Check out my front pathway.. Before:.

And I figured out how to do it without losing my mind..It looks like it should be pretty quick and easy to paint these thin little strips of nothing, but let me tell you: It can get some kinda tedious!.

If you’ve seen my pretty beadboard and you’ve been thinking about attempting this project too, I have some tips for you!.Tip #1: Set aside a couple of days to get it done.Make them “painting days”.

Wear your painting clothes the whole time and just plan to be a general mess.At first, each pack of 6 beadboard strips was taking me about 45 mins total to get done, but it was spread out over a couple of hours including drying time.

I was thinking originally that I could just set aside 5 minutes per coat and kind of do it without making a mess hopefully in between all of my regular activities.

Well, then it took much longer than 5 minutes per coat (more like 20-25) and sometimes I was wearing clothes that I didn’t want to risk getting painty, because the whole process was a lot drippier than I expected, so it just wasn’t convenient to get done in my day-to-day life.Of course, this is just for the “stuff” portion of what I packed.

There was also another list for food and one for kids’ activity ideas too.I should let you know that this list is for your typical family camping scenario.

Tent camping, with a car, and no electricity, but with access to washrooms and water for cleaning.If you tried to go backpack camping with all this stuff you’d probably only make it about 27 feet down the trail.