Fishers bedroom and bathroom

Finished a bedroom and bathroom in Fishers on Wednesday. I prepped and applied two coats of eg-shell in a gray color (Sherwin Williams' Mineral Deposit) on the walls only.


Steps:

1. Removed electrical plates;
2. Sanded walls;
3.  Masked out floor with 12 inch paper and additional heavier paper;
4. Spackled a lot of nail pops and other small holes;
5. Washed walls;
6. Taped out baseboards, door trim, and other trim;
7. Applied first coat on walls - let dry;
8. Applied second coat on walls;
9. Pulled tape and masking paper;
10. Did touch-ups on ceiling, trim, and walls;
11. Cleaned up. 

Photos:

Carmel master bedroom

Finished a master bedroom in Carmel on Tuesday. I prepped and applied two coats of eg-shell in a gray color on the walls only. I also painted part of the sunken ceiling.  The customer supplied the paint - Lowe's Valspar Signature Interior.


Steps:

1. Removed electrical plates;
2. Sanded walls;
3. Washed walls;
4. Taped out baseboards and door trim;
5. Taped out main ceiling because it was a flat ceiling;
6. Masked out floor with 12 inch paper and additional heavier paper;
7. Applied first coat on walls - let dry;
8. Applied first coat to sunken ceiling;
9. Applied second coat on walls;
10. Applied second coat on sunken ceiling;
11. Pulled tape and masking paper;
12. Moved furniture back in place; and
13. Did touch-ups on ceiling, trim, and walls;
14. Cleaned up. 

Challenges:
I also painted part of the sunken ceiling in order to break up the white. This was a challenge because I had to keep paint off the rest of the ceiling.

Photos:

Best view of sunken ceiling with gray paint

 Walls

Another view of walls and ceiling

Fishers bedroom

Finished a small bedroom in Fishers on Tuesday. I prepped and applied two coats of satin in a blue color to the walls only.  The customer supplied the paint - Lowe's Valspar Signature Interior Satin.

Steps:

1. Moved most of the furniture out of room;
2. Removed electrical plates;
3. Sanded walls;
4. Washed walls;
5. Taped out baseboards and door trim;
6. Masked out floor with 12 inch paper;
7. Applied first coat to walls - let dry;
8. Applied second coat to walls;
9. Pulled tape and masking paper;
10. Did touch-up to walls and trim;
11. Moved furniture back in place; and
12. Cleaned up.

Challenges:
Moving furniture around in order to get to the walls.

Photos:

Fishers large interior painting project

I just finished a painting project for a customer who is putting her house up for sale. I have done various other painting for this customer over the past three years and she called me when she needed to repaint the rest of her rooms. I painted her master bathroom, guest bathroom, entryway, living room, dining room, office, hallways, and laundry room. I also pressure washed her deck and outside entryway and touched up a lot of the trim and ceilings at no cost. So this was a large project and took me four days to complete by myself.

For the walls, I used Sherwin Williams ProMar 200 in a flat sheen and the color was Kilim Beige for most of the rooms. I did use Soften Green for her master bath, which was the same color as her master bedroom that I painted three years ago.

Steps:

1. Sanded all the walls;
2. Washed all the walls;
3. Spackled all the holes and other dings;
4. Lightly sanded all the areas I spackled with 220 grade sandpaper;
5. Taped out all the trim in order to keep paint off the trim;
6. Applied first coat of paint and let dry for 4 hours;
7. Applied second coat of paint;
8. Pulled all the tape;
9. Touched up trim and ceilings around the house;
10. Vacuumed;
11. Pressure washed the deck and front outside entryway.

 Challenges:

1 - A lot of preparation including wall repair and cleaning;

2 - Furniture moving.

Finished Photos:

Dining room

Guest bathroom

 Entryway

Downstairs hallway

 Living room

Hallway leading to entryway

 Living room

 Master bathroom (Soften Green)

 Master bathroom

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Indianapolis ceilings and walls

I finished a two day painting project that included three ceilings, the walls in one room, and one ceiling repair. The customer was putting the home up for sale and had ceilings and walls that were yellowed and needing repair. 


Photos:

Ceiling that needed repair and stamped to match pattern on rest of ceiling (used Cornerstone Painting and Drywall to complete the repair)

 Large ceiling over breakfast area, living room and entryway.

 Painted walls and ceiling after two hours of preparation

Another view of the large ceiling

I completed an interior painting job on Friday that included a large living room.  I put two coats of eg-shell on all the walls and one coat of semi-gloss trim paint on the trim. I also painted the front door and associated trim around it.

Steps:

1.  Moved all the furniture;
2. Sanded down all the walls and trim;
3. Washed down all the walls and trim;
4. Caulked and spackled all the cracks and holes on the walls;
5. Taped out the carpet a long the baseboards in preparation for painting;
6. Painted the trim with Sherwin Williams ProClassic Door and Trim Latex paint (semi-gloss) and let dry overnight;
7. Masked out the carpet with 12 inch paper using a model 3M Hand Masker M3000 Dispenser to prevent paint splatter and drips;
8. Taped (green frog tape) out all the trim that included baseboards, door trim, and window trim before applying paint;
9. Applied first coat of Sherwin Williams ProMar 200 (no VOC) paint and let dry for 4 hours;
10. Applied second coat of paint;
11. Pulled all the tape and masking paper;
12. Touched up any areas including ceiling, walls, and trim;
13. Put furniture and pictures back;
14. Vacuumed;
15. Final walk-through with customer/

Photos:

Painting done and ready to start putting room back together

Another view of living room without furniture and curtains back in place

Painting completed with room put back together and completed customer walk-through

Painting completed and room put back together

 Painting completed and room put back together