Littlest Room...walking on...

so to START with

the floors in the littlest room were SCARY to say the least

remember this???

and this??

and how even after sweeping all that mess up

it STUCK

like THIS???

and 

???

well  friends,

CLEAN UP TIME

 HAS COME!

and try as I might

I could find no ACTUAL way to get the floors clean

other than 

a good old fashioned scrub brush

some Murphy's Oil Soap

H20 in a bucket

and

 a wee bit of elbow grease

and

 knee grease for that matter ...

 (ouch!)

yep... 

it was a LABOR of love 

I started to feel the connection one feels to Ma Engles 

of Little House in the Big Wood

that floor was FILTHY!

started remembering the Last Samuri

and how that gal shot dagger eyes at tom cruise

when he just walked across the floor with his muddy boots 

after she cleaned the WHOLE floor...

yep..

after using all sorts of fancy floor cleaning items

and owning nice shiny floors

I started feeling a kindred spirit to women of the ages

and it was good

(painful) but good...

not that I need to bond with them all too often...

just once per room it would seem...

ugh

doesn't THAT look nice..???

wash your feet before entering!

I waited till the floors were dry

and got out my SMART PRIME!

by guess who?

Zissner ! :)

I edged it out keeping with the grain

i ended up going over that far wall on the right a second time 

realizing my mistake.. the people had previously stained AROUND only the rug

leaving beneath the rug BARE! 

thus where they stained will be more difficult to cover...

so I will go over that again

there all done..

time to dry!

tomorrow..

time for painting!

color?

white!!!

this is the smallest

darkest room in the house

and I want it to be the lightest

airy-iest

most romantic

dreamiest

room in the whole house

because it is going to be MINE!

now..

to shop online for MY new bed!

bliss!

Littlest Room! Ceiling!!!!!

Yep...

Those Super Savvy Mamma's prepped the Littlest Room

but it's time to start finishing it up!

and I rather like going

Top down

so...

we

shall start with the ceiling

and 

as I adore Zissner products

loving how it goes ON pink

and dries white

(Can you see it?)

I decided to have Machine Man put it on...

His being so tall..

He's just naturally CLOSER to the ceiling...

it's easier for him..

sort of like my theory of having the children pick things up off the floor

because they are shorter

and the items are CLOSER to them...

works for me!

LOOKS GOOD!

when it is dry it is pink 

I am sooo excited!

Wait till you see the color I picked for the walls!

I wonder how it will SHOW on the blog though.. hmmmm 

happy painting!

The Littlest Room Part 7 MEETS the Glamour Moms

ok

so those nasty dirty walls are CLEAN!

Time to Prime them with some fabulous prime stuff I picked up 

AT 

(drum roll)

my local 

(yes LOCAL)

True Value Dealer

it's Smart Prime by

Zinsser

Why THIS primer?

was it on sale?

nope

NOPE?

WHY then would you pay SO much for a PRIMER?

well.

read THIS

"Smart Prime was developed to give contractors everything they expect from an oil-base primer in a water-base formula that's VOC compliant everywhere," said Tim O'Reilly, business manager for Zinsser primers. "It combines the dependable stain-blocking of an oil-base with the exterior flexibility of a water-base – without sacrificing the convenience contactors are looking for – fast dry time, low-odor and easy soap and water clean-up."

If you want to READ MORE click on

 READ MORE

for a really HELPFUL article on it.. 

it's where I got that cool quote by the way 

so I guess that I get excited about things like that, 

things like LOW VOC. 

WHY?

because.. 

a)it's a great product

b) I have LESS chance of becoming SEVERELY ILL

I have some serious chemical sensitivies..

and I have to THINK before I buy,

I have to research, and consider SO many things

(yes... like HOW icky my walls are)

With a gallon of that amazing Primer

we glamour moms 

(oh YES I get to say that, 

because it's MY BLOG)

we glamour moms

decided to TRIM the room out

for the girls to fill in

they were busy BEING young ladies

playing games

giggling

having fun mostly

but we glamour moms

trimmed out the edges

with some wine 

and some tunes

I was SHOCKED to learn Mrs O has never really

 painted

so here she is

being BAPTIZED

 into the wonderful world of 

priming and painting

I wonder if she'll 

catch the bug..

hmmm

ONLY time will tell 

perhaps 2 gallons would have been smarter

I didn't realize 

HOW VERY 

hungry my Pretty Plaster walls would be!

I keep using all this FABULOUS stuff

and well

will we HAVE enough?

here's a SUPER cool photo showing 

JUST how amazing a difference 

SLATHERING

the primer 

is making already!

whatcha think?

isn't it fantastic?

the wall

and the fabulous job

Mrs O

is doing...

uh oh..

this is SO much fun

we had 

BETTER GET OUT

and let the girls 

to THEIR THING

or..

we may be IN trouble

(off we go wine in hand)

gee

wish I would have got a photo

of any ONE of us

with brush in one hand

wine glass in the other

then you TOO might believe 

we are

THE

GLAMOUR

MOMS