In California the term is Navajo white and Swiss coffee for rental units.
Bill D
In California the term is Navajo white and Swiss coffee for rental units.
Bill D
I have never liked beige paint ....and it was finally on its way OUT!! Now it’s back as WHITE !? If you have a child in kindergarten, and you want
them to learn quickly....be honest about colors. Don’t wait until they want to post a GREEN “red bird” on the refrigerator!
Last edited by Mel Fulks; 02-28-2021 at 2:15 AM.
I’ve always painted ceilings with flat white ceiling paint. I hate painting ceilings and the idea of having to use multiple coats to cover or change the colour of the ceiling every time the wall colour is changed is unappealing. We seem to change colours regularly. Our current house has a swirl texture finish on the ceilings (yuck) which would make it even more difficult to change colours without multiple coats.
I paint closets white whenever possible for similar reasons so am beginning to suspect I’m just lazy!
Good luck with the re- decorating.
Painting ceilings to match the wall color is a trendy thing on sites like Houzz these days. I'm sticking with the brightest white I can find, these old eyes need all the light they can get.
Gray is definitely the new beige.
We paint our house in pretty bright, albeit light, colors, every room different. I like the variety. Always hated houses painted entirely in "landlord white".
Just painted two bedrooms, both have white ceilings, one needed repainting and I stayed with white. I HATE painting ceilings, so I used the paint that goes on pink so you can see where you have been and then dries white. Still hate painting ceilings. Maybe use a pro trick and go with an 18" roller so it takes half the time? personally I prefer white ceilings, it helps set off the wall color and helps brighten the room.
NOW you tell me...
Coincidently, I just did a refresh on my office exactly like that...walls went to grey and a vinyl plank floor went in as the soft wide pine had been damaged over the years by my chair, despite a carpet to protect against that. Ceiling and trim remained white. The previous wall color was a very light green.
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
I like the color changing ceiling paint. The color changes from purple, to white as it dries. That can save an extra coat, since you can see how well you're covering. It's especially useful when spraying using a supplied air hood, which does restrict visibility some when the face shield gets some bounceback spray on it.
Last edited by Tom M King; 02-28-2021 at 10:44 AM.
My order of work, if the walls are going to be a color, mask off the floor with brown paper around the edges, and dropcloth over the rest of the floor. Trim gets sprayed, not worrying about what gets on the walls, roll the color on the walls and cut in the trim with a brush-quicker than masking anything, then tape the top of the walls, whether plain wall, or crown molding, and use the cling drape below the tape, then spray the ceiling last. It's easier to drape a wall, than mask a ceiling, so ceiling is last.
edited to add: I like the wall drape with the built-in tape for the highest layer, or by itself is one will cover.
Last edited by Tom M King; 02-28-2021 at 12:33 PM.
If doing the walls _and_ ceiling, I’ll start with what you do on the floors, and mask off the windows and appliances etc. Then spray primer on the walls and ceilings. Then (because I usually have the benefit of waiting some time after that) I’ll paper the perimeter of the wall/ceiling intersection and spray the ceilings. Then the walls usually get rolled, and the trim rolled and brushed. I don’t have to drape the walls, unless painting them first, which is a bit inconvenient although manageable.
Essential tools: 3M hand maskers, 3M masking film, general purpose masking paper, green frog tape.
When I was painting for a home builder that I worked for he had 2 colors one was rice paper and the other was antique white they were close to the same color if you didn't see them side by side. I would spray the walls and ceilings the same color.
When we lived in St Louis we got first hand experience with that. The prior homeowner had used it so every time the humidity went up into the high 80's and beyond (an unfortunately common experience in StL) the ceilings would all turn a mottled rosy purple/pink. Not my favorite.
I am doing a mild remodeling job on half a duplex for designer I work with. She originally said to do the ceilings the same color as the walls, a medium tan color. Then just before I started, she changed her mind and said to cut the ceiling paint with equal portion of a white ceiling paint. I looks better than it would have, but the 50% dilution didn't make as much of a change as you would have thought. Still, I personally like white, or perhaps a notch or two up the scale of a grey. Certainly makes the room look bigger and the ceiling not so 'heavy' when you are in the room.