Serenity now!

If you have seen the Seinfeld episode when George's dad keeps saying "serenity now!", you will understand what I am trying to say.  When ever I used to walk into my closet I would think- serenity now!  It was disgusting.  It was the one room (ok there were a few) when we bought this house that we thought, that is going to be the first thing we change.  Well, two years later I finally got around to changing the nasty closet.  I no longer have to run and shut the door when I have people over.  Here are the before and after pictures.

As you can see we definitely needed to paint this sucker.  I went to Mennards (our version  of Lowes or Home Depot) and bought my paint.  Turns out I hate Mennards and their crappy paint.  But the damage was done, I had already bought my cheap paint so I needed to use it.  Note to self: do not buy cheap paint.  It felt like I was painting with water colors.

I don't even want to know what this nasty dripping stain is all about.  Either way, it had to go.

I know, I hate to paint over beautiful hardwood floors but let's be honest.  This is not beautiful.  They too, needed to go.  I ended up painting them gray.  I wish the gray would have turned out a little darker.  I will just blame it on the young, not so knowledgeable kid at Mennards.  But the light gray looks way better than this!

Finished product.  Again, I don't love the paint colors but at least now it feels clean!

Painted wood floors

Nasty dripping stain is gone!