Renovation project - Why you shouldn't walk under ladders!
Now John is feeling better it is full steam ahead, we are going on
holiday in a few weeks and want to be as finished as possible before we leave.
So we are going to paint the bedroom in the little house, this is a job
that is made difficult by the beams, we love the vaulted ceiling and the beams
that are on show, but it does make decorating far more difficult. John has
stained all the beams and we have to paint very carefully around them.
I am cutting in around the edges and John is doing the ceiling, now here
is a big tip for anybody sharing the decorating, DO NOT cut in underneath where
the other person is painting, you know that old superstition about walking
under a ladder? Well I now know why it is considered unlucky, it is nothing to
do with luck, it is because, the other person may suddenly become clumsy and
knock the paint pot off the top off the ladder, if you are underneath, as I was,
the paint pot will land on you!
The shock of having a big tub of paint suddenly land on you is, quite
simply shocking, John just looked and said he could see it in slow motion but
couldn’t stop it, (hmmm....)
My painting is cut short as I strip off the now white clothes and go for
a shower.
Not quite what I expected, but after the initial shock, and shocking
language, it was quite funny. And the room does look good.
