If we’ve made one thing clear about our new house, it’s that we’re not crazy about the trim colors…
Somewhere between the Williamsburg Blue and the Muddy Mauve, our painting hands began to quiver with excitement. Or was that dread? Not sure.
We reasoned that while all of the carpet was up and before the new hardwoods went down, we should take advantage of the can-get-painted subfloor and go ahead and tackle the upstairs trim. Correction: trim and doors. Sixteen doors to be exact… which we removed and de-hardwared first for easy painting.
Attempting to quickly paint four bedrooms and closets worth of trim along with a long hallway plus nine windows (with tons o’ mullions) and the aforementioned sixteen doors seemed like a job that warranted a paint sprayer. So we decided it was finally time to get one. And thanks to a suggestion from the Bowers, we picked up this Graco TrueCoat II which was on sale for $180 at Lowe’s (update: we’ve since switched to using this Wagner model with more success). We opted to buy one instead of renting it because there’s still plenty of stuff to paint in this house beyond just these things – so we’d like to have one that we can use a bunch of times as we move from room to room (did we mention there’s still a ton of blue trim downstairs?).
The sprayer is a lot simpler than I expected. It’s pretty much just a plastic cup attached to the gun, which just plugs in. So there wasn’t much in the means of set-up (although we definitely read the directions twice just to make sure we didn’t screw it up). Then we dove into our primer coat.
We’ve heard that the biggest pain of owning a paint sprayer is clean up, so we opted to use a provided bag in the paint cup to keep it clean and hopefully eliminate one step afterwards.
We don’t have a ton of pictures of the process because one of us was downstairs with Clara while the other sprayed. And also, the process was pretty darn fast. We could zip along the baseboards of one room in about 10 to 15 minutes, and the majority of that time was usually spent refilling the paint cup.
So I definitely agree with what everyone had told me about spraying: it’s MUCH faster, but you use a lot more paint. I could only get through about two door sides before having to refill my paint cup. But boy was it satisfying to watch that blue paint disappear with each swipe. And it’s not that you’re wasting paint, it’s just that you’re getting more coverage (spraying the front of a door once might take twice as much paint, but it’s akin to two coats applied with a brush).
Once we feel a bit more seasoned with the sprayer we’ll do a deeper post about using it, but for now I feel like we’re still getting the hang of it. Our biggest challenge is fighting the urge to go back and “touch up” a spot we missed because we found it’s very easy to apply too much paint and create drips.
But if you go slowly and resist the urge to double spray, the smooth factory-like finish is amazing.
We made the call to paint the windows by hand rather than attempt to get every nook and cranny of it sprayed (we pictured a ton of rogue drips and a bunch of overspray covering all of the glass panes). After the fact, we’re not so sure it was the right call since our hand technique will still require some glass scraping with a razor and all of the blue/mauve windows took one coat of primer plus 3 coats of paint each since we were doing them by hand. Woof.
So yeah, this has pretty much been keeping us busy for the last few days. Spraying only occupied two mornings (priming one, painting the next) but we’ve made several trips to hand paint the windows and other areas that we couldn’t spray easily. I’ve lost track of which trip these photos were taken, but you can see what a difference it’s making.
We didn’t bother to tape off the walls or floors or anything around the sprayed areas (except for some too-close-for-comfort outlets and vents). So it means the walls are in desperate need of painting now too, but that’s a project for another day.
Some rooms, like the guest room and our master, only had cream trim/doors so they didn’t require any primer. Which meant this whole paint job only took 2 gallons of primer. Not bad for four rooms, four closets, nine windows, sixteen doors, and a giant hallway (about 30% of those had cream paint).
But we needed 4.5 gallons of white paint. Had we been able to predict that we’d have bought one of those five gallon buckets at the start, rather than making the multiple trips to the store we’ve been making. Live and learn, right?
The paint we’re using is Benjamin Moore’s Ultra Spec in Simply White (in a semi-gloss finish) based on a few recommendations for that type of paint from you guys (and knowing it’s one of the best white paint colors out there). It’s No-VOC contractor-grade paint that’s more affordable than BM’s Natura paint that we usually use and so far we’re really happy with it. Instead of being over $50 per gallon, it’s just $36 through our local paint store (I’m sure it varies by location, but it should be in that range), which has certainly made buying five gallons of it a little less painful.
Oh and as for choosing the color, we brought home about ten swatches of white and just picked the one that looked the best when we taped it up next to all of the others (some were too yellow, some were too blue, but Simply White looked clear and crisp without feeling too warm or too cool). Of course it’ll look a whole lot better after we paint those yellowed walls and ceilings…
Our total budget for four rooms and four closets worth of trim/baseboards plus nine windows, sixteen doors, and a giant hallway has been:
- Paint sprayer: $180
- Primer, 2 gallons: $36 (on sale)
- Paint, 5 gallons: $180 (we still have half a gallon leftover for a future project)
- TOTAL: $396
It’s certainly more than we envisioned spending, but because we’re on a time crunch to get the new floors in before we move, we’re counting our lucky stars that painting so many things went as quickly as it did. And now that we own the paint sprayer it’ll probably will work out to around ten cents per use by the time we’re done painting this house (so. much. blue. trim.).
Next step is to rehang all of the doors (after we replace some of the old pitted brass hardware) and then we can get to laying those hardwoods. We contemplated getting some other painting done while the subfloor is still exposed – walls, ceilings, closet interiors – but we’re starting to feel that move date creep up on us (T minus 2 weeks!). We figure we can move in with unpainted walls and ceilings more easily than moving in without completed floors – and thankfully we’re no strangers to painting walls and ceilings with hardwoods that are already in place.
So that’s what we’ve been up to. How about you?
Kaity says
I just keep thinking that you can’t buy doors and trim in that color of blue can you? That means someone liked that blue so much they painted everything that color. That must have taken forever. That’s just crazy!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha! They were definitely committed to their vision…
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em says
Much better! Would you recommend the sprayer for a picket fence?
YoungHouseLove says
I bet that would work really well!
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Shelley @ Calypso in the Country says
Looks great! I use the Ultra Spec too – much cheaper than the Natura!
-Shelley
YoungHouseLove says
So far we have really liked it too!
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Kara says
Can you talk about Aqua Lock? Why you chose it, how you used it (any prep?) and your impression? If this has been answered in other comments, sorry! I’m about to tackle this project, so I’d love to know what you think about it!
YoungHouseLove says
It was on sale at the paint store that we go to for our BM paint and they said it would work well so we went for it! Seems to have a great hold!
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Lauren says
Hello there!
Did you all sand before you primed? We are getting ready to paint a HUGE 20+ ft wall of trim/molding/fireplace/etc that is currently oak and some other trim throughout the house (half is painted white and half is oak). I am assuming that I will have to degloss/sand the all of the oak but I am not sure about the already white (but wrong color of white) trim. Boo! What influenced your decision either way?
YoungHouseLove says
If it’s glossy you have to sand it (wood or super glossy paint) and if it’s chalky and matte like ours was you’re good to just prime and paint :)
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Amanda says
Hey Guys – how do you organize all of your photos?
YoungHouseLove says
We have iPhoto and just use folders that keep things together (and automatically keeps them chronological) and then we back things up with an external hard drive.
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Danielle says
WOO HOO for white trim! It’s finally starting to come together!
Danielle at Framed Frosting
Sava says
I think Jenny from little green notebook suggested that windex was enough to get the paint off of a mirror. You may be able to avoid the scrapping.
YoungHouseLove says
That’s cool!
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Don & Marcia says
We are not in your “target” demographic but my wife and I follow your blog with great interest. We are 56 and 59 and are retired. We see ourselves in you SO MUCH. Within 6 months of our wedding, we bought our first house (a 10-year-old brick ranch) in 1978 and started updating it the first week. We cleaned, painted and even trimmed the fraying carpet with scissors until we could afford to replace it. No internet and no blogs in those days. Just a few “how to” books and magazines. But we loved doing it. Fast forward 35 years and we have now had 8 houses–one at a time. One or two we only kept less than a year and did quick fix ups but one we stayed in almost 15 years while our son was in school (he is your age now). We’ve done it all. It seems exhausting to us now. But, like you, we realized early on that we just loved the process of taking the outdated houses and transforming them room by room. We always looked for the good neighborhood and location first then for a house that needed TLC. As a result, when it came time to sell, we always had quick sales–once even before we listed and once within 1 day of listing. Sometimes we made money, sometimes we lost money but we always enjoyed the process. Keep up the good work. Sure wish we had blogs like yours back in the day. Our only advice is to keep a good balance with Clara. I still remember when our son was 5 and he said, “you never play with me, you’re always working on the house.” That did it. We sold that 50-year old house within months and bought our only brand new one. (But that didn’t last either, we only kept it 2 years. And even a new one comes with yard work!). But of course we were trying to do all the work on the house AND keep 2 full time jobs going. For now, we will relive vicariously though your daily progress.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Don and Marcia! I loved hearing your story! Trimming the carpet = golden!
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Gina says
Hi guys! Great job, looks so much better already.
I apologize if you’ve already been asked or commented on these two points already, I am so excited for you I didn’t read all the comments. My question is, in the future, do you think you will spray the windows and mullions? I know pro painters do this to exteriors of windows and scrape them clean with big scrapers.
Also, a tip. You mentioned rehanging the doors and then doing the hardwoods. I know from our personal experience refinishing hardwoods that the very first thing the contractor did was REMOVE ALL OF OUR DOORS!! So I just thought I’d mention that to save you the trouble. That way they are not a hinderance during installation and staining etc.
Good luck with getting it all done before move in day! I know you can do it!!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Gina! We have to hang the doors to get them out of our way (we have 16 doors littering all the rooms that need flooring so they have to be hung to get them out of the way, but we’ll be able to work around them once they’re hung). And as for spraying the windows we might try that route in the future for sure!
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Marcia says
That thing looks like a breast pump! Lol!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha!
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lkb says
oh, it looks so much better with white trim. (i’m envious… i love the wood trim in my house, but it makes picking paint colors way more challenging). i have a question for you though: you’re overspraying onto the walls with a glossy paint, right? so what’s your prep work for painting those walls? do you use a liquid de-glosser before you paint, regardless? or sand everything? i’ve only ever used flat paint (thanks to textured, very imperfect plaster walls), so i never had to worry about it, but i’ve always wondered.
YoungHouseLove says
It’s just a soft dusting (nothing thick) and we’ve painted trim and gotten glossy paint on the walls without any issue painting over it with eggshell paint (maybe quality matters though, we use BM and it’s all good).
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Nikki Kelly says
Get the floors in ASAP! Maybe you could do some painting while the wood acclimates in your house, but once their ready I would get to work laying some wood. We went the paint first route and I regret it now. The walls got dinged up while we were working and if you’re using roofing felt as an underlayment the tar leaves a light residue on your hands that can transfer to the walls if you touch them too much. The moral of the story is that installing hardwood will take a lot longer than you expect. A lot. Good luck, I can’t wait to see it!
YoungHouseLove says
Good to know Nikki! Thanks!
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Kathleen says
It’s coming along beautifully – already looking so bright and fresh!
Sarah says
Check out this coating for glass… after spray painting windows, just peels off leaving glass clean. No scraping. http://www.strippablecoating.com
Saw it used on HGTV show: DIY Addict.
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Sarah!
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Erin {Home Everyday} says
White trim makes me so happy. It is weird. When flipping through magazines, I always just swoon at any room with white trim doors and woodwork. This house already looks like a million bucks. Also, thanks for the tip that you gave the other commenter on doing things in small bits. I’ve started living life that way, and it really is much more manageable!
Kay says
On one hand, I have to give the former owners credit for being so completely committed to their design plan that they painted all of the trim and doors those dusty 90s country colors. On the other, OH MY GOSH–what a huge amount of work for them and for you. If I ever get the urge to paint a door or trim in any of my future homes, I will think about this post.
That being said, that white looks wonderful! It makes such a huge different and it really brightens and cleans up the place.
YoungHouseLove says
Hahah! It’s true! They were committed!
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Bill says
Besides removing the baseboards to install the floor, I would also recommend purchasing a “Jamb Saw” to cut the door jambs.
You probably don’t need a power one for the number of doors you are dealing with. Just be sure to get one with an offset handle.
To use it you put a scrap piece of flooring on the floor next to the jamb. Place the saw on the scrap and cut off the bottom of the jamb. This way, the new floor can be installed under the jamb.
Bill
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks for the tip Bill! We have a dremel with an attachment that does that but if it gives us trouble we’ll look into a Jamb Saw.
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Jane says
I’m sure I”m not the first to make this comment, but here goes anyway, I’m not readingthrough 400 comments to check!
I havet the same house and the same windows. I don’t see the moving around in the pictures, butthat’s really the only way to paint them.
It goes like this: push bottom frame higher than top frame so you can get a nice flat top surface, then paint rest of bottom frame, move on to next window. When you come back, push bottom frame up so top frame peeks out the bottom, paint the bottom wood, then move top window up, bottom down, and finish painting. Come back every half hour or so for a couple of days to move both frames up and down so they don’t stick.
Don’t forget to paint the inside of the outside edge, where the window closes. With Clara you’re only ever going to open the top half of the window, not the bottom half.
Have fun. Our previous owners had painted acrylic over oil so the annoying painting procedure was actually easy after getting the old paint off.
And also, my criss cross bits were separate, you could get them off, which made painting easier.
YoungHouseLove says
I did the same dance! I just painted different parts when it was open/closed and let it dry and closed/opened things to make sure they didn’t stick :)
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Lauren says
My apologies if this question has already been asked and answered — will you use your sprayer on your walls when you’re ready to paint? The inside of my house is very open and the same color (and textured walls) throughout. It’s time to repaint and the task is daunting, but now I’m thinking a sprayer might be the perfect solution.
YoungHouseLove says
Nah, we’ll just roll walls and ceilings I think but we like the sprayer for trim/cabinets/doors/wainscoting/furniture.
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Bill says
Use putty knives to pop of the baseboards, and cut the paint where it meets the door jambs to reduce chipping. Also, pull any nails remaining in the baseboards from the back of the baseboard. Use your power nailer to replace them.
Don’t forget to label the baseboards to make the re-install easier.
I’ve put hardwood and laminate floors throughout my house. My daughter is an expert at removing baseboards.
Bill
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Bill!
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Shubha says
I’ve been regularly visiting your site since summer last year when I stumbled upon it. I have to tell you how inspirational your posts are! I’ve always thought it’s IMPOSSIBLE to upgrade the nuts and bolts of a condo/home by yourself – but with every post I read here, it seems more and more doable! I hope to be a homeowner in 2014 and I will definitely take a lot of tips and ideas from your site.
Good luck with your new home. I’m excited to see it come together!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks so much Shubha! You’re so sweet.
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kim says
Looks awesome!
Heather says
I’ve been lurking on here for a while. Taking notes and gearing up for fixing up our new house. This weekend we start painting. I would like to use all VOC free paint, but wondering if the primer for wood trim covers well enough? Did you use VOC free primer? Also most if the colors I chose are BM, but considering what you did in your other two homes and using Olympic. Do you feel like it cleaned well and held up to a dog and small child? Ahhh, so many decisions!
YoungHouseLove says
Sadly when you’re covering wood to avoid bleed sometimes you have to use a stainblocking primer (it has to say that on the label). We found one that’s called Zinsser Smart Prime and it’s low-VOC but not no-VOC but it really blocks/works. As for Olympic it did great, it was just more time consuming to apply (5 coats on brick as opposed to two with BM) so coverage was better with higher quality stuff :)
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Jennifer says
Not sure if it has already been mentioned but Nicole Curtis from Rehab Addict uses this ABR (American Building Restoration) Liquid Shield on the glass in the windows of the homes she remodels and then uses the sprayer. You wipe it on, let it set, paint, then just peel it off. Maybe you can try that on some of your windows. As for the windows you’ve already painted maybe a magic eraser would go faster than razor scraping. Its’s worth a try
YoungHouseLove says
Sounds awesome!
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Bonnie says
I often wonder if Lowe’s has a run on the items you mention in your blog. If so, I bet they’ll be sold out of that paint sprayer in no time. Now I’m off to go to Lowe’s to get that paint sprayer! LOL!
Andrea T says
I think you mentioned that you wanted to re-attach the doors soon. You might want to think about leaving them off until you move. Some of our furniture was such a tight fit that we had to remove the doors to get it in. Plus, you don’t want to risk dinging your beautiful, newly painted doors!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes we thought about that but in order to lay flooring we need them out of the rooms they’re all leaning in (16 doors take up a lot of floor space in all of those to-be-floored rooms) so we might hang them just to get them out of the way for flooring and moving!
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Carole says
I feel ya with the trim color. Our house had a red/orange trim and doors all in the basement with stark white walls. It was a great transition to the upstairs that had an orange fireplace with a two-tone paint treatment on the walls with salmon and the same red/orange from downstairs. It all went great with the camo green kitchen. The house seemed grateful we introduced it to white trim and gray walls.
Margy says
Are you going to spray paint the hardware ORB before putting them back on???
YoungHouseLove says
Sadly they’re too far gone (many don’t lock and are rusted and pitted) so we’ll be donating ours to the ReStore and investing in new ones :)
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Paula says
Seems like having an extra cup for the sprayer could make reloading less time intensive.
YoungHouseLove says
Smart!
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Jennifer B says
Not sure if anyone has left this comment, but….
There is this show on HGTV with this woman who rennovates older homes, brings back their charm with modern touches….she uses this gel stuff that she wipes on the windows, and it dries and forms a sheet and then it just peels off….might want to look for that stuff.
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Jen! Lots of folks have shared the link – so helpful!
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Kelli says
Yes! I was not a fan of the blue/mauve trim either! So glad it’s gone :) love watching what you guys are up to – it reminds me to get off my behind and get something done!
Momlady says
Amazing! Astounding! What a change..albeit a very happy one! Thank you for making the scary blue trim go away. I found your comments about choosing a shade..color..tint(?)of white interesting. There’s a great blog by Maria Killam you might enjoy. She’s all about perceiving the undertone to make the right color choices. I think by now you instinctively do the same thing! Check her out. Can’t wait to see the new home adventure unfold!http://www.mariakillam.com/blog/
YoungHouseLove says
Interesting! Off to check it out!
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Kelsey says
I am sending you guys all the positive floor installation vibes I can! My husband and I did the same thing last year—bought a fixer-upper that needed new flooring—and figured it would be much easier to install wood before moving in all our furniture. Instead of just the upstairs, though, we were doing our whole 2000 sq. ft. house. We had 6 weeks to work on it and still had three rooms and some change left to do by moving day. It took SO MUCH LONGER than we thought it would. We’re on a slab, though, so we had to glue instead of nail, plus we only had nights and weekends to work on it. Oh, and I was in my second trimester of pregnancy, just to make it even more fun. ;)
I have no doubt you guys are going to rock it! I hope the whole flooring and moving process goes very smoothly for you!
YoungHouseLove says
Ack! Oh man, here’s hoping we can at least do two bedrooms and then we can finish the other two after we move if we need to :)
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Sarah says
You know what would be really fascinating? If you painted the trim and the walls, put down the hardwood flooring, and turned around and put the house right back on the market. It would be so interesting to see how much of a difference those three fundamental but wholly superficial upgrades would make to the house price!
YoungHouseLove says
Hmm, I bet with the dated bathrooms and kitchens it would move the chain a little but not much…
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Katie says
I know you all of have SO much on your plate so I don’t mean to overwhelm you! But just was thinking because I remember you did this for your last move. Would you prioritize getting Clara’s room in better shape so she adjusts quickly to the move? Or is that more of a concern when they are babies rather than big girls!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we’ll put her whole room together first (not decor-wise, so it won’t be painted or anything) but we’ll get her crib and her daybed and all of her toys/kitchen in there so she feels right at home :)
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Chris Ann says
Hi John & Sherry–
I wanted to share with you a product I learned about from Nicole Curtis–the DIY network “Rehab Addict”. I haven’t used it personally, but it looks like it could save you a lot of time and eliminate the need to scrape your windows after painting the trim.
http://www.abrp.com/pdf-files/LIQUID-SHIELD-SPEC.pdf
I love your new house and am so excited for you guys!
Chris Ann
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much!
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jbhat says
It looks so much better! Slate blue trim….so late 80s/early 90s. When we moved into our Seattle cottage, the exterior was a pale creamy yellow (but not well-kept up, so it just looked sort of dirty) with slate blue trim everywhere. Ugh, awful. When we repainted, we chose white with dark green trim, which I thought would be a nice classic choice….but I ended up not loving it either. I like our current home’s exterior color scheme (we rebuilt onsite a few years ago). All the trim is white and the house color is a nice cavey brown-ish gray. Finally hit it.
jbhat
Natalie says
Yeah for white trim! I have loved my graco paint sprayer! But the cleanup and thinning the paint just right can be a bother.
I recently had to paint some doors and my husband taught me a little trick to speed it up he learned from his paint contractor. Check it out here http://www.ourdesigndittos.com/2013/02/14/painting-doors/
(Although this link might have been more helpful BEFORE you painted the 16 doors!)
Good luck with the move!
YoungHouseLove says
Love that tip!
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Donita says
GREAT IDEA!!! Thank!!
Krystle @ Color Transformed Family says
Awe man! We almost bought a sprayer last month. We are in the middle of hand paining our kitchen cabinets now. At the time we couldn’t justify spending that much on a sprayer because we don’t really have any more projects for a sprayer after this. It was totally worth it for you guys though. Especially with there not being any floors right now.
Yvonne @ Dress This Nest says
I am so glad you shared this info. I HATE painting trim and I have a lot of it in my house. It took us FOREVER to get our dining room done and I am really dreading doing the rest. I might have to invest in that sprayer!
agustina says
I hated the blue trim…really hated it, it made me even hate de yellow walls…but now…..omg!!!!! the yellow looks so different…..and the sprayer! I must say that I´m jealous; I have an air compressor and the paint sprayer attachment and it wasn´t what I expepected; it´s an annoying, heavy, uncomfortable tool! Yours seem to be very nice!
Janelle says
I recently painted nine windows at my boyfriend’s house that were just like yours, plus three doors that had window panes… absolute TORTURE. Ugh. I feel your pain!
lauren says
I just have to tell you guys how much I appreciate you keeping it real and not taking freebies. I know this couldn’t have been an easy decision (who can turn down free stuff?!) It really does make a difference to the reader to know you guys actually spent your hard-earned money on a product just like we would have to do. I know if someone offered me some free stuff to write a post about it, I would be more than hard pressed to turn it down. Hats off to you guys for keeping it real…
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Lauren :)
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Kimberj says
Are you at all concerned that by spray painting in the rooms that you’ll be able to see the sprayed areas under the real paint when you’re done? That happened to us. Even just a couple layers made the walls look uneven.
YoungHouseLove says
Thankfully the overspray is just a small dusting which is akin the the over-painted areas we get when we paint trim and then paint the walls by hand, so we hope that eggshell BM paint will cover just as well in this case as it has in the past (we’ve never had an issue with it). We’ll definitely keep you posted!
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Jill Stevens says
Pretty sure you could host a painting party with your readers and have the rooms painted in 3 hours!
:)
YoungHouseLove says
Sounds like fun!
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Jaimie says
Oh man I am so jealous of you being able to spray all that. Since our house was already painted and was not getting new floors, we have painstakingly brushed and rolled all of our trim and doors (previously dark ‘almond’, now ultra white). And because my husband and I both hate doing it, it’s taken us about three years to really make any headway on it all. Two bedrooms and two doors left and it’ll finally be finished (just in time for us to move out, hah)!
Catherine Wood says
Not sure if this helps or not but in my parent’s house with similar windows, the pieces that create the “panes” of glass actually come out with a little wiggling. It’s still a pain to paint but easier than having to clean the glass!
YoungHouseLove says
No way! I don’t think ours work that way but that’s awesome!
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Michelle says
Did you ORB all the door knobs and hinges??? All I could think about when I saw that pic was “holy ORB cans”! Can’t wait to see more as it progresses!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha! Sadly a lot of them don’t lock and are rusted and pitted so we think we have to replace them instead of spraying them (but we’ll donate them to the ReStore so someone can hopefully use the ones that aren’t as bad :)
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Donita says
WOW what a difference. Love the white trim and doors. You opted semi gloss, instead of glossy? I was thinking of doing my doors and windows glossy white……now I’m wondering if it would be too much “gloss.” This makes me want to start painting “almost”. ;-) Looks great you guys. I can’t wait to see all those floors. That house will look classy!!
YoungHouseLove says
We did semi-gloss just because we’ve used it in the past and it’s easy to wipe (still glossy) but hides more imperfections than high gloss :)
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