How I Paint French Doors
Yay!!!!
I am carried out painting all of the woodwork and trim in our hallway, living room, and dining room.
It most effective took me weeks to complete.
Blah!
It was numerous paintings, but I am so Happy with the outcome.
As you may remember from HERE, all of the woodwork in our home use to be a cream color, and now it is a bright, fresh white.
It seems so much higher now.
Today, I thought I'd share how I painted the french doorways.
One of the motives I become preserving off on painting all of the woodwork and trim for goodbye, became as it regarded like it'd be any such large task. Not simplest does our dwelling location have a number of woodwork, however there is additionally a variety of information that had to be painted as properly, like the home windows, the hutches and those french doorways.
And then the day came where I just decided to go for it. I also decided to go about it in the easiest way possible.
I didn't want to take the time to tape off all of the window panels.
I rarely ever use painters tape. I actually don't think it works very good. I always end up with paint under the tape somehow anyway.
Instead I use my method, "Wipe as you go".
Here's how my "Wipe As You Go" technique works.
You paint across the window, slicing in together with your paint brush, even as trying not to get too much paint at the glass...If possible.
Then using a damp paper towel, place it over your fingers and wipe up all the wet paint off of the glass. You will need to get a new damp paper towel every so often.
And don't worry about any light smears, they can all be buffed off with a dry paper towel in the end.
I have also heard of another method where you let the paint dry and then scrape it off with a razor blade. However, that still seemed like too much work for me.
I believe that the "wipe as you go" method is genuinely the best one.
I also changed into cautious to wipe off all of the vintage unique hardware as nicely.
I used this equal technique when portray my corner hutches within the dining room.
By the manner, I by no means realized just how exquisite my series of white dishes turned into till I emptied my hutches and grouped it all collectively.
I wager I kinda have a component for white dishes.
I've picked a lot of it up at yard sales and thrift stores. But it's usually just a dish here, and a cup there and then I bring it home and place it in the hutches. So it was kinda surprising to see it all together.
And this isn't even all of it.
Anyway, like I said, I'm so happy to be finished painting all of the woodwork and trim in the main area of our home.
However, I now want to repaint the walls, and then head into the kitchen to repaint the trim in there as well as all of the cabinets. And then make my way into the office to paint the trim in there......
But for now, I'm giving myself a bit spoil from painting to experience the work I even have performed....And to provide my dirty, disregarded residence a very good overhaul cleansing.
Yay!!
Thanks for preventing by way of,
Emily
