar el polvo y cualquier cosita que pudiese estar pegada a la pared, y con la escoba limpi茅 todo el rodapie y comenc茅 a trabajar con la pared roja, a la que d铆 una capa de color blanco para que sea mucho m谩s f谩cil de cubrir con el gris.
Pint茅 hasta donde mi metro sesenta y cinco me lo permiten y dej茅 la parte de arriba para mi esposo, porque la verdad no me gusta usar la escalera, asi que pint茅 la pared roja con una capa de blanco y las otras dos paredes que forman nuestra peque帽a sala y en la tarde mi esposo se encarg贸 de pintar las partes en las zonas que yo no alcanzo.
Luego de esperar las 4 horas, que indica la pintura para aplicar la segunda capa, apliqu茅 la primera capa de gris, una vez m谩s hasta la altura que pude, y mi esposo, si la electricidad nos acompa帽a terminar谩 la parte de arriba m谩s tarde, as铆 como las esquinas porque no encontr茅 la cinta de papel para no da帽ar la pared blanca, as铆 que le toca a Jos茅.
Ya para ma帽ana viene la capa final de la pared gris y de las paredes blancas, pero este paso lo haremos con el rodillo para que el color quede m谩s uniforme y sin las vetas que suele dejar el uso de la brocha, y quiz谩 sea mi esposo el encargado de esta tarea porque sinceramente ya estoy cansada jajaja, no es cierto, es solo que 茅l trabaja mucho mejor con el rodillo.
Como ven a煤n falta bastante, pero ya arrancamos y espero que ma帽ana podamos terminar esta parte para organizar los muebles y las decoraciones navide帽as. As铆 que est茅n atentos de los avances. Ruego a Dios que la luz se porte bien 馃槈
Today we were finally able to start painting at home, and that makes me really happy (despite the electrical problems), because we can finally organize everything to receive Christmas in our home, because although I have done many little things to decorate, without painting and deep cleaning I could not put absolutely nothing, so we officially started the preparations to make the house beautiful.
For those of you who follow my blog, you probably remember my red wall, which has been the focal wall of the living room, color that also has the entrance to my kitchen, and one of the walls of the kitchen as such, and although I really love this color and my mural with words, it's time to change the style at home.
And since my boys are now grown up I can experiment with lighter tones without fear of them getting dirty at every moment because of their naughty little hands, and the colors we chose for this change are white and gray, which are the colors we use in our bedroom and definitely create a very bright and cozy atmosphere.
So the gray is taking the place of the red, and the sandy white is being replaced by a pure white, and as you can imagine going from red to gray takes a bit of a process, and here's what we did before we started painting.
First of all the furniture was moved to clear the area to be painted, which I did together with my husband a few days ago, but with the electricity issue I really had not had much strength to do much and the hours with electricity were scarce.
Today, despite spending the whole night without light, sleeping terribly, and the horrible heat on the island I decided to start painting, so I cleaned the walls very well with a damp cloth to remove dust and any little thing that might be stuck to the wall, and with the broom I cleaned all the baseboard and started working with the red wall, to which I gave a coat of white color to make it much easier to cover with the gray.
I painted as far as my 5'5" frame would allow and left the top part for my husband, because I really don't like to use the ladder, so I painted the red wall with a coat of white and the other two walls that make up our little living room and in the afternoon my husband took care of painting the parts in the areas that I couldn't reach.
After waiting the 4 hours that the paint indicates to apply the second coat, I applied the first coat of gray, once again up to the height I could, and my husband, if the electricity accompanies us will finish the top part later, as well as the corners because I did not find the paper tape to avoid damaging the white wall, so it is Jos茅's turn.
Tomorrow comes the final coat of the gray wall and the white walls, but this step will be done with the roller so that the color is more uniform and without the streaks that usually leaves the use of the brush, and maybe my husband will be in charge of this task because honestly I'm already tired hahaha, it's not true, it's just that he works much better with the roller.
As you can see there is still a long way to go, but we have already started and I hope that tomorrow we can finish this part to organize the furniture and Christmas decorations. So stay tuned for progress. I pray to God that the light will be good 馃槈
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