Repainting The Living Room Ceiling: a house log

You all may remember how much we hate painting ceilings. So you can imagine my disappointment when “Repaint The Living Room Ceiling” lately popped up on our to-do list. Woe is me.

But, I cannot deny that a fresh coat of white paint does wonders for a ceiling, especially when it has issues like ours did. When we moved in there were some less-than-ideal ceiling problems. One of which occurred when we revealed a long unpainted stripe by removing a big ugly divider by the door. Back then, in our naiveté, we swiftly slapped up some semi-gloss trim paint and called it a day.

Well… semi-gloss paint does not exactly blend seamlessy with flat paint, because- duh- it is glossy.

So after ignoring the shiny spots for two whole years, we at last worked up the energy to move all the furniture out of the room and fix the problem. This meant repainting the whole ceiling (with flat paint!) to avoid a patchy outcome (we have been advised by a painter friend that patching up a paint job does not work well on ceilings, especially white ceilings, so painting the whole plane was the only way to ensure a smooth and even look). It was not the quickest home improvement project in the world, but it ensured that “Repaint The Living Room Ceiling AGAIN” would not be on our to-do list any time soon.