Any suggestions for Painting our ceiling?
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The ceiling in our home on the first level has no breaks. It runs from the front door down the hall, through the kitchen, dinette, into the family room. Again from the front door through the dining room. Any suggestions on painting this mass ceiling. Or other ideas as to creating a break, or something other than painting? Thank you
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paint the long side first and then the shortest.
Painting your ceiling may not be the more labor intensive concern here. It's the preping that will take so much time. Unless all the area (sidewalls and ceiling) is the same color and the same finish (semi-gloss, Matt, flat., etc), you are going to have to mask off your side walls for a clean line between ceiling and side walls. But once you've done that, it's just a matter of taking the time to move or cover furniture and protecting your floors. Use the correct paint roller for the tecture of the ceilings and start rolling. Any break that you create to avoid painting the entire ceiling will take away from that open feeling that your home appears to have. Dont minimize that openess. People love it and pay extra to have it.
Generally keeping a continuous ceiling the same color is standard. But, you can create different "areas" by doing things such as creating a coffered ceiling or installing glue and stick tiles (like tin or a texture) in a specific area by delineating the area with some molding. Try to use existing doorways, flooring, or other things that are already delineating specific areas. Paint is cheap so I so "try it"!
If you have the time and patience for all the prep work, go for it! Another option would be a beadboard ceiling if portions of your home would fit to the style of your home. There are also other ceiling tile options out there. Or just hire a qualified painter to do the ceilings for you.
I have always sworn by flat white, unless you have a relatively high ceiling - then color can work. White keeps a room open and walls look taller.
After looking around, I'm thinking just sell as is lol Thank you all for your suggestions!
I'm tired just thinking about this. lol thanks again!
You mentioned in your reply that you have tape showing and cracks in some corners. Do you mean drywall tape that is original to the drywall installation when the house was built in 1992? What a nightmare! I've had that problem also and it can be easy or a total removal of damaged tape and a re-mud of the new tape. Another hard lesson I've learned is that whenever you use drywall mud or another product to make these kinds of repairs (cracks included) you must prime the surface before you paint it. All your hard work will be so worth it. Everything will look so fresh and new when you're done.