House stuff!
I bought some wallpaper and it is here, as is the paste. I severely underestimated how long it would take to strip the old wallpaper off the walls (I thought it would be easy, given its advanced age, hahahaha). So I'm going to cheat with a couple of the walls (one has a plug socket, and I don't want water running down into it for obvious reasons), and just paper straight over them.
Besides, I will have plenty more opportunities to strip old wallpaper, as I decided I'm going to paint the downstairs hallway and also the stairs walls.
I bought a paint tester of a very pale blue Dulux paint* the other day, stripped a bit of the wall, and applied it. And although it's not as pale as I anticipated now it's dried, I think it's the right choice. The hallway/staircase is the darkest section of the house, so it needs something to brighten it up. Now I just need to strip the walls, heh. But that can wait. I'm wallpapering first!
I'm also going to repaint the cupboard/room doors, as they really need it, and they are currently a boring cream colour. They'll probably end up some shade of blue or green, but a lot darker than the walls, I'm thinking. But that's for a much later date to think about.
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In non-house news, I bought Balatro, and I am thoroughly suckered into that game, omg. I don't know as I understand the rules one hundred percent, but I'm having fun. Which is the main thing!
I also discovered some new artists, and spent a lot of yesterday on pinterest just looking at art, which was nice! I also woke up excited to draw, and I did actually then do that! Not a lot, but I am focussing on drawing people, as it's something I want to do, and miss doing. It's also my comfort zone, as it's something I've done (almost) persistently since I was a teenager and I taught myself to draw.
And because of the one artist I discovered, I thought about buying myself an A3 sketchbook for a birthday present. This is not a new urge, I was going to do it a year ago, but I didn't (for whatever reason; it's possible the store I was in didn't have the exact thing I wanted, so I couldn't get it). HOWEVER. When I used an A4 sketchbook about a year ago, I was like, "FUCK ME THIS THING IS MASSIVE!" as I'd got used to drawing in smaller (A5) books. So an A3 one feels like infinite massiveness in comparison.
(But I get why that artist uses sketchbooks that size - her art is very detailed and, obviously, the bigger you draw, the more detail you can put in. I myself do not really do very detailed work, so do I need a book that big? Probably not).
I also also did a run to a charity shop the other day. It's needed doing, and I was just putting it off. And it got me out of the house. The stuff I was taking wasn't particularly heavy, more bulky and, while it was a pain in the arse to take on the bus, I did it, and now it's done. And I am going again next week with some more stuff, but possibly not to the same place.
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*Mineral Mist, for anyone who's interested.
I bought some wallpaper and it is here, as is the paste. I severely underestimated how long it would take to strip the old wallpaper off the walls (I thought it would be easy, given its advanced age, hahahaha). So I'm going to cheat with a couple of the walls (one has a plug socket, and I don't want water running down into it for obvious reasons), and just paper straight over them.
Besides, I will have plenty more opportunities to strip old wallpaper, as I decided I'm going to paint the downstairs hallway and also the stairs walls.
I bought a paint tester of a very pale blue Dulux paint* the other day, stripped a bit of the wall, and applied it. And although it's not as pale as I anticipated now it's dried, I think it's the right choice. The hallway/staircase is the darkest section of the house, so it needs something to brighten it up. Now I just need to strip the walls, heh. But that can wait. I'm wallpapering first!
I'm also going to repaint the cupboard/room doors, as they really need it, and they are currently a boring cream colour. They'll probably end up some shade of blue or green, but a lot darker than the walls, I'm thinking. But that's for a much later date to think about.
~
In non-house news, I bought Balatro, and I am thoroughly suckered into that game, omg. I don't know as I understand the rules one hundred percent, but I'm having fun. Which is the main thing!
I also discovered some new artists, and spent a lot of yesterday on pinterest just looking at art, which was nice! I also woke up excited to draw, and I did actually then do that! Not a lot, but I am focussing on drawing people, as it's something I want to do, and miss doing. It's also my comfort zone, as it's something I've done (almost) persistently since I was a teenager and I taught myself to draw.
And because of the one artist I discovered, I thought about buying myself an A3 sketchbook for a birthday present. This is not a new urge, I was going to do it a year ago, but I didn't (for whatever reason; it's possible the store I was in didn't have the exact thing I wanted, so I couldn't get it). HOWEVER. When I used an A4 sketchbook about a year ago, I was like, "FUCK ME THIS THING IS MASSIVE!" as I'd got used to drawing in smaller (A5) books. So an A3 one feels like infinite massiveness in comparison.
(But I get why that artist uses sketchbooks that size - her art is very detailed and, obviously, the bigger you draw, the more detail you can put in. I myself do not really do very detailed work, so do I need a book that big? Probably not).
I also also did a run to a charity shop the other day. It's needed doing, and I was just putting it off. And it got me out of the house. The stuff I was taking wasn't particularly heavy, more bulky and, while it was a pain in the arse to take on the bus, I did it, and now it's done. And I am going again next week with some more stuff, but possibly not to the same place.
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*Mineral Mist, for anyone who's interested.
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