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People love discussing the arduousness of home updates, eyes rolled, all-knowing. “Gooooood luck.” The truth is, they’re right to warn you. Snags will arise, no matter how efficient you are or how precise your team is.
After many, many months of setting the functional stage so the aesthetics could shine, when we finally got to painting, it felt our imagination was crystallizing. On a gloomy Monday, our jovial paint team descended on the house to begin.
The first week, I checked in on the house daily, beside myself with excitement to see progress. Nary a wall had been covered. One door had been painted — with the orange-peel effect every designer fears: subtly bumpy, rough to the touch. I was told, “Mrs. Lady, just wait!”
Fast-forward three weeks, and the only thing that had been crystallized was that this team was not up to the task. We let them go and looked for another crew.
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