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| From Flourish Design + Style |
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| From Thrifty Decor Chick |
But, do you know what it looks like after a few decades? Crap. That's what. And do you know that it is impossible to match the same stupid white color to touch it up so my husband and I the new owners have to repaint it all? Yeah, that's right. So don't paint. I'd far rather refinish wood than scrape, peel, sand down, paint, and double paint trim. Call me crazy.
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| Case and point. |
I was actually worried we wouldn't get our USDA loan because of the chippy paint. But apparently our inspector wasn't too concerned. But that's a different story for a different day.
Thank goodness only 2 rooms in the whole house had painted trim, the sleeping porch and the little guest bedroom. We thought it'd be quick and easy. WRONG. But, after many hours (basically two full days) using some really bad Walmart paint (I won't do that again), it looks a million times better.
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| Plus pretty grey paint! |
We did try to strip it, especially on the beautiful doors, but it was a fail. We weren't able get all the paint off without harming the wood even more, so we sanded as much as we could, primed it, and re-painted it. It's still a little rough and probably would've been better if we hadn't even tried stripping it, but thus is life.
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| Painfully shabby not-chic anyone? |
So, the moral of the story is this: Don't paint the trim - refinish it. If you ever have painted trim, return to the house and help the owners fix it or give them a large sum of money for their troubles. That means you - previous owner of this Foursquare.