Painting tape! Some girls ask for pearls, I ask for painting tape.
I asked my husband to buy me 2 inch blue paint tape the last time he went to Home Depot. I was waiting for the usual questions: What was I painting this time? Was it going to be a crazy color like taupe? (my husband is a very beige man!) How much furniture would I need him to move? Or when I was done, would I need new furniture to match the paint? But he didn’t ask any questions. At all! Not even when he came home and handed me the tape!
I wondered if maybe he was starting to trust my decorating choices. Perhaps he forgot the unfortunate incident with Ralph Lauren crackle paint back in ’97. Curiosity finally got the best of me and I asked, “Aren’t you wondering what I’m going to paint?” He said that since there were paint cans in our bedroom, he thought that is where I would be painting. I asked if he wanted to know what color I was going to use (it took me most of 2001 to convince him that the dining room would look good painted cranberry red). He said that all of the painting I had done in this house had been an improvement on what was there (that is not saying much) and that as long as it did not involve crackle paint he was fine with whatever color I chose. Wow, even though he remembered the crackle paint incident he still bought me painting tape. That is definitely a finer thing! Though I am wondering if maybe I should make him a doctor’s appointment…
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Amy @ Finer Things says
Nothing like a new roll of painting tape. 🙂 Think he'd buy some for me? We just put new drywall up in the back porch… 🙂
Struggler says
I'd call the FBI and ask for your real husband back. They've obviously abducted him and put an impostor in your place.
But, seriously, how nice not to have to cajole and persuade over every little decision!
Amanda says
Ack crackle paint. LOL Those were the days.
Please share before and after pictures. I'd love to see your project.
Amy Lynne says
TOO FUNNY!
The Thrifty Countrywoman says
Congratulations on getting your husband to that point! I don't know why it takes so much time because generally men don't give two hoots about the decor.