Wet Paint!

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 23, 2008

Oh, c'mon! I just did that wall and you go and lean against it! Sheesh.

We've been in our house for three years now and we've finally gotten around to painting our front room. Everything is taped off, walls washed, spackle spackled, and now I'm in the process of painting.

It's amazing how a new coat of paint, your color, changes your view on a room. Up to now, though we've lived here, we never truly felt it was ours.

*ponders painting in the nude as MidnightMuse has done, then decides to spare the old lady across the street a heart attack*

Well, back to painting! How do you like it so far?

Seaclusion · Aug 23, 2008

Except for the nude image, it's probably alright.

Richard

qwerty · Aug 23, 2008

Apart from anything else, getting paint off skin can be painful. Believe me, I've been there.

maestrowork · Aug 23, 2008

Painting in the nude, ay?

What color will your penis be?

Seaclusion · Aug 23, 2008

maestrowork said:
Painting in the nude, ay?

What color will your penis be?

I quoted this post to keep it here after the mods remove it.

Richard

Beach Bunny · Aug 23, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
Well, back to painting! How do you like it so far?

Looks nice!

Um, you missed a spot.

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 23, 2008

There! Now, after the room is back to normal, I'll take a picture. It's a pale yellow with a cranberry accent wall. My wife just returned from Pier One with "window treatments." We used to call those drapes.

It's finally looking like our own house.

And as a minor rant, the last owners were crap painters. The walls were streaky, they got paint on the trim and the ceiling -- even the natural wood floors, which is a bitch to get off. It looked like they were flip owners, bought it, quickly repainted to resell, but they had lived here for SEVEN YEARS.

They were just lousy painters.

Which is funny because the wife "supposedly" was an artist.

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 23, 2008

OK. Here's our front room. This is the picture standing from the front door. Note the stairs with our accent wall. Please don't note all the crap on our kitchen table in the background.

And here is a view from the other sides with our new window treatments. Note the Dyson, dalmatian, and demon. Again, ignore all the crap on the country cabinet. Also, note the blue masking tape between the curtains. We haven't taken it off yet.

So that's our place. Thanks for coming by. Beers in the fridge. Help yourself.

Joe270 · Aug 23, 2008

Thanks for the brew. Nice paint job, looks great.

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 23, 2008

You're welcome. Funny how beer always tastes better after you've accomplished something.

kristie911 · Aug 23, 2008

Damned sexy house...fits right in with your sexy city.

Dawno · Aug 23, 2008

Beautiful! I wish we could paint - but we're renters. You never mentioned you had a robot child with laser eyes...

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 23, 2008

That's because he's our secret weapon against armed intruders and LOLcatz.

Beach Bunny · Aug 23, 2008

Looks great! :Thumbs:

Thanks for the brew!

Dawno · Aug 23, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
That's because he's our secret weapon against armed intruders and LOLcatz.

Good thinking. Those feral LOLcatz roaming your fair & sexy city will meet their match if they try to bring their ungrammatical ways to your home.

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 23, 2008

I just realized I captured several ghost orbs around the rocking chair, which is usually where I sit while I write. I wonder if it's my Muses.

qwerty · Aug 23, 2008

Great taste! Those things I call curtains are a superb blend with the accent wall. Damn clever to capture the muses for extra effect.

BTW, I don't do beer - got any red wine on offer?

Unique · Aug 24, 2008

chez beautifoool, mr. ferret. now - some molding at the ceiling and it will be perfect!

Shadow_Ferret said:
That's because he's our secret weapon against armed intruders and LOLcatz.

<snif> no catz? i know when i'm not wanted. <flounce>

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Aug 24, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
*ponders painting in the nude as MidnightMuse has done, then decides to spare the old lady across the street a heart attack*

Well, back to painting! How do you like it so far?

Thanks for sparing us all, Ferret. I was ready, however, to tell you where to put your hat!

Shadow_Ferret said:
And here is a view from the other sides with our new window treatments. Note the Dyson, dalmatian, and demon. Again, ignore all the crap on the country cabinet. Also, note the blue masking tape between the curtains. We haven't taken it off yet.

Note the blue masking tape around the ceiling. Don't forget that!

Shadow_Ferret said:
I just realized I captured several ghost orbs around the rocking chair, which is usually where I sit while I write. I wonder if it's my Muses.

More likely it's minions belonging to the demon.

Yeshanu · Aug 24, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
I just realized I captured several ghost orbs around the rocking chair, which is usually where I sit while I write. I wonder if it's my Muses.

I also notice a few above the television. Perhaps those ones are really your muses...

Lovely job, Ferret. If I provide the beer and promise to keep the LOLcatz out until you're done, will you visit my place?

Pagey's_Girl · Aug 24, 2008

Looks great! Reminds me that painting will probably be the next big project around here.

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 25, 2008

Yeshanu said:
Lovely job, Ferret. If I provide the beer and promise to keep the LOLcatz out until you're done, will you visit my place?

Sure. I don't mind painting. It's nice and mindless. Although I can get a little messy.

MidnightMuse · Aug 25, 2008

Um, Fuzzy-Buns, how long did you leave that tape there? If you wait till the paint dries, it'll come off with the tape. Best to pull it off right when you're done painting.

And don't knock painting rooms in the nude. It saves your clothes, and it's really easy to wash off (unless you're fool enough to use the old fashioned oil based paint with high VOC)

Shadow_Ferret · Aug 25, 2008

Strange, but I found the opposite to be true. If I peel it off wet, it tends to tear and leave jagged edges. When I've left it dry completely, it came off in a straight line.

Yeshanu · Aug 25, 2008

I think the tape that Ferret used is specially made tape for painting walls, and it doesn't take the paint off with it. If you use masking tape, be prepared for a bit of a mess...

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