Nothing Much to Look At
Category: Restore & Repair
This last weekend we continued work upstairs, mainly painting. Most of that was actually painting the ceilings. A few thoughts...
First, while painting ceilings after you paint walls certainly isn't recommended it's actually worked out OK. The key, I think, is using a good quality paint that keeps splattering down.
Second, painting primed ceilings white doesn't make for very dramatic before and after photos... :-)
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i have to ask. why did you paint the walls before the ceilings?
Posted by: irasali | July 20, 2005 12:44 PM
I hate when there's no visual payoff. It feel so anticlimactic to say, "Look -- it's pretty much the same except the integrity is SO much better."
Posted by: Beth | July 20, 2005 2:24 PM
I don't know if I buy this "paint the ceiling first" thing. I just finished painting my home office -- taupe walls, white ceiling. I did the ceiling first, and getting the wall edge right gave me fits.
I have one of those nice edging rollers with the metal piece at the end, and especially if you're small of stature, as I am, it's a lot easier to do a clean edge with it pressing upwards, than trying to get it on its side.
Of course, I use a Home-Right paintstick, which keeps the mess and spatter down to almost nothing, and I only use Benjamin Moore paint.
Posted by: Jill | July 27, 2005 3:16 PM