It’s time to celebrate! At least for a moment. My family room remodel is getting closer to completion. {{deep breath}} You all have asked if I’d be leaving the ceiling exposed. YES. And that’s why I created custom lighting, concealed the wiring, and created transitions from wall to ceiling. I’m all about how to paint an open beam ceiling today!

How’s this for looming and begging to be finished?

eep!

One cannot imagine painting this by hand, right?

Or, at least, no one likes to, anyway.

Before I jump in, take a peek at these pieces of my family room remodel:

• Family Room Demolition Begins
• Family Room Lighting
• Hide Wiring in Open Ceiling
• DIY Open Staircase
• Open Staircase Update
• Family Room Update
• Wall to Ceiling Transition
• UPDATE: Open Staircase Trim

PREP IS KEY

However, before I can start to paint, I need to caulk and cover up EVERYTHING.

Preparing a room takes so much time, but so very worth it. Because whatever you don’t patch or repair now will show up after painting.

Trust me. After working on a paint crew while in college, and also doing my home remodels for fourteen years, you know it when it’s a lazy effort.

For instance, one a few of my transition cuts were a little gappy. In order to remedy that, I use a filler to save on caulk.

You can buy a product by the roll for stuff like this, but I use some remnant weatherstripping foam pieces instead.

And it works like a charm.

Simply caulk over top.

After that, I have to cover EVERYTHING because I’m going to spray.

My neck, shoulders, wrists, hands… my whole body already feels this as I know it will take a couple of days and many hours.

It is worth it?

YES!

I’m quickly reminded how I just finished painting my previous home entire garage  and garage door just a few months ago with this same sprayer.

I also debate on whether to paint the ceiling first or sand down the drywall mud. Since the sanding will create a dust on the floor joists above, I choose to paint first. That way, there’s no residue keeping the paint from sticking and I can vacuum dust up later. So, take into consideration your own space and process.

Once everything is ready, I spray all day!

Be sure to watch my vlog below to see it in action and not miss a bit of information.

SPRAY TIME

Yes, I use an HVLP sprayer (High Volume Low Pressure).

If you’re considering doing the same, which I recommend for the fastest and best coverage, consider one thing…

OVERSPRAY.

It will happen, yes, it will, despite what manufacturers will advertise.

I’ve tried painting furniture indoors with my spray tent and it still went throughout the house. Not just the room I am spraying in.

I’m wearing janky clothes, hat, eye protection, hearing protection, and my organic respirator. Your health matters!

Additionally, I purchased Zinsser BIN primer that is an amazing product I’ve used before HERE. Not only, hide stains, but block odors. Even as odors as foul as cigarette smoke – SEE HERE where I turned a smoky entertainment center into a child’s wardrobe.

But now that this stuff is $100 per gallon, I am going to test paint to see if it will bleed through.

Tannins in wood will come through paint in right circumstances and I don’t want to spray an entire coat and find I need to seal it first.

Following manufacturer instructions on how to thin the paint is also key and very simple. Also, using the right sprayer tip will allow ease of coating.

Here it is after the first coat…

Thankfully, no bleed-through that I don’t mind (video/vlog has the details).

IT DIED

And… it died.

On the second coat, second day, just as I was about 3/4 of the way complete… my sprayer literally blew out chunks of sprayer bits and sparks.

I even had a backup sprayer that was also dead, so I will be graduating myself to a battery powered option. The entire time I was spraying, I had to have the extension cord around my neck to offset the weight on my arm and wrist.

To finish, I break out my brush and finish it in longer that needed but DONE.

Isn’t that a breath of fresh air?

Actually, I had to let the room air out! haha.

But, I’m stoked to be able to start to say goodbye to dungeon room.

Oh, and see what I mean about overspray?

Maybe you’re wondering why I didn’t put down a tarp?

Well, because I’ve learned in the past, it is much more fuss (since I’m living in my space) to move furniture around and move tarps. As opposed to an hour of cleanup.

Choose your evil.

Everything is cleaned up but still in the center of the room because I need to finish mudding and then… the horror… sand AGAIN.

And Miss Loula is ecstatic she’s allowed back in this space.

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