I just finished painting my living room! The task proved lengthy than I thought. As always, I jumped in eagerly, and then after a couple of days was eager to be done.
I did figure out a couple of useful things though. The first one is that old towels make great tarps. They are heavy enough not to move very far when dragging ladders and foot stools over them, and they are very absorbent. They sure beat out the giant plastic tarps I bought that were hard to shift from area to area.
Secondly for some touch up on trim, my husband bought regular mini brushes from the hardware store. Upon first use they were shedding bits of fibers onto the painted wall. What worked well and didn't shed fiber were the little paintbrushes that came with the Easter egg kit I had. They were able to get into the smallest places too.
The other thing is to keep a wet rag handy, but I'm sure anyone who has painted before has figured this one out.
Happy painting!
I did figure out a couple of useful things though. The first one is that old towels make great tarps. They are heavy enough not to move very far when dragging ladders and foot stools over them, and they are very absorbent. They sure beat out the giant plastic tarps I bought that were hard to shift from area to area.
Secondly for some touch up on trim, my husband bought regular mini brushes from the hardware store. Upon first use they were shedding bits of fibers onto the painted wall. What worked well and didn't shed fiber were the little paintbrushes that came with the Easter egg kit I had. They were able to get into the smallest places too.
The other thing is to keep a wet rag handy, but I'm sure anyone who has painted before has figured this one out.
Happy painting!
