Ceiling paint

Two coats of ceiling paint on the popcorn ceilings = tough

 

The ceilings definitely needed to be painted and it has helped seal in the popcorn so it doesn't just flake off when you touch it which just releases the asbestos.

 

I watched this video to find the best way to paint textured ceilings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MkxSseSfHI

 

TJ says: "tttlhtrefdcvbghyuwqesa"

 

We used 12 gallons of matte paint to cover all the ceilings twice in the 2,200 sq ft house.

 

I first painted one direction. Let it dry and then painted the second coat going the other direction. That helped get the best coverage around all the pieces of popcorn. We used a 3/4" nap on the roller and probably could've used a 1" nap. I learned how to not get it all over my face so it wasn't too messy. My mom did a room and was COVERED in white freckles and big chunks of popcorn ceiling in her hair. :) I did get a few drops of paint on my contacts...not cool.

 

Here I am at work

Caulk master, and ceiling painter extraordinaire.

Mini island project

Thank goodness for Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint.

 

Caulk master

This house needed a lot of caulk work. We resealed all the windows and doors. We caulked any crack or gap. I watched this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPGKdwnHhaE to learn how.

 

Here's my first caulk line. I've done about 100 more since then.

 

After removing old caulk

Tape line and caulked

 

Removed the tape

 

Another great caulk line

Yes we have popcorn ceilings. No we are not removing them. Since our house was built in 1977, it has asbestos in the popcorn ceiling. It would cost about $10,000 to remove it because we would have to hire a team. They'd have to wear oxygen masks/ventilators. They'd have to create a vacuum in every room and a large tube going out the window for most of the ceiling to go out of. Too much work and money. Plus popcorn ceilings may come back in a few years. ;)

 

Before I caulked the top

Before and After

Painting the big room

We are painting almost every surface of our house. Ceilings, walls, trim, doors. It's a big project. A lot to do and we are doing it ourselves. Minus our big vaulted living room.

We got a couple quotes for the living room and went with the cheapest.

 

Here they are working.

 

 

There goes the yellow...:)
 



Before and After

 

The painters were impressed with the colors I chose. They thought I had picked them out of a magazine. They said it looked like a showroom in here now! YAY!! Means a ton considering how many rooms they paint and see. :)

 

 

 

 I love our dark beams now!!

 

First things first

The first thing I wanted to do when we got into the house was take down this red striped wallpaper in the dining room. It wasn't too difficult. It came off pretty easily so I just kept tearing and tearing. It took about 5 hours.

 

 

And made a BIG difference.

 

The next project was hiring someone to fill in that wall. We wanted to get rid of the wet bar and make that room a food storage room/large pantry. 

 

Apparently that wall wasn't built very well when they built the house. The left side was lower than the right. The top was shorter than the bottom. The handyman had a hard time cutting the sheetrock just right.

Here it is all sheet rocked. 

 

He then puttied and textured the wall.

Here is the final filled and painted wall. :) Now we just need to add shelves inside and a door in the doorway.