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Okay, so I told you I am not a DYI person.  Many, many years ago I painted my boys room blue.  A friend told me to use high gloss paint because everything would wash off and she was right.  However, when my girls moved into the room this fall, I thought I would change the color, so I chose a beautiful shade of yellow.  I painted the yellow on and it slid right back off of the walls.  After a frustrating hour or two I realized it was probably the high gloss paint that was causing the problem.  Since I was using a paint and primer all in one I figured one more coat would probably fix the problem and if not, two would for sure. Three coats of paint later the  walls looked better, but still really bad.  So I went to Home Depot and asked them what I should do.  They told me I needed to killz the whole room.  Let it dry at least 24 hours and paint again.  Well I painted the whole room with killz and it looked worse, I was really worried. My older daughter asked at this point if we could paint her room pink instead of yellow and I thought why not I have to buy more paint anyhow.  After letting the paint dry for three days, I painted it this beautiful color of pink.  In total it took me three months from start to finish. I haven’t felt like painting again.....

 
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Do you suffer from CHAOS - Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome? I do and Fly Lady has helped me a lot with establishing routines.  She does this free of cost  It is a wonderful program and I suggest you look at it if your suffer from CHAOS.

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    I am not Martha Stewart! I have serious problems with housework and my idea of DYI is painting my daughters room pink. I will use this blog to show you things that really are helpful or easy. Also any projects that I do.

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    My Name is Leah and I am a wife and a mother to 5 amazing children. I like to cook, read, and I like all things pretty. Contact me at [email protected].

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