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June 18, 2004
Skirting boards
Skirting boards, don’t mention skirting boards.
They may complete the order of a classic column, being the plinth, and give weight and substance to a room, but they are a sod to fit and even worse to paint.
So you leave the skirting boards.
You don’t paint them.
You look at them often.
You decide to paint them, regularly,
but you never do.
Then one day, unexpectedly, you find yourself, on your aching knees, paint brush in hand, crouching in an uncomfortable position, neck crooked awkwardly, cutting in the paint betwixt the wall and the wainscoting.
How you got into this situation remains a mystery. At no point can you recall actually acting on the decision to paint the skirting boards. But there you are nonetheless. You have snuck up on yourself.
And so it is with a painting.
Posted by john at June 18, 2004 12:43 PM
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