My relationship with No. 2 and No. 4
Nothing to do with Number Six.
Apart from a couple of almost welcome interludes with painting the pocket door white with a 2 1/2” brush (and family issues, today has been quite a colourful day) I have spent most of it with No. 2 and No. 4 craft brushes doing touch-up. In my distant past these would have been used on Airfix models or role-playing figures.
The touch-up was a little around the house (white on veneer in the bathroom and kitchen) but was principally the bland green in the living room. Which took hours.
Should anyone ever be looking for a c100 year old Craftsman cottage with original varnished wood interior and plaster-and-lathe walls that have been painted with varying degrees of carefulness and quality at least a dozen or so times, let me tell you – it took as long to do touch-up as it did to do one coat of primer and two coats of paint.
But, if that’s the type of house you want (and we’re heading down that path again, no timber-frame knock-up job in the ‘burbs for us, even if it does have perfect drywall and shining white trim) then that’s the work you have to do. And I did. Even if it’s just so it looks decent enough to sell.
The horror is, of course, is that if we don’t hit our deadlines for buying/selling: I’ll have to do this all again in 4 months with a colour we can live with.
