The Painting Post

I am back. I am back with avengeance! I am over the Dodge Dart sighting. It was another weekend of painting around these parts. It was part of the "honey-do" list. It was time to do the ceiling in the living room. I think I did it ass backwards again. I probably should have done the ceilings first, but did them last. I did the walls in the kitchen and dining room on November 14th, but really should have done a second coat. The kitchen is not so bad but it is small. The dining room is better but could use a second coat. I guess I could really do it at any time.

Last Saturday, I did the living room walls. Those got two coats. It was just how it worked out. As I finished the room with the first coat, it had dried where I had started, so I just continued with the second coat. I did the ceiling in the dining room and kitchen last Sunday. It was a very flat paint in white. It looks much better. Of course, the job I did 11 years ago was done with a roller on a broom handle. It was streaky, but being the same color as the walls in all the rooms was much easier to do with NO real prep work.

That is what I dislike, the prep work. The hours of taping and cleaning and then the actual painting and cleaning. Returning the furniture and rehanging the pictures is the last thing to be done.

Well, Saturday, it was do the living room ceiling, molding, baseboards and trim. I had to get an eggshell white for that one. The white used on the ceiling of the kitchen and dining room was not durable enough for the baseboards and I did not have enough to do it all. Besides, with the stucco ceiling in the living room and the fact that I avoided painting it and the molding 11 years ago meant that it had not been painted since 1989. I figured it would just suck up the paint. I slapped the white on thick with a great roller. It is done and looks fabulous.

That was a long winded way of saying what kind of weekend it was. Actually, I want to send out a belated happy birthday to my little brother who turned 36 on Saturday. Sunday, was a baby naming party for my buddy Neil's daughter. That was fun as I got to see friends of mine from elementary school, junior high and high school. It was good to see old friends again. I think that is all for today. Something a little more uplifting than what awaits in the near future, I think. Ciao!