Get painting picasso!
4 weeks ago
paint the living room – it looks shabby!
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How to paint the living room
It made me
Ecstatic
 "Starting a bit late in the night, we still managed to paint half of the walls red. Later in the week we finished the other two walls. "
How I did it: It took us four weeks from start to finish. Make sure you are willing to have your living room rendered useless for a few days. The most time-consuming part is doing the trim, so save that for a weekend. Better yet, throw a painting party so your friends and family can help you, it's a lot more fun! Lessons & tips: Cover all of your furniture with plastic and wear old clothes. For
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Satisfied!
How I did it: Went to the DIY centre and picked up a few sample colour cards and chose at home what colour and shade I wanted - went for Dulux 'Golden Glow' (no. 2) in silk - very neutral colour. Read how I did it…
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I hated the color
4 months ago
so I stopped. Indecision holds me back like no other.
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Done!!
13 months ago
GG finished the touch ups so I’m saying it’s done. Even though the molding has to be put around the front door. Whatever. It’s painted.
I have to say it looks fabulous. So much lighter at night than the old colors even though we didn’t change them that much. The old red and yellow were just grayer. Now we’re festive!
And I’m so glad to be free of the bare sheet rock!
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I'm pretty much out of the loop now
13 months ago
It’s all detail work left and that’s GG’s area.
Nearly done though. It looks gorgeous.
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Started
14 months ago
...but not finished. I had to spackle and it slowed me down. Ok I don’t want to hear it. I know… excuses excuses.
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Onwards...
14 months ago
- Ceiling all done.
- Entryway all red and baseboards done.
- Yellow walls done
- Baseboards have had one coat
- Bookcases have had one coat of the yellow
- 2nd coat on baseboards
- Door and window trim
- Bookcase red – may need 2 coats
- French doors
- Reattach front door trim
- General spot touch up – especially ceiling
It’s looking amazing. GG said, why didn’t we do this years ago? Well, because it’s a ridiculous amount of work….
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Underway
14 months ago
Yesterday we TSPed it all and primed the ceiling and the entryway.
Today my brother helped from 9-6 (!!!) and we got everything primed even the tricky bits like the molding and the bookcases. 2 coats of the super heavy duty primer on most of the walls. Also the additional red primer on the walls that are being rhubarb color and the first real coat on the ceiling. Also a tiny bit of the yellow went up – inside a bookcase and a half.
It is a really really big room.
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Colors picked.... mostly
14 months ago
yellow and red. So no real change from what it is already, but different hues. Not quite sure what exact color for ceiling and the trim.
We’re packing things up. Man, there’s a lot of stuff in this room. It’s not good.
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Color blocks on the wall
14 months ago
GG has been spackling and repairing.
We got some sample paints. I think the green looks pretty good but neither of the yellows is right.
It’s raining so we can’t paint this weekend anyway !
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Attractive before picture
14 months ago
We’re so doing it this week. The mornings are getting damper and we’ve got a lot of stuff to put on the deck….
