{"id":9083,"date":"2015-04-07T14:58:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T19:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?p=9083"},"modified":"2015-04-07T14:58:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T19:58:22","slug":"painting-the-basement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/?p=9083","title":{"rendered":"Painting the Basement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It took two coats of paint on every wall (which I expected) and two full days of painting which equaled one very sore pregnant lady&#8230; but I got it done!\u00a0 We had a few small dings and scratches to patch and sand along the way, so it&#8217;s nice to have those taken care of for now.\u00a0 The whole basement feels much more clean.\u00a0 I love it.\u00a0 Here are a few before and after pictures (although the before ones are not the best&#8230;)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9093\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0142.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9093\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9093\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0142-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Basement before:  walls were a light greenish color and then a darker tealish color by the tv\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0142-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0142-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basement before: walls were a light greenish color and then a darker tealish color by the tv<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9092\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0049.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9092\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9092\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0049-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Here's another picture of the color before.  It's hard to see on the screen, but it was definitely green\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0049-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0049-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s another picture of the color before. It&#8217;s hard to see on the screen, but it was definitely green<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9089\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-before-deco-wall.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9089\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9089\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-before-deco-wall-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"And one more before... \" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-before-deco-wall-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-before-deco-wall-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And one more before&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9085\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-deco-wall.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9085\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9085\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-deco-wall-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Now the after:  we did white on the top and gray on the bottom\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-deco-wall-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-deco-wall-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now the after: we did white on the top and gray on the bottom<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9087\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-tv-wall.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9087\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9087\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-tv-wall-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"The tv wall got a coat of blue\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-tv-wall-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-tv-wall-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tv wall got a coat of blue<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9091\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-before-tv-wall.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9091\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9091\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-before-tv-wall-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Here's the in process picture as we were testing paint.  The colors were similar but just enough different that we couldn't leave the tv wall unpainted\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-before-tv-wall-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-before-tv-wall-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s the in process picture as we were testing paint. The colors were similar but just enough different that we couldn&#8217;t leave the tv wall unpainted<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9084\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-bottom-of-stairs.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9084\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9084\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-bottom-of-stairs-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"The bottom of the steps also became gray and the whole steps area at the bottom and on the way up were painted white\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-bottom-of-stairs-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/basement-after-bottom-of-stairs-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bottom of the steps also became gray and the whole steps area at the bottom and on the way up were painted white<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took two coats of paint on every wall (which I expected) and two full days of painting which equaled one very sore pregnant lady&#8230; but I got it done!\u00a0 We had a few small dings and scratches to patch and sand along the way, so it&#8217;s nice to have those taken care of for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9083"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9094,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9083\/revisions\/9094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}