Priming with Kiltz oil-based primer--we're glad we did it, but…belch! Horrible to clean off of rollers and brushes and smells like the devil. I'm pretty sure it did it's job, though, because who could possibly smell cigarette smoke through the smell of the primer??
Priming took about four solid days, I think. We had some great helpers.
We had forgotten to paint the bathroom closet, so we found someone who was the perfect size!
Kahlin had a great idea to put one of the shelves back in for Peter to sit on, and that worked perfectly.
After priming we started to PAINT! It was a lot more pleasant in just about every way, although it took about a week to paint our whole house including ceilings and woodwork (we're doing replacement windows in the fall, but we painted the moulding). The ceilings were the hardest part--we used Behr ceiling paint, which somehow didn't have the greatest coverage, so even after two coats there were some areas that needed work.
I really like all of the paint colors, especially "gray horse" in our bedroom. for the hall bathroom we did an impromptu mix of "moonshine" and "palest pistachio" that I like a lot.
Some sweet romantic guy was painting in the living room
This is the correct spot for a great "after" picture, but this is the only after that I have :-)
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