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More Painting at Katie’s

Sat., September 16, 2006

As a follow-up to helping paint Katie’s bedroom in February, I headed out to Jersey City this afternoon to help paint her living room.

The A train and PATH train were running in perfect synch with my schedule, so I arrived in New Jersey early. To pass the time, I sat in Van Vorst Park to read, then walked by the Jersey City Free Public Library, which was throwing out a bunch of card catalogs. I wanted to enact a Dumpster dive mission, though there’d be no way I could lug that furniture back home on public transport.

Andie came over to help paint, too, and everything went smoothly. We even bothered this time to unscrew and remove the light switch, ventilation and electrical outlet faceplates. Katie’s cats were allowed to roam around until it became clear they were desperately interested in inspecting the full paint trays, so we shut them in the bedroom for the remainder of our session.

The room looks even better now, brighter and more cheery with light orangey-brown walls, which sounds gross but looks Martha Stewarty in a good way. We left the distinctive Art Deco-style molding around the windows and kitchen doorway painted white, which makes them stand out.

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