Operation Nursery Phase 2

Today was my last day of break. I planned to do a whole lotta' nothin'. JZ had another idea in mind - Operation Nursery Phase 2! I thought a better plan would be to wait about 6 more weeks. Then my dad will be here and Papa could help instead of me. Nope, JZ was super excited (so cute!) and thought it was a project for Mommy and Daddy. That's me, I'm in!

We have decided to paint horizontal stripes around the room in khaki, orange, and green. Very cool, but yowsa, that's a lot of work! We are far from finished, but but got a great start.

We tried to find a web site that gave specific directions to painting horizontal lines like ours. No luck. That's ok, we have written our own how-to manual!Before: Move all of the furniture out of the room. House it all in the guest room and the hallway (making it nearly impossible for a pregnant woman to get by!).


Step 1: Measure and mark lines all the way around the room. Note: This step does not work very well if your floors and walls are not straight (like ours!)

Step 2: Use the laser level to (try and) line up all of the marks. Again, if nothing in your house is straight, this is tricky!
Step 3: Try not to step on the "helper" dog. Try to get her to lay under the crib. She's sort of out of the way there!
Step 4: Measure 14 inches above the absolutely perfect first line and make more marks. The corners can be a little tight, so you may have to smash your face into the wall to make it line up!

Step 5: Snap chalk lines all the way around the room. Note: Black and red chalk lines are permanent, so use blue. If (like us) you only have black chalk, borrow one from a friend. Make sure to make this kind soul go to Lowe's to get more chalk first. Also, it seems that black chalk is not only permanent on the wall but also on the carpet. Oops, put the tarps down BEFORE you start playing with chalk!

Step 6: Repeat steps 1-5 once more a few feet down the wall. Voila! You have a perfectly chalked room.

Now comes the taping, painting, retaping, painting...

Good thing we have 4 more months!