In my post Drywall Complete I mentioned that I spent my entire labour day long weekend painting.
Saturday morning the drywallers came back and sprayed one coat of primer on the entire ceiling and most of the walls. They also gave us a quick tutorial on how to use the Titan 330 (professional paint sprayed) we borrow from our friend Jeff.
The rest of Saturday was crazy busy and we didn't end up starting our first coat of ceiling paint until about 9pm. We thought it might take about an hour, but there was a serious learning curve to using the Titan 330! By about 11pm frustration and exhaustion had set in and we were ready to abandon painting the ceiling ourselves. In a moment of temporary insanity, Ty even sent out an SOS text message to Jeff. But we pushed through and wrapped up just before midnight. Trying to spray the beams gave us huge problems with over spray in other areas. Once we decided to just roll the beams by hand, things got much easier.
Sunday morning Ty & I sprayed a second coat on the ceiling and things were starting to look good. My Dad came that morning to help with the painting and together we tackled the beams. We stood on either ends of the scaffold, painting both sides at once which made quick work of the project. By about 2pm on Sunday we had two coats on everything on the ceiling and I had touched up a few areas. It was looking beautiful!
Sunday morning Ty & I sprayed a second coat on the ceiling and things were starting to look good. My Dad came that morning to help with the painting and together we tackled the beams. We stood on either ends of the scaffold, painting both sides at once which made quick work of the project. By about 2pm on Sunday we had two coats on everything on the ceiling and I had touched up a few areas. It was looking beautiful!
Around lunch time my mom arrived and prepared lunch for all the hungry workers. Apparently Sunday was the day of parental re-enforcement as Ty and his Dad were busy all morning working on building and installing the gate (Fully Fenced Yard).
After lunch it was time for colour! You may recall from my post A Bed Full of Paint that I had chosen Benjamin Moore's "Herbes de Provence" for our main floor paint colour.
After lunch it was time for colour! You may recall from my post A Bed Full of Paint that I had chosen Benjamin Moore's "Herbes de Provence" for our main floor paint colour.
The remainder of Sunday and all day Monday was spent getting two coats of green paint on all the main floor walls. Monday I was left all alone as Ty was at the annual labour day parade supporting the Ironworkers, local 721 (and mass consumption of beer). At least Chloe kept me company and Ciara & Tison did drop by in the afternoon with much needed lunch & ice coffee (thanks again!).
It was tricky squeezing myself behind the beams to get right up to the peak. If you are afraid of heights, you may not enjoy standing on a stool on top of rolling scaffold, but this solution worked well for me.
I think the room looks spectacular and the green walls really make the white ceiling and beams pop!
You may be wondering why certain areas of the kitchen wall are left white. I was running low on paint and being that stores were closed on labour day I decided not to waste paint (or time) on that areas that were going to be fully covered by cabinets and back splash.
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