10 THINGS WE LEARNED ABOUT PAINTING

I'm already starting to do the nostalgic end-of-the-year reminiscing that is usually reserved for December 31st, but since it's #tbt and no one is stopping me, here is a list about the day we painted our new apartment this summer and learned a lot of things:

1. Painting actually takes a lot of time and effort and isn't as easy as it looks on edited HGTV home improvement shows.

2. Trying to paint an entire apartment in one day is insane.

3. Your hands swell up when you paint nonstop all day. 

4. The Pandora station that you loved listening to before will actually start to drive you insane after you've been listening to it for hours and you will never be able to listen to it ever again.

5. You will work so hard trying to get it done quickly that you will enter this hyper-focused zone where you will forget to eat or drink until you almost pass out. 

6. You will keep repeating and laughing at the same joke over and over again until all you're saying is one word of the joke and it's somehow still just as funny (For us, this word was "kitten").

7. No matter how many tarps you put down, you will get paint on the carpet and no amount of stain remover will get it out. 

8. Even when you think you're done, there will always be little thin sections where the primer shows through a bit and at some point you just have to stop running back with a paint brush to fix things and raise your flag of surrender (which will probably also have paint on it). 

9. Taping beforehand is the worst thing in the world and takes just as long as painting but if you don't do it your house will look ridiculous. 

10. And, most importantly, NEVER PAINT YOUR HOUSE A HORRENDOUS DARK PURPLE AND TEAL BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO MOVE IN AFTER YOU WILL HAVE TO PAINT THE ENTIRE HOUSE IN A DAY TO FIX THE ATROCITY YOU CAUSED AND THEY WILL CURSE YOU AND STEAL YOUR FIRST-BORN SON.