Proud of Newly Painted Bedroom!

[Mr. Bloom]

Yep, while Silver and SilverDaughter are at the beach, SilverSon and I are painting my bedroom in Home #2. I'm very pleased with my choices!

Before 1: http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...6-2622_IMG.jpg

Before 2: http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...6-2623_IMG.jpg

After 1: http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...7-2774_IMG.jpg

After 2: http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...7-2776_IMG.jpg

After 3: http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...7-2775_IMG.jpg

Amazing what you can do for $83!

Yes, that's a 1987 Nude Charity Bike Ride Poster on the wall (using the picture from Queen's Jazz album) - Be There, Be Bare. I also have the record jacket for Bicycle Race hanging in there as well.

[IFjane]

Very nice, Mr. S! You have a great skill there - just in case the banking thing goes down the tubes.

By the way, some of us would love to have our bedroom painted in the only-house-we-have!

[Mr. Bloom]

By the way, some of us would love to have our bedroom painted in the only-house-we-have!

Rest assured, I would prefer to only live in one house!

[emily_in_nc]

Nicely done, Mr. S!

I like the color -- I have a very similar color in my great room, foyer, staircase, and upstairs hall. I also have burgundy furniture & area rug, so a very similar color scheme.

Good job!

Emily

[solobiker]

Looks great! DH and I recently moved into a 1921 Bungalow that needs quite a bit of painting. Maybe I should inlist your help..hehe

[snapdragen]

I like that color! What is it?

[RoadBunner]

I love it! Yellow is such a cheery color for walls

[Aggie_Ama]

Big difference!! We have painted the living room, kitchen and almost finished the study. Those rooms are my favorites compared to the bare white walls of the rest of the house.

[PinkBike]

mister,
great color. it looks so elegant.
every wall in my house is behr ultra pure white. at one time i thought it brightened up the room, now, bleeah.
$83, huh? hmmmmmm

[Mr. Bloom]

I like that color! What is it?

True Value "Encircled"; the trim is "White Hall".

Years ago, I used to agonize over color. I'd make 5 trips to the paint store and have 6 quarts "tweaked" to get the color right to our needs.

This was easy. I found one of the palette cards that had the color of my linens on it and simply used that as my guide. Saved time and money and I really like the outcome. I'm a lover of "blue", so for me to pick this color was a big step.

I think I'll even keep the wood doors ( I was going to get them replaced with painted paneled doors).

[bmccasland]

How do you keep from getting wall paint on the ceiling, or get a nice crisp edge where there's a transition? I tried the blue painter's tape, but some of my new paint came with it when I pealed it off. After 3 days, I thought the paint would be dry. Despite my best efforts, I seem to get paint on the ceiling, and not get a crips edge at the ceiling/wall corner. One of these days I have to go back and do touch up where some of my wall paint pealed off with the blue tape. After I finish my taxes, after I quilt my neice's baby quilt (she's 6 mo).

[Flybye]

Very nice!! Almost the same color as the master bedroom in our house.

How do you manage to keep up with the "oh no, what needs fixed now?" with two homes? We have a hard enough time with one. Kudos on that!

Good job with the paint!

[sgtiger]

Wow! The new color really warms-up the room and makes it feel cozy. Great job, Mr. Silver!


bmccasland - I think you're supposed to remove the painters tape before the paint dries all the way. Somewhere between wet(chance of bleeding if it's taken off too soon) and dry(where some of the paint peels off with the tape-sounds like that's what happened to you. Maybe when it's still a bit tacky? FWIW my info. comes from watching my dad and DIY shows, and not from real life experience. YMMV

[Mr. Bloom]

How do you keep from getting wall paint on the ceiling, or get a nice crisp edge where there's a transition? I tried the blue painter's tape, but some of my new paint came with it when I pealed it off. After 3 days, I thought the paint would be dry. Despite my best efforts, I seem to get paint on the ceiling, and not get a crips edge at the ceiling/wall corner. One of these days I have to go back and do touch up where some of my wall paint pealed off with the blue tape. After I finish my taxes, after I quilt my neice's baby quilt (she's 6 mo).

A good paint brush is the key (I like "Purdy" brushes). I don't use tape...because if your surface prep isn't perfect, the new paint will peel off with the tape (that's the voice of experience...). Also remember that you see your mistakes more than others do.

When I do make a mistake, I find that a Q-tip lightly dipped in paint is the best tool. Dab it on for "spots" or use the stringy tail to carefully drag small amounts of paint along crooked lines.

When all else fails, paint first, mess up your lines, and then install crown molding

How do you manage to keep up with the "oh no, what needs fixed now?" with two homes? We have a hard enough time with one. Kudos on that!

I start by not caring as much as I used to...

[emily_in_nc]

bmccasland - I think you're supposed to remove the painters tape before the paint dries all the way. Somewhere between wet(chance of bleeding if it's taken off too soon) and dry(where some of the paint peels off with the tape-sounds like that's what happened to you. Maybe when it's still a bit tacky? FWIW my info. comes from watching my dad and DIY shows, and not from real life experience. YMMV

You're correct. However, except for covering doorknobs and tile and other things I don't want to get paint on, I find that my results are better if I use a brand-new (so it's not straggly) small (like 1.5"-2") slanted brush to cut in between the wall/ceiling and wall/baseboards (just like a professional painter would, though I'm far from that!), I get a cleaner edge. You definitely don't want to do it when you have an unsteady hand for any reason (too much caffeine, too much fun the night before, etc!), but I find that I gain confidence and skill as I go along, so I try to begin in a less obvious area. Now and then I have to come back with the ceiling or trim paint and touch up, but overall, I find that just painting the lines carefully works better than blue tape. Tape takes SO long to apply and you have to press it down really, really hard to avoid bleed-under, remove at exactly the right time, to me it's often more trouble than it's worth.

Emily, who still has two more rooms to paint in her "new" house she's lived in since Jan. 2000...good intentions and all that!