Done painting... almost

I finished painting the living/dining room! This took, oh, over two weeks. Along the way, I

• picked out the same identical color that was already on the wall (by mistake)
• ran out of the color I wanted, and had it matched by a different paint store...
• ... only to discover that, while the color matched, the texture and sheen did not
• experimented with an "accent color" (tomato soup red) that we both didn't like
• found out that retouching primer is a disaster if the primer is still wet -- it takes the primer right off. The "accented" section had to be primed twice.
• altogether, painted every section of the room at least three times. Some got painted up to six times. :-)

But it looks great, now. I even finished the door frames and window sills. Then Rusty comes home last night, lies on the floor (after a long bike ride home, which is mostly uphill), and says, "You know... we should really paint the ceiling...!"