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We’ve decided to cope with our sadness by painting. Yay! We’re finally making some decisions on paint colors. The living room should be finished tonight. We started the project over the weekend and very spontaneously decided to do accents walls. Yes, plural. I’ll point out the specifics when I post the final pictures, but we got the planned accent walls done late Sunday night and decided it was too much. We spent last night priming and painting one wall and are so glad we did. I have words of wisdom, people. Are you ready?

Primer is a marriage saver.

That’s right. If you find yourself in a situation where you’re dying to slap a bold color on the wall and the man at Lowe’s recommends primer, heed his advice. Especially with red. We would have died of annoyance had we not used primer. However, don’t always believe Lowe’s Man when he says it’s not necessary to spend a lot of time worrying about getting good coverage with the primer or edging the trimwork or cutting in. Edge the trim and cut in. You’ll save yourself a major headache.

Pics to come soon!