Sunday, August 13, 2006
Saturday Morning
I'd better make this quick, as I'm suppose to be painting a ceiling.
Hubby got the sheetrock done and the walls primed. I agreed he could prime, but I'm not up to letting him deal with real wall paint yet.
We are going to try something different in the den. Figured if we painted the ceiling, it would be easier to maintain with having the wood stove in that room. Gonna try a 3/4" nap roller and see if we get a non-smooth finish. Yesterday at Home Depot I was asking an "associate" about using a longer nap roller to get a more uneven surface. I told her about the difference I get between using a 1/4" and a 3/8" roller, and wondered if I longer nap roller would give an even rougher surface.
She looked me straight in the eye and told me the nap of the roller would not have any affect on the smoothness of the finished surface. Um, sorry, I guess I was wrong about the significant difference I've already noticed using different nap rollers.
There is a good possibility this Associate has never painted anything other than her nails - but she's the expert.
So I bought several rollers, and I'll be experimenting. Worse case hubby sprays it and then I paint it (He won’t not use any texture in the mix). We were hoping for something not quite that rough, but more than I get using a 3/8" roller.
The ceiling will be an off white, with a hint of sage green. Already picked out wall paper. Looks like paneling painted sort of the same off white color that the paint is starting to peal off. Hubby said it looks more like birch bark.
Had really wanted to use real paneling. Hubby forgot and put all the outlets at the level for sheetrock instead of making the stick out farther. Now I am sure people decide to put paneling where it has never been before, and they deal with the outlet issue. I'd expect they just shim the outlets out, and don't worry about it.
I think he secretly didn't want paneling, and when I mentioned it, he flatly told me we couldn't do it now. He acted quite contrite LOL!!
Not a big deal, the wallpaper is lots cheaper and I do the installation. I like wallpaper!
Ok, I'm procrastinating! Hubby wants to go to an auction today, and I may not have time to do the ceiling now (hehehehe!). Yea, I'll have to do it later, but maybe by then I'll be more awake.
