Doing it myself....again...

[buffettbride]

Ventilate well. I know it's supposed to be a little colder here in Colo this weekend, but paint fumes can cause headaches pretty easily...

With a darker color, you may need two coats, even if the paint is supposed "one-coat coverage" (especially if the primer/wall color is very light), so plan accordingly.

yeah. i'm not looking forward to the cold-ness.

we're planning on two coats.

[ph4ever]

don't put the paint on thick. several thin coats look better than a thick coat.

Paint the ceiling first. That's the messiest. get one of those pole thingies to screw into your roller (if you have a mop that the handle screws into the mop head that should work) If you don't paint the ceiling TRUST ME it'll look like crap against freshly painted walls.

Don't roll all the way up to the ceiling when doing the walls - leave about 2" and then brush it to cut it into the ceiling - using one of those painters straight edge plastic thingies helps tremendously. Also since you're doing

NEVER USE MASKING TAPE - use the blue painters tape and IT'S WORTH THE TIME. Just be sure to remove it after the paint dries a little but isn't completely dry.


DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

[rsgeist]

Ventilate well. I know it's supposed to be a little colder here in Colo this weekend, but paint fumes can cause headaches pretty easily...

With a darker color, you may need two coats, even if the paint is supposed "one-coat coverage" (especially if the primer/wall color is very light), so plan accordingly.

yeah. i'm not looking forward to the cold-ness.

we're planning on two coats.

One for the wall, one for you.

[buffettbride]

don't put the paint on thick. several thin coats look better than a thick coat.

Paint the ceiling first. That's the messiest. get one of those pole thingies to screw into your roller (if you have a mop that the handle screws into the mop head that should work) If you don't paint the ceiling TRUST ME it'll look like crap against freshly painted walls.

Don't roll all the way up to the ceiling when doing the walls - leave about 2" and then brush it to cut it into the ceiling - using one of those painters straight edge plastic thingies helps tremendously. Also since you're doing

NEVER USE MASKING TAPE - use the blue painters tape and IT'S WORTH THE TIME. Just be sure to remove it after the paint dries a little but isn't completely dry.


DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

The ceiling isn't getting painted. It's one of those lame popcorn ceilings and we're keeping it white.

We have gobs of blue painter's tape.

I'll come paint for you Conniemom!

[rednekkPH]

DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

I'll have about 14 rooms that will need to be done near the end of summer, so rest up!

[buffettbride]

Ventilate well. I know it's supposed to be a little colder here in Colo this weekend, but paint fumes can cause headaches pretty easily...

With a darker color, you may need two coats, even if the paint is supposed "one-coat coverage" (especially if the primer/wall color is very light), so plan accordingly.

yeah. i'm not looking forward to the cold-ness.

we're planning on two coats.

One for the wall, one for you.

pretty much!

[ph4ever]

DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

I'll have about 14 rooms that will need to be done near the end of summer, so rest up!

I've got to demo my game room and start working on it. But befoer that I need to demo a bedroom wall - demo 2 closets, oh make that 4. Put up a new wall - oops make that 2 and a door. Oh make that 3 walls. In other words I'm reconfiguring our house from 3 bedrooms to 2

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

I think I'll be busy

[buffettbride]

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

REALLLLY??????????? REALLLY????????????????????

Will I get to see my mom again!!!!

[rednekkPH]

DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

I'll have about 14 rooms that will need to be done near the end of summer, so rest up!

I've got to demo my game room and start working on it. But befoer that I need to demo a bedroom wall - demo 2 closets, oh make that 4. Put up a new wall - oops make that 2 and a door. Oh make that 3 walls. In other words I'm reconfiguring our house from 3 bedrooms to 2

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

I think I'll be busy

Did Don know you were gonna tear his house down when he proposed to you?

[ph4ever]

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

REALLLLY??????????? REALLLY????????????????????

Will I get to see my mom again!!!!

I dunno - but I was told to NOT get another pup cause he wants one of his own. And I know he's been thinking about moving up here.

Will the mountain passes be open at the end of sept??

[buffettbride]

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

REALLLLY??????????? REALLLY????????????????????

Will I get to see my mom again!!!!

I dunno - but I was told to NOT get another pup cause he wants one of his own. And I know he's been thinking about moving up here.

Will the mountain passes be open at the end of sept??

Most of them will be open. Some are only open Memorial Day to Labor Day though. Any specific ones in mind?

[ph4ever]

DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

I'll have about 14 rooms that will need to be done near the end of summer, so rest up!

I've got to demo my game room and start working on it. But befoer that I need to demo a bedroom wall - demo 2 closets, oh make that 4. Put up a new wall - oops make that 2 and a door. Oh make that 3 walls. In other words I'm reconfiguring our house from 3 bedrooms to 2

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

I think I'll be busy

Did Don know you were gonna tear his house down when he proposed to you?

ACTUALLY HE DID!!!! He asked me if I could do anything with his house what would I do and I said - bulldoze it and start over.

But the house really does have character - it's just stuck in the 60's. Well except for the gameroom. I've got 70's red and black shag carpet in there with a bar that's not complete. The bar itself is too wide - leaving no backbar room at all. I'm gonna demo that bar and build a new one with at least a freaking bar sink in there. The plumbing is there for it - it was just never put in.

[buffettbride]

DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

I'll have about 14 rooms that will need to be done near the end of summer, so rest up!

I've got to demo my game room and start working on it. But befoer that I need to demo a bedroom wall - demo 2 closets, oh make that 4. Put up a new wall - oops make that 2 and a door. Oh make that 3 walls. In other words I'm reconfiguring our house from 3 bedrooms to 2

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

I think I'll be busy

Did Don know you were gonna tear his house down when he proposed to you?

ACTUALLY HE DID!!!! He asked me if I could do anything with his house what would I do and I said - bulldoze it and start over.

But the house really does have character - it's just stuck in the 60's. Well except for the gameroom. I've got 70's red and black shag carpet in there with a bar that's not complete. The bar itself is too wide - leaving no backbar room at all. I'm gonna demo that bar and build a new one with at least a freaking bar sink in there. The plumbing is there for it - it was just never put in.

Do you have a snake room?

[ph4ever]

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

REALLLLY??????????? REALLLY????????????????????

Will I get to see my mom again!!!!

I dunno - but I was told to NOT get another pup cause he wants one of his own. And I know he's been thinking about moving up here.

Will the mountain passes be open at the end of sept??

Most of them will be open. Some are only open Memorial Day to Labor Day though. Any specific ones in mind?

If I come thru denver I'll go up to Wyoming and hang a left. Basically the same route as before. But we'll be in a U-haul with his truck on a trailer so I may just go the southern route up thru California.

[RinglingRingling]

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

REALLLLY??????????? REALLLY????????????????????

Will I get to see my mom again!!!!

I dunno - but I was told to NOT get another pup cause he wants one of his own. And I know he's been thinking about moving up here.

Will the mountain passes be open at the end of sept??

Yep. Normally the hard stuff over Lookout and Snoqualmie don't get bad until mid to late October or so with the first storm of the season. Fourth of July is not too bad either, but to be honest: Snoqualmie is the one that needs watching most.

[ph4ever]

DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

I'll have about 14 rooms that will need to be done near the end of summer, so rest up!

I've got to demo my game room and start working on it. But befoer that I need to demo a bedroom wall - demo 2 closets, oh make that 4. Put up a new wall - oops make that 2 and a door. Oh make that 3 walls. In other words I'm reconfiguring our house from 3 bedrooms to 2

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

I think I'll be busy

Did Don know you were gonna tear his house down when he proposed to you?

ACTUALLY HE DID!!!! He asked me if I could do anything with his house what would I do and I said - bulldoze it and start over.

But the house really does have character - it's just stuck in the 60's. Well except for the gameroom. I've got 70's red and black shag carpet in there with a bar that's not complete. The bar itself is too wide - leaving no backbar room at all. I'm gonna demo that bar and build a new one with at least a freaking bar sink in there. The plumbing is there for it - it was just never put in.

Do you have a snake room?

no but then my whole house is like a snake room

the dog does have her own bedroom, which she'll loose if Steven moves here

[rednekkPH]

DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

I'll have about 14 rooms that will need to be done near the end of summer, so rest up!

I've got to demo my game room and start working on it. But befoer that I need to demo a bedroom wall - demo 2 closets, oh make that 4. Put up a new wall - oops make that 2 and a door. Oh make that 3 walls. In other words I'm reconfiguring our house from 3 bedrooms to 2

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

I think I'll be busy

Did Don know you were gonna tear his house down when he proposed to you?

ACTUALLY HE DID!!!! He asked me if I could do anything with his house what would I do and I said - bulldoze it and start over.

But the house really does have character - it's just stuck in the 60's. Well except for the gameroom. I've got 70's red and black shag carpet in there with a bar that's not complete. The bar itself is too wide - leaving no backbar room at all. I'm gonna demo that bar and build a new one with at least a freaking bar sink in there. The plumbing is there for it - it was just never put in.

Shag carpet rocks. I wanted to do our whole house in shag...walls, ceilings, everything. It'd be like a 2300 sq ft van, how cool would that be?

On a related note, I'm no longer allowed to make any decisions regarding the house.

[buffettbride]

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

REALLLLY??????????? REALLLY????????????????????

Will I get to see my mom again!!!!

I dunno - but I was told to NOT get another pup cause he wants one of his own. And I know he's been thinking about moving up here.

Will the mountain passes be open at the end of sept??

Most of them will be open. Some are only open Memorial Day to Labor Day though. Any specific ones in mind?

If I come thru denver I'll go up to Wyoming and hang a left. Basically the same route as before. But we'll be in a U-haul with his truck on a trailer so I may just go the southern route up thru California.

California bad. Colorado good.

[buffettbride]

DAMNIT - I'm getting in the mood to paint again but no energy

I'll have about 14 rooms that will need to be done near the end of summer, so rest up!

I've got to demo my game room and start working on it. But befoer that I need to demo a bedroom wall - demo 2 closets, oh make that 4. Put up a new wall - oops make that 2 and a door. Oh make that 3 walls. In other words I'm reconfiguring our house from 3 bedrooms to 2

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

I think I'll be busy

Did Don know you were gonna tear his house down when he proposed to you?

ACTUALLY HE DID!!!! He asked me if I could do anything with his house what would I do and I said - bulldoze it and start over.

But the house really does have character - it's just stuck in the 60's. Well except for the gameroom. I've got 70's red and black shag carpet in there with a bar that's not complete. The bar itself is too wide - leaving no backbar room at all. I'm gonna demo that bar and build a new one with at least a freaking bar sink in there. The plumbing is there for it - it was just never put in.

Shag carpet rocks. I wanted to do our whole house in shag...walls, ceilings, everything. It'd be like a 2300 sq ft van, how cool would that be?

On a related note, I'm no longer allowed to make any decisions regarding the house.

Whatever Kelso.

Are you allowed to have a room?

[ph4ever]

and then hopefully go to Orlando in Sept and do another cross country drive.

REALLLLY??????????? REALLLY????????????????????

Will I get to see my mom again!!!!

I dunno - but I was told to NOT get another pup cause he wants one of his own. And I know he's been thinking about moving up here.

Will the mountain passes be open at the end of sept??

Yep. Normally the hard stuff over Lookout and Snoqualmie don't get bad until mid to late October or so with the first storm of the season. Fourth of July is not too bad either, but to be honest: Snoqualmie is the one that needs watching most.

That's the one I'm most worried about. I live not too far from Snoqualmie. Maybe 30-45 minute drive. I don't own chains. I just stay away from the mountains right now.