SEARCHING FOR FLAWS

The first coat of primer has gone up on the smooth texture walls, and now it's time to inspect the drywall job for flaws and imperfections. You'd think I would be so good at this, right? But it was actually a pretty tedious process, made ever more difficult as sunset approached and the house grew darker by the minute. David and I walked room by room, scanning a square foot at a time, aided by the flashlights of our iPhones in our quest for dings, scratches, and seams to mark off with blue painter's tape. By the end of the process our house looked like it had come down with a strange case of blue measles!