Paint paint paint paint paint

Sometimes it feels like all I do at the cottage is paint.

Paint paint paint paint paint paint.

There's nothing like a fresh coat of paint to make anything look and feel cleaner and the lodge could use a super-sized dollop of "cleaner". Painting is something I don't mind doing because the satisfaction of making something look better is immediate. Also, I'm less likely to pound myself in the thumb with a hammer while painting.

If you're curious, these are my all-time favourite painting brushes:

A 2" short-handled sash (angled) brush with nylon bristles and a rubber grip. I could paint forever with one of these little monsters, and they're great for free-handing trim.


The latest area of the lodge to be attacked with a sash brush and some paint is the pantry/tool closet in the hallway. Someday it will be just a pantry again.

Here's what we got when we bought the place:

Remember these? Pine panelling, retro orange plastic inserts?

Zekzy.

Well, here's what they look like today:

Quite an improvement.

I like having closet doors again (made by Handy Dad and painted by Painty Mom) to hide away the mess. Dad is demonstrating the "how to keep the closet doors closed" technique. Because the doors are flat, and square. And the pantry itself? Not so much. Because this is Hodge Podge Lodge. So we'll be buying some door latches to hold the pantry doors closed.