painting the fifth wall (a.k.a. the ceiling)...

2013-05-17T12:54:00.001-04:00

The other day I did something I've never done before. I painted a ceiling, all 5 feet 2 inches of me. I've always painted my "fifth" wall white and kept the color for the other four walls. Adding color to the ceiling made such a difference on my porch. The walls have not even been painted yet and I'm loving the change I see already. The rest of the room will be painted Benjamin Moore's Decorators White so the blue on the ceiling will make a striking difference. I used Benjamin Moore's Harbor Fog which is a gorgeous shade of sky blue. Not too dark to bring the ceiling down and not too light to not be noticeable.

So what is the most important item I learned in this entire process? Painting a ceiling is messy. It was definitely a good idea that I started off with the ceiling first. Splatters of paint are all over the floor, which will be painted last. I even had paint in my eyelashes. I used my favorite brush, the shortcut angle brush by Wooster and cut around the edges and the ceiling fan. I then attached the extension pole to my roller and rolled out the rest of the ceiling. I ended up doing two coats of Benjamin Moore’s Harbor Fog Exterior paint in a flat finish. Two hours and two blisters later I was done. It makes such a difference. The mustard yellow on the ceiling is gone and replaced by a refreshing shade of blue. There is one section of the room where the white molding touches the ceiling and in that little area I get a visual of what the entire room will eventually look like.

I'm giddy.

painting a ceiling fan

2013-05-14T12:27:00.001-04:00

The ceiling fan on my porch was my first project I tackled. It was not much to look at but I was not in the market to buy a new one, for a couple reason. First of all it still works. Second of all, with some coats of paint I was fairly certain I could give it the look I wanted. I love the look of a black ceiling fan so with a couple coats of Behr Premium Plus Ultra exterior paint (I chose to use paint and primer in one in black) I took what was originally a white ceiling fan...

to this…

This was the first on my list of projects since I would next be painting the ceiling. I had initially thought about taking the ceiling fan down and spray painting it. The spray painting part would have been easy with this method. The taking it down part would not have been. I decided to switch gears and hand paint the entire thing. I used my favorite brush for about 90% of the fan. Once I got the the area closest to the ceiling I used one of my children's watercolor brushes. Two coats later and I had a brand new looking ceiling fan, saving myself about $200 in the process.

Painting the ceiling itself it next. I can’t wait to see how the fan looks once I have the gorgeous shade of Benjamin Moore Harbor Fog up there! Check out my pinterest board to see what I mean!

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painting the fifth wall (a.k.a. the ceiling)...

painting a ceiling fan