Ceiling Love
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:14 pm
Here I am. I have not been here for a few months, have been going crazy ever since we started removing the evil DIAGONAL KITCHEN WALL. Our real house sold, we moved into the MH and I was out of town for 6 weeks, then we had Christmas, my birthday, our anniversary, and ok, enough. I am back now. You can all breathe easy once more.....I actually missed you guys!!!!
What I want to tell you NOW is how I fell in love with my living room ceiling !!! it was a nightmare of epic porportions: termite damage, water damage, sagging, nasty, ugly, stained, patched, partly painted, botched, and all I wanted to do was cry. I never looked up. I told everyone not to look up.
I was saved by my awesome HandyGuy Steve who said.... "I can fix it for you" and I didnt believe him. ho ho. well, we went to Home Depot and bought a gazillion long screws and sheetrock drywall which he and me and his wife screwed up RIGHT OVER THE MESS !!!! I read about this technique on your site but thought it an impossible task, one doomed to failure..... WELL, let me tell you it is the best way to do the ceiling..... we have tried the patch method which looks like its been patched, the tear-down total replacement method which is the filthiest job on the planet and a pain all the way around. We took all the moulding off around the top edge, dismantled the jerry-rigged ceiling fan, wired the ceiling fan correctly, (it was easy because the drywall still wasn't installed on the new STRAIGHT wall). Then we went to town "hanging" the drywall. I yelled and jumped for joy.... by the end of the afternoon Steve had it all taped and the first coat of mud on it. He carefully went through the process of sanding, remudding, and sanding again and then I went out and bought Behr's Interior Texture Paint, (smooth finish) and had Steve roll it on per the instructions with a texture roller. After it dried a couple hours I knocked it down with a trowel and it was a total miracle. I loved it so much I almost had Steve talked into going into business with me.... re-doing people's nasty ceilings.....
it is all primed, painted and has nice crown moulding installed, we even textured the marriage beam and painted it the same color as the rest of the ceiling. Then it looked so nice I made Steve texture the dining room, right over the intact mobile home ceiling, which improved the look of it.
I then went nuts and textured 3 walls. Two are paneled, and one newly drywalled----- its so fun, and rewarding.
Ok, I am done talking. I just wanted to share this in case there are other people out there who cry when they look up. Now when I look up I want to get my step ladder out and climb up and kiss my ceiling.... I have never been so in love. I want to marry it.
bye for now. Katie
What I want to tell you NOW is how I fell in love with my living room ceiling !!! it was a nightmare of epic porportions: termite damage, water damage, sagging, nasty, ugly, stained, patched, partly painted, botched, and all I wanted to do was cry. I never looked up. I told everyone not to look up.
I was saved by my awesome HandyGuy Steve who said.... "I can fix it for you" and I didnt believe him. ho ho. well, we went to Home Depot and bought a gazillion long screws and sheetrock drywall which he and me and his wife screwed up RIGHT OVER THE MESS !!!! I read about this technique on your site but thought it an impossible task, one doomed to failure..... WELL, let me tell you it is the best way to do the ceiling..... we have tried the patch method which looks like its been patched, the tear-down total replacement method which is the filthiest job on the planet and a pain all the way around. We took all the moulding off around the top edge, dismantled the jerry-rigged ceiling fan, wired the ceiling fan correctly, (it was easy because the drywall still wasn't installed on the new STRAIGHT wall). Then we went to town "hanging" the drywall. I yelled and jumped for joy.... by the end of the afternoon Steve had it all taped and the first coat of mud on it. He carefully went through the process of sanding, remudding, and sanding again and then I went out and bought Behr's Interior Texture Paint, (smooth finish) and had Steve roll it on per the instructions with a texture roller. After it dried a couple hours I knocked it down with a trowel and it was a total miracle. I loved it so much I almost had Steve talked into going into business with me.... re-doing people's nasty ceilings.....
it is all primed, painted and has nice crown moulding installed, we even textured the marriage beam and painted it the same color as the rest of the ceiling. Then it looked so nice I made Steve texture the dining room, right over the intact mobile home ceiling, which improved the look of it.
I then went nuts and textured 3 walls. Two are paneled, and one newly drywalled----- its so fun, and rewarding.
Ok, I am done talking. I just wanted to share this in case there are other people out there who cry when they look up. Now when I look up I want to get my step ladder out and climb up and kiss my ceiling.... I have never been so in love. I want to marry it.
bye for now. Katie