Friday OT #1 - Fancy Pants
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I love edgers - they are life changing! The big trick is to get just the right amount of paint. You can't overload it! And then I'd usually go back and just touch up with a trim brush.
That old house had different colors in every single room. But not, like, taupe vs cream. One was a "Cyclone bathroom" that had SPRAY PAINTED bright fire-engine red on two walls, and then they'd spackled some baby-**** yellow on the two other walls. I had to prime that thing about four times before painting it. And it had a popcorn ceiling, so the fire-engine red was almost impossible to catch every single part.
I'm obsessive about how I do laundry - it gets folded same-day straight out of the dryer, shirts get hung up in rainbow color order (short sleeves in one side by color, long sleeves in the other by color for the kids, for adults it's by work vs casual by color). I have a system, and I can fit everything into my system. I can't put "6-year-old peed in the sink" into a system." (He hasn't actually done that - I'm anticipating.)
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Two painting stories from our real life to refute this:
1) painting a room in our kitchen. It was white and we were painting it red. You painted "Angie Rules!" in giant letters on the wall just as we were getting started. And we had to do like 10 coats before you couldn't see it anymore.
2) painting the living room at our house, and I was almost finished. It was a color you picked, and you'd seen my progress along the way multiple times, but you waited until I was almost done to declare you hated it and wanted a different color.
Gee, I wonder why I'm not a big fan of painting?
I actually don't mind the painting, once I get into a rhythm, and we have had to paint literally our entire house (interior anyways). It is kind of a mindless task that allows my mind to "wander" and think of other things. It kind of is the right balance between big picture, and detail. I've done deep dark colors, stripes, spray, roll, walls, trim, windows, you name it. Most of it has turned out pretty good and I have learned a lot along the way.
Trim and ceilings can be a pain. I tape the trim (and any other detail type areas) with Frog tape. While not perfect, it does minimize bleed through (at least better than any other tape I have used). For ceilings, I try to avoid tape for the most part. Patience and a good cut in brush go a long ways. Love the paint pads too - they work great for getting up close to the ceiling. I usually will load them up with paint, smear it on the wall a little, and then work up to the wall / ceiling corner.
Having a handyman on call would be a godsend. If for nothing else, to be able to get those emergencies that pop up taken care of so I can continue on with my myriad of projects around the house and get them done.
Once we get clear of this pandemic, I could see us getting a cleaning person once per week maybe. Would help the Mrs. a little since she has been pulling double duty (teacher / mom) since last March.
Trim and ceilings can be a pain. I tape the trim (and any other detail type areas) with Frog tape. While not perfect, it does minimize bleed through (at least better than any other tape I have used). For ceilings, I try to avoid tape for the most part. Patience and a good cut in brush go a long ways. Love the paint pads too - they work great for getting up close to the ceiling. I usually will load them up with paint, smear it on the wall a little, and then work up to the wall / ceiling corner.
Having a handyman on call would be a godsend. If for nothing else, to be able to get those emergencies that pop up taken care of so I can continue on with my myriad of projects around the house and get them done.
Once we get clear of this pandemic, I could see us getting a cleaning person once per week maybe. Would help the Mrs. a little since she has been pulling double duty (teacher / mom) since last March.
I tell the wife if she doesn’t like it she can do it, and she knows I mean it so her complaints get halted quickly.
Putting my "throw everything in and wash it on cold" strategy to shame.
My wife makes me take the trim off so she doesn't have to tape or trim. That stuff does not go back on the same way very easily. She hasnt made me paint for a few years.
Those both definitely happened. But I don't think you did ANY of the coats over "Angie Rules!" so that's not a fair reason to hate painting. And on the second one - I had NOT seen your progress, I was painting the basement and hadn't seen any of it. I came up and you and Dad had the living room almost done... and I hated it. Ask twice, paint one.
Probably, yes. But it's like a spreadsheet - I always know where everything is!
I'm not allowed to do indoor painting. Spousal 500 doesn't trust me.
Exception: Living room ceiling I've done on 2 occasions, 'cuz I can do it without using a ladder.
I need to hire someone, who when I say, "I'm going to redo my home office, increase the insulation, improve the lighting, frame and drywall it correctly (not like the previous owner), and do all the taping and mudding myself" slaps me and says, "I can do this in a couple of days for only $X. It will take you months to find the time to do it yourself."
The other thing is someone to rake the 45-55 bags of leaves I have every year.
The other thing is someone to rake the 45-55 bags of leaves I have every year.
Painting is awesome for podcasts, I found! You are only about 80% paying attention to both, which is great!
I do still wash on cold, and don't separate! Knock on wood, that hasn't blown up in my face too bad yet. I only pull out stuff if it is hella red, or the first time I wash it.
Yeah, it's pretty next-level crazy person. I realize that!
Hmmm, so glad I didn't read this answer until now. It's too much to imagine early in the morning.
I assume all those unneeded products then went to Habitat for Humanity or some resale store, right?
