We made progress this weekend on the livingroom. BlazingEwe came to help. She likes the process of prepping and painting and we make good partners for this. We’ve done this several times before and have developed a rhythm. We’ve also developed a box of supplies that we share so that we don’t have to keep purchasing the same things over and over again.
Here’s what the room looked like this morning:
You can see our box of supplies in left side of this photo. And our fabulous mural in the background.
By the end of the day today we had washed all the walls and baseboards, spackled all the holes, dings and dents, sanded all the spackle, wiped off the dust and taped the whole room. The room is ready to paint. Including the ceiling.
I think the rule of thumb is that prep work takes twice as long as painting. We’ve spent approximately 20 hours in prep work. Should I include the time it took to clean and rearrange the furniture? I’ll start by priming the walls and painting the ceiling tomorrow.