Before I began the undercoat the day before yesterday, I had to move the bookshelf about a meter to the right. Easy enough task, take everything out, move bookshelf, put everything back where it was... but I had to wait for Her Royal Highness to move first...
So today, I have finished the first coat! I'm not sure if it's my imagination or the fact that I know some areas are lighter than others (it's a first coat, it's ok to be like that right?) but I'm convinced I can see the outline of where the window was. It's even worse looking at the real wall instead of just this picture. I used masking tape on the ceiling and skirting board and they seemed to work ok, didn't peel any existing paint or any of the new paint. I also put masking tape on the air con and little security sensor thingy although I would have disturbed the wet paint if I were to take them off, so they're still on (I hope it doesn't peel the paint off when I eventually do take them off).
As some people know, if something takes an hour to do, I will normally get it done in 3 hours. Painting is no exception. I am horrendously slow. But I am proud of the outcome :-) My first wall! The area on top of the air con was the hardest, as was the area around the sensor.
As I had finished and was washing up the brushes and pads, mum went to have a look. I heard a small scream of delight so I think she's happy with it :-) which is good because she was saying yesterday that she thought the colour was too dark and wanted to change it but I'm sure the paint is non-refundable! And to be fair, if you compare the photo below to the one done with the sample paint, the sample paint does look a little darker (at least it did on my phone when I was comparing them - but you'd probably need to have them side by side).
So today, I have finished the first coat! I'm not sure if it's my imagination or the fact that I know some areas are lighter than others (it's a first coat, it's ok to be like that right?) but I'm convinced I can see the outline of where the window was. It's even worse looking at the real wall instead of just this picture. I used masking tape on the ceiling and skirting board and they seemed to work ok, didn't peel any existing paint or any of the new paint. I also put masking tape on the air con and little security sensor thingy although I would have disturbed the wet paint if I were to take them off, so they're still on (I hope it doesn't peel the paint off when I eventually do take them off).
As some people know, if something takes an hour to do, I will normally get it done in 3 hours. Painting is no exception. I am horrendously slow. But I am proud of the outcome :-) My first wall! The area on top of the air con was the hardest, as was the area around the sensor.
As I had finished and was washing up the brushes and pads, mum went to have a look. I heard a small scream of delight so I think she's happy with it :-) which is good because she was saying yesterday that she thought the colour was too dark and wanted to change it but I'm sure the paint is non-refundable! And to be fair, if you compare the photo below to the one done with the sample paint, the sample paint does look a little darker (at least it did on my phone when I was comparing them - but you'd probably need to have them side by side).
Dad also liked it and now everytime I go and have a look it makes me smile, I love that colour! Really need to change the curtain box now though! (hmmm, next project: curtain box or putty the sliding door... guess it should be putty the sliding door, then while that's drying I can do the curtain box... then the other curtains... or maybe my "to do" list is just too long but I want to do it allllll!).
Anyway, second coat tomorrow...
In other news, I took a short video of the drip coming from the air con unit - this shows how humid it gets here and how hard the air con has to work to get rid of all the water!
Anyway, second coat tomorrow...
In other news, I took a short video of the drip coming from the air con unit - this shows how humid it gets here and how hard the air con has to work to get rid of all the water!
I'm so looking forward to going on holiday soon, so soon, so very soon, yay!!! Meanwhile, it's good to see that someone is chillaxing
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