This is The Man of the Place and young George painting the new front room. Can you spot Polly?
We all got our "painty" clothes on today, grabbed rollers and started painting. We drafted Henry's Ipod into service while we painted. My first and only request was a track by Rammestein. Los on their Reisen Reisen album. Henry was in despair and George thought it was okay. Then we were on to listening to Johnny Cash and Dwight Yoakam with a bit of Captain Beefheart thrown in. Excellent!
I got the brilliant idea that before we decorate all the new rooms, we should get some commercial white emulsion paint, dilute it and paint it on all the newly plastered walls and ceilings. Newly plastered walls absorb paint like a sponge. Let the plaster absorb the non-expensive plain white paint. When we go to paint the walls with the costly paint with insane names, then we won't have to buy nearly as much.
As we had some scaffolding and planks left here for the weekend by Kevin, our favourite plasterer/builder we thought we'd make a start.
We think with all these stark white walls, the new front room looks like an art gallery.By the way, the plastering is now finished. Next stop the electricians final fix and the plumbing and heating guy.
2 comments:
you guys don't let any grass grow under ur feet! it DOES look like an art gallery! love that white white look with bare windows. good work!!
NO! She tracked paint through into the non-extension part of the house (though only a teeny little bit)and thought that the new paint roller was a toy for her. She now has to be kept out until we're finished painting.
Tip: A left over piece of drywall works beautifully to block a doorway.
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