After the second coat of paint in the areas I could reach I noticed the colors were drying in two different shades of 'Country Club'. I gave it a couple more days thinking it may still be wet but the color differences were still obvious. I checked the codes of paint mixtures on the top of the cans and everything matches. A few more days go by and I still cannot figure it out... finally, I realize the bright chap at Home Depot mixed one of the four gallons of paint with the wrong base!
So now the whole painting attempt has officially turned into a fiasco. Two colors, half-painted up to the ceiling... what a mess! This lead us to a terrific solution: ignore it for almost 5 full months. When people came over we laughed and joked and everyone got used to the two-tone color and only half the foyer being painted. We got a few quotes to paint but there is no way we were paying $1000+ to have a couple walls paint.
This last weekend we finally picked up the paint brushes, rollers and this time we armed ourselves with a ladder (thank you Andy and Panita)! For anyone who cannot appreciate the height of a two story foyer, check out the picture attached to this post. I'm 6'2" and standing on an 12 foot tall ladder holding a 5 foot long extension pole with a paint roller attached to the end. It's a tedious and dangerous task to paint like that.
Needless to say, 2 gallons of primer (to cover the original attempt) and almost 4 full gallons (2 coats) of a fresh new color, the paint job is finally complete! If I ever see a paint roller again, it will be too soon. I HATE painting.
Here is a preview of the previous half-finished paint job:
Applying the first coat after the primer:
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