I am finished painting the bedrooms at my dad’s house. The master bedroom took a total of five coats– the nicotine stains bled through two coats so I did a coat of Zinsser Killz primer and an additional two coats. I’m way behind my schedule and I’m way over my paint budget. I’m beginning to wish I’d hired professional painters.
I spent much of yesterday on my hands and knees yesterday removing the double face tape and adhesive residue from the gleaming hardwood floor in the master bedroom. For the first time in over 40 years, the floors will be exposed. My parents had had them refinished just before I came on the scene, and then, like everyone else in the 70′s, covered them with wall to wall carpeting. I still have to rip up the carpet in the other bedroom, but that will wait until the living room, dining room and hallway are finished. Painting in the larger area should be easier, without having so many obstacles, and the carpet and pad shouldn’t give me much trouble, although the tack strips might.