Sunday, July 10, 2005

Painting nearly finished

After what feels like weeks of painting at weekends and evenings - the inside of the house is nearly finished. Another 2 hours should do it.
I had conflicting advice from people about using PVA diluted or a special plaster sealer - but I just used watered down emulsion (about 10:1) for the first coat. I used mainly Crown paints - mixed in the shop. Some walls were very patchy after 1 or 2 coats - but a bit of touching up and a third coat did the trick. I'll let you know if it all starts peeling off in a few weeks.
I got through a few roller refills - I was treating them as disposables because geting them clean enough for a new colour was a long job. (Lazy or what?)
The majority of the house is a neutral colour called "snowdrop" by Crown.
The kitchen and dining room is a pale green (botanic by crown). The hall is a pale yellow .

The tiler is due tomorrow and the carpenter Tuesday - so it is going to be busy here next week!

Curtains , lampshades, bed clothes, towel rails, doors and door handles - all still to be finalised and ordered.

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