It was an errand-filled weekend here at Casa de Pseudostoops, capped by a riveting Sunday afternoon spent spackling.
Yes, you heard correctly: we spackled.
It’s a great word, isn’t it? I kind of love saying it: “What did you do this weekend?” “Oh, I spackled.”
Relatedly, a public service announcement: If you buy this chair:
and place it less than one foot from a wall:
and allow your full size adult friends to sit on it, thus engaging its pleasant, gentle rocking function:
The end result will be: you will need to spackle.
Finally, and also relatedly: has anyone had any luck with those paint matching services that places like Home Depot advertise? We don’t have the original paint for our living room (it was this color when we moved in) but we would like to make the spackled patches a little less, um, glaringly white and obvious. What would be the best way for me to try to get new paint that matches the current paint? (I’d rather not hack a piece of it off the wall to bring in, though I suppose if I could if I must, as I’ve become something of an expert in paint repair via spackle.)
I love that word too. Spackle. And also spelunk.
I think that Home Depot or Lowes does a good job with the matching but I have never used their services so I can’t give a first hand account.
I have no idea re color matching, but can I just say that the pictures you used really enhance the whole situation? Clear as a bell now.
spackle spackle spackle!! it is a good word
i say… just paint the wall a brand new color. like.. teal, or something. am helpful!
The paint-matching is pretty good but you will still probably notice the new spot. As far as getting a sample, see if there is any painted wall in say, the water heater closet or air conditioner area. That’s where I got my sample from – just cut a big square out.
Caulking is another fun word to repeat ad nauseum.
See, that right there is one of the reasons I got rid of that chair. Also, because I found it profoundly uncomfortable (and annoying to get out of).