tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post7628257757337084192..comments2024-03-14T13:58:59.388-05:00Comments on Dear John: Show And Tell - Stealing Mel's ideaareyoukiddingmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16107214079237461141noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-32941001812845481322010-04-20T01:03:34.784-05:002010-04-20T01:03:34.784-05:00Next time you paint, drop me a line. I am awesome....Next time you paint, drop me a line. I am awesome. Not that I want to paint your house OMFGNO, but that I can pick colors! and have knowledge! and BLAH BLAH bored now.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06066499436533594138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-55817469431165196452010-03-30T20:45:26.569-05:002010-03-30T20:45:26.569-05:00Given the fact that we paint some room in our hous...Given the fact that we paint some room in our house at least once or twice a year, thanks for the tip. We usually do pretty well with zoning in on the color that we want while we're still in the store, but we'll take any tip that will make our selection process easier. <br /><br />(and how jealous am I that your hubby is a GC? Painting is about all that we're able to do on our own when it comes to house stuff)JW Moxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16865232770753428076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-63030789444087370652010-03-17T08:26:32.431-05:002010-03-17T08:26:32.431-05:00Hi! Your comment is in today's post. Love what...Hi! Your comment is in today's post. Love what you have to say, always!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-48332610392687935092010-03-16T09:41:05.457-05:002010-03-16T09:41:05.457-05:00Definitely keeping this in mind. Thanks!Definitely keeping this in mind. Thanks!niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-18099693029890075512010-03-12T20:16:57.345-06:002010-03-12T20:16:57.345-06:00All good advice. We ended up painting our house w...All good advice. We ended up painting our house with some friends because we didn't want to deal with workers. The job is not as neat as a professional, but it works.<br /><br />We have to repaint and we were going to go with a semi-gloss but now you're making me rethink that :-)Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-32753771208590532442010-03-12T14:38:27.067-06:002010-03-12T14:38:27.067-06:00We have to paint alot in our house. We haven't...We have to paint alot in our house. We haven't started a thing yet, but I think we will try to do ourselves when we are ready. Never mind contractors there, can you imagine what we deal with here in Cairo? Well if you can't just imagine bad contractors times 1,000, it sucks. Not everyone of course, but many!Wishing 4 Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13569405415176468436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-75415438607447436582010-03-12T14:29:16.020-06:002010-03-12T14:29:16.020-06:00Oh god thank you. We have spent the last few weeks...Oh god thank you. We have spent the last few weeks painting our new house and are having the worst time with paint colors! We have been getting tiny sample sizes of the paint and then slapping it on a wall to see if it works, the living room at one time had three streaks of blue in it until I made up my mind. Right now the master bedroom has a patch of coffee bean brown that will stay there until my husband and come to an agreement about the color. Oh how I have come to hate painting!mountainmomma18http://mountainmommachronicles.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-80986748783071188612010-03-11T14:22:20.420-06:002010-03-11T14:22:20.420-06:00That's a lot of lessons!
But good tips. I kee...That's a lot of lessons!<br /><br />But good tips. I keep thinking I'll paint a few rooms here when I have time.<br /><br />Yeah, right.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-40895794420745858632010-03-11T14:20:03.624-06:002010-03-11T14:20:03.624-06:00Three walls in the "formal living room" ...Three walls in the "formal living room" and the top half all the walls in the dining room are a color that I refer to as "plastic baby flesh". Yeah, on the walls it didn't turn out to be the same as it looked on the card. And the man painted while I was away. Those were big rooms and we decided not to redo it. People always give me the side eye about the color. ;pMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07923049494756911105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-19163841159225879912010-03-11T12:07:16.124-06:002010-03-11T12:07:16.124-06:00What a story!!! This is something every homeowner ...What a story!!! This is something every homeowner should be required to read. Thanks, AYKM.Martha@A Sense of Humor is Essentialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129428477996644401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-16734338758100506932010-03-11T07:15:18.260-06:002010-03-11T07:15:18.260-06:00Sucks you paid for crap work! But I totally get t...Sucks you paid for crap work! But I totally get the coat after coat thing. We did a Blue wall in our apartment living room and it took forever to get right, and then when we needed to paint it white to move out it was worse!..Soo.See..https://www.blogger.com/profile/04969000907987180670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-34918371186589694472010-03-11T00:35:59.374-06:002010-03-11T00:35:59.374-06:00Great story - though it always gets me a little ri...Great story - though it always gets me a little riled up to hear about injustices done to perfectly reasonable people.<br /><br />Good tip for choosing colour. I will remember that if ever I need to paint again!Panamahathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10248512242594265755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-75131752976008888492010-03-10T23:38:44.557-06:002010-03-10T23:38:44.557-06:00I agree with the tinted primer for doing dark colo...I agree with the tinted primer for doing dark colours... particularly red. I didn't have so much luck with the pink tho under a dark red. I've recently learned that grey actually works better. <br /><br />I do love painting tho... so long as someone else does all the prep work.Mrs. Gamgeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351339333625358960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-89023349170696626842010-03-10T23:20:59.092-06:002010-03-10T23:20:59.092-06:00I can make a couple of other suggestions, if you h...I can make a couple of other suggestions, if you have more time. <br /><br />Take the paint chips home. Cut them up (one colour per square) and tape them to the wall. Pay attention to how they look in various lights. <br /><br />If you still aren't sure, get a small tin, you will usually pay about $5, and it will do about a square foot. <br /><br />If you are painting dark colours, always get a tinted primer. Your primer for red should be bubble gum pink. I went from light beige to dark red in 1 coat of primer and 2 coats of red.Mrs.Spithttp://www.mrsspit.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-76921361080557794572010-03-10T22:25:38.685-06:002010-03-10T22:25:38.685-06:00Thanks for the tips! I had a friend who had 1 red...Thanks for the tips! I had a friend who had 1 red wall in her bathroom. It was stunning so I commented. Her husband rolled his eyes and said the reason there was only 1 red wall was because of the number of coats he had to apply to get it that shade. Whenever I see a red wall I wonder if the owner loathed the experience as much as he did. <br />Sorry they ran off with the cash after a crappy job.Flying Monkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201706440467984875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-35480324613858547612010-03-10T22:00:27.597-06:002010-03-10T22:00:27.597-06:00Oh man I sorry they screwed you but nice save on d...Oh man I sorry they screwed you but nice save on doing it yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-81795867099201338382010-03-10T21:26:40.218-06:002010-03-10T21:26:40.218-06:00Ughhhh...painting. We're about to paint (and w...Ughhhh...painting. We're about to paint (and wallpaper) the shit out of the house in Sweden. Uggghhhh.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14587793749927806976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555606528434199774.post-44678395752272170372010-03-10T21:24:10.519-06:002010-03-10T21:24:10.519-06:00we had the exact same experience with our red dini...we had the exact same experience with our red dining room. Who knew it would take so many coats of paint!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844319222032025685noreply@blogger.com