I always forget just how long all the pre-painting prep takes - in my head, it's No Time At All; but in reality moving the big kiln all the boxes and things stacked along that back wall out of the room, and the furniture, and all of Sophie's things, and taking down the laundry closet doors, and removing all the lightswitch and outlet covers, and taping around the doors and windows, and putting the paper down on the floor took the better part of a day; patching holes and skim-coating over the heavy orange-peel texture took another day and a half; and then priming all the walls took yet another day. Getting the colors on the walls was actually the quickest part of the whole process (and done overnight, with Sophie napping in her crate in my room (the rest was done while she had all-day playdates at her best friend Burger's house - so much easier to be productive without an energatic puppy underfoot! :) )). :)