Still Painting

Sooooo many paint cans!  There is so much work to painting.  We have not painted these main rooms in so many years.  It has been a big project.  We also lost almost all of Tuesday to running errands and celebrating our anniversary.  We will finish up the painting today and resume with planning for the party on Saturday.

I can't wait to tidy up the room and post pictures of our before and after!

Here are a few basics for an organized painting job:

1. Plan your colour scheme first.  Be sure to evaluate how these colours you want to do will flow with the rest of the house.  Unless it's a powder room bathroom that is very separate from the other parts of the home, everything should have harmony.  If you were to walk through your house and pull a paint swatch from every room in the house and line them up together, they should all match or be harmonious together.  

2. Gather all supplies needed to paint.  Drop cloths, paint, brushes, trays, tape, wall repair mud, sandpaper, screwdrivers (to remove outlet and light covers), ladder etc.

3. Move furniture and paintings to the middle of the room.  We did this in stages as it is such a busy room of the house.  

4. Tape wall, ceiling and baseboard edges to cut in with paint.  Unless you are like my husband who can cut in without the use of tape.  I am not so skilled with the 2" brush....I need the help of the painter's tape.

5. Cut in your edges with the paint and brush.

6. Paint with roller.  I trust you know to not paint in perfect straight lines...it will show.  You need to spread the paint out, think of a v type pattern.

7. Wait for it to dry and apply second coat of paint all around.

8. Clean up and return things to where they belong.

Notes:  When washing the brush you need to rinse and rinse until you see no more colour in the water.  then your brush will dry properly and be ready to use again.

- You can buy paint tray liners, or tape a garbage bag into the paint tray, and then cleaning up is a snap.

- If you need to stop painting and return to the job the next day, take a white kitchen bag or other bag of similar size and remove the roller from the apparatus, and place the roller in the bag and wrap it up securely and fasten with a bit of tape.  This will keep for a few days or even up to a week and you can resume painting and not have to purchase a new roller.

I look forward to showing you the finished results.  Be back soon!