sealing the ceilings

when you buy a 2500 square foot home the last thing you think of is the fact that there are 2500 square feet of ceilings that come with it - we came to this overwhelming realization today, that is for sure. today we prepped and painted almost all of the ceilings in the house. luckily we are fortunate enough to know a painter who was generous enough to lend us his professional spray gun for the stipple ceilings; since it took about four hours to spray them i cannot even imagine how long it would have taken to hand roll and cut them, especially the vaulted ceiling on the main floor. it was absolutely disgusting to see the difference between the new, freshly sprayed white ceiling and the old, brown, second hand smoke stained ceiling.

Jesse spraying the ceiling

my attempt to capture the disgustingly different shades of the ceiling.... not too sure it worked? haha

while jesse and kev did the ceilings on the upper, main and basement (aka man cave) levels, i worked on the cedar slatted ceilings and walls - i hadn't anticipated this would be as big of a job as it is turning out to be. apparently, cedar is one of the worst woods to paint since it continually gives off some sort of resin that can continually seep through paint, making it look all discoloured and splotchy after you have painted it unless it is prepped and sealed properly. this prep coat is taking forever, i am hoping that its worth it in the end. 

cutting between the slats on the roof

sealing the ceiling complete

we accomplished a lot today, hopefully we will be able to sand down all the walls and begin painting them as well. i have my fingers crossed that when i stop by tomorrow morning and open the front door i will smell paint instead of stale cigarette smoke.