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How  to  Sheetrock  a  Ceiling  ALL  by  YOURSELF  with  NO  Help  from  Anyone !!!  {  PART  THREE  -  FINITO  }

7/1/2013

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It  took  a  few  days  to 
tape  and spackle 
to  my  standard.



I  prefer  walls 
as  smooth  as  possible, 
which  meant
sanding  in between 
three  coats 
of  joint  compound.



As  you  can  see, 
everything  gets  covered 
with  a  very  fine 
powdery  dust.



A  mini  Shop Vac, 
Swiffer  and  bucket  of 
Murphy's  Oil  Soap  
in  warm  water 
is  a  God  send 
when  getting 
everything  clean.



Excited  to  create  a 
soothing  library  ambience,
I  swiftly  rolled  in 
a  pure  white  ceiling...

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... then  purchased 

BEHR 
PREMIUM  PLUS 
ULTRA 
STAIN  BLOCKING 
PAINT  &  PRIMER  IN  ONE


which  has  worked 
perfectly  well  on  many 
previous  projects.

A  quart  of 
BRONZE  GREEN { 350D-6 } 
was  chosen  as  the  accent  color  behind  the  book  shelves.

It 's   the  color  sample 
furthest  right  in  this  picture.


The  first   streaky   shmeer 
should  have  been  proof  enough  
that  it  was   destined  to  be 

HIDEOUS !!!

It   miserably  took 

THREE 

coats  to  cover  and 

ALL
my  patience  with  it.

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A  gallon  of 

BAVARIAN  CREAM
{ 340E-3 } 

was  picked  for 
the  main  wall  color;
reminiscent  of  double  cream 
with  a  hint  of  coffee.

During all this,
I  popped  yet  another  hole 
in  my  ragged  work  jeans 
and  went  to  search 
for  a  suitable  scrap 
in  my  fabric  bin... 

where  
a  long  forgotten 
upholstery  fabric 
proved  to  be 
just  right  
and 
just  enough  
for  a  new  window  valance
that  successfully
conceals  the  pipe
near  the  ceiling !


!!!  YAY  !!!


I  thanked  God  profusely 

for  that  perk 

and 

sewed  it  up  in  no  time.


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Despite  lies  to  myself 
that  the 
BRONZE  GREEN 
would  dry  to  the 
color  envisioned, 
all it  ever  did  was
waste  my  time 
and 
twist  my  guts.


YELCH

It  was  like  stepping  into
a  dreaded  eight  day  old  bowl  of  pea  soup
and  was  immediately  changed  using 

VALSPAR  ULTRA 
in 
PATINA  BLUE


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The  books  may  not  all  be  put  back  just  yet...

but  you  might  be  interested  to  know  that  this 
Barber  Chair 
was  used 
in  a  Documentary 
about  the  assassination 
of  mob boss

Albert Anastasia.

You  can  click  on  his  name  to  read  more  about  him.


I  don't  know  who
painted  this  portrait
of

Harry Blackstone,

but  I've  always  loved  it.

Click  on  his  name
to  read  more  about  him.


"If  you  believe 

you  can 

do  a  thing, 

you  can.

If  you  believe 

you  cannot,

you  cannot."


Your  comments
are  most
WELCOME


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