So who else is painting?

[BliarOut]

I can't be the only one surely? This afternoon I will be mostly painting gloss. If I haven't posted again by teatime will someone call me an ambulance as I've been overcome by fumes

[Ali_Kat]

Nope, I'm in the office 'working'........

[paulie-mafia]

I need to paint my living room, it's had swatches up for the last 12 months!

[jessica]

My husband is fitting a door... Pity he doesnt know it yet

[A911DOM]

BliarOut said:

I can't be the only one surely? This afternoon I will be mostly painting gloss. If I haven't posted again by teatime will someone call me an ambulance as I've been overcome by fumes

I will be as soon as I get this damn set of dayshifts out the way...Ive got a lounge, stairwell, landing and all ceilings and woodwork to do (new house). Cant wait to get stuck in (Im sure I wont be quite so keen once it comes to it).

[holmsie]

paulie-mafia said:

I need to paint my living room, it's had swatches up for the last 12 months!

I've been waiting 2 years to get round to painting the entire flat. Was about to pay silly money to get a painter in but my parents have just retired, so have managed to talk them into coming down to help do it! Pensioners rates!!

[paulie-mafia]

holmsie said:

paulie-mafia said: I need to paint my living room, it's had swatches up for the last 12 months! I've been waiting 2 years to get round to painting the entire flat. Was about to pay silly money to get a painter in but my parents have just retired, so have managed to talk them into coming down to help do it! Pensioners rates!!

sounds like a good idea to me. forgot that my dad just loves to do diy too!

[Balmoral Green]

I intend to put a 2nd coat of white emulsion on the garage walls this afternoon, then will re-paint the concrete floor in grey tomorrow. Might put a false plaster ceiling in and emulsion that too, ready for when BG comes home.

In fact, going to get off my lard and away from this PC and do it now.

TTFN.

[A911DOM]

Balmoral Green said:

I intend to put a 2nd coat of white emulsion on the garage walls this afternoon, then will re-paint the concrete floor in grey tomorrow. Might put a false plaster ceiling in and emulsion that too, ready for when BG comes home. In fact, going to get off my lard and away from this PC and do it now. TTFN.

Damn...forgot the garage walls and floor - thats another for the 3 page list!!!

[BliarOut]

So far, so good. Skirtings done and my hands are still clean enough to post Now for the radiators

[pstruck]

Yup, painting... what a great way to spend the xmas break!

Giving our main bedroom a well deserved lick of fresh paint. In fact it is the last room undecorated since we moved in three years ago. It is very satisfying to see the last remnants of the awful old colours disappearing for good.

[sleep envy]

Nope, at work today but was painting Boxing day and B/H Tuesday.

Back on it tomorrow and Monday

[jeff m]

Yep, me too.
Here's a self portrait,
sorry about the ugliness, can't be avoided.

[Flat in Fifth]

Another one here, finished one room yesterday fitted up all the contrancklements* and handed over to client..... She Who Must Be Obeyed.

Filling and sanding Hall Stairs Landing yesterday, been to hell this morning, M5 occupied by muppets, now back chez nous starting on ceilings shortly......

[holmsie]

Sad question i know, but has anyone done any nice colours? Can't decide on colour for living room. Thought about egyptian cotton (dulux i think).

[BliarOut]

Ceilings, under artificial light, are you mad?

Sat back enjoying the fruits of my labours now.... Oh, and the paint fumes

[Flat in Fifth]

BliarOut said:

Ceilings, under artificial light, are you mad?

Normally I would agree, tonight's labours involve a significant colour change, so the basecoat shouldn't tax my peepers too much.

[BliarOut]

Non-white ceilings, are you sure about that?

[Flat in Fifth]

BliarOut said:

Non-white ceilings, are you sure about that?

OK I can see you are a devil for the detail Mr Bliarout.

I am sure that the ceilings are currently non-white. You will have to take my word for that.
I would like them white.
Ergo I am quite happy, well not exactly happy, but resigned to painting the first coat in artificial light.

The current colour (not guilty yer honour) is a vile dijon mustard type colour. How the devil we have managed to live this long in the place without nuking that colour in particular I really don't know. Perhaps because some of the other rooms were even more hideous, in particular one orange room. I still have spots before my eyes, it wasn't so much orange as .........














ORANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


As an aside, are people really so dumb when buying houses that they can't see through the current owner's decorations and furniture to see the potential of a place when sorted.

Christ I sound like Sarah Beeney.

[Cossie.]

holmsie said:

Thought about egyptian cotton (dulux i think).

Egyptian cotton bed linen - very luxurious. It feels like heaven slipping between the sheets...