Oh, my. I had to have exposed rafters and beadboard ceilings. Forcing paint into all those little crevices...
When we did the painting at the former drug house next door, Miss Naomi and her wonderful husband John helped; we had a ball. Lots of work, lots of laughter, and pizza after. They live in SF now, siiiigh. We had Naomi's dad do one room over there, too, when he moved back here from Tennessee; Dubois was a professional painter for years--he's in SF now, too! Boy, do I miss them.
(Yes, of course for a lot of reasons! But painting uneven surfaces overhead tends to make the missing more immediate...)
Nomes almost never gets a DROP of paint on herself--I looked like I'd dumped the bucket over my head. Working overhead is rough in the best of times, but rafters and beadboard...eeeep.
And I had reason to think of The Wisdom of Mark, who suggested clear varnish. YEAH. If I'd missed a spot then, it wouldn't show! Still lots of places to cut in with a paintbrush...
Brutal, but it's going to be SO nice. I really did want to do it myself...and I'll be glad. SOON. Reaaaaaaaaaallll soon..........
