What is the avg price

[nvnvgirl]

Originally Posted by celstu1

Post pics!!! haha Sounds BEAUTIFUL!!!

Very funny .

I'll see if I have any that show the ceiling (you're talking about the smallpox ceiling right?); I think I purposely never got that into any photos b/c it was so embarrassing and it was like that for a couple of years . Not my finest achievement, but I wanted to save some money (and it was intended to be a guest suite, but I had 2 very messy and noisy cockatoos who occupied that room as their "aviary" basically), and I really didn't want to have to deal with moving them somewhere else while professionals were painting in the room, b/c the birds would be screaming (or possibly biting them ), so I read all the articles I could find on how to paint the ceiling like a sky with clouds and they all said to start the clouds with an outline of a purple-y or dark color (well, somehow against the blue, my paint turned out to be sort of a pinky-lavender), so when my dh (let's blame him, LOL) did the outline of the clouds, which looked kind of like pink amoebas, I said "that's not the right color; we need to start over".....and that's sort of how it just stayed for the next couple of years . Oh well...it's fixed now, but there's still no clouds up there.

[FL Tink]

Originally Posted by Martie

I paid $800.00 to have an average size room painted. No trim or ceiling work. This did include the primer coat along with the top coat. It too was the first room to be seen and I am terrible at painting. My painter did an excellant job and I was so happy when he finished....It was worth the extra dollars.

GOODLORD! I PAINT MYSELF. THE MORE YOU DO IT THE BETTER YOU GET. I AM PRETTY GOOD NOW. 800.00 THAT IS A LOT OF DOGGIE CLOTHES...

[nvnvgirl]

Originally Posted by Bizzymammabee

Those prices you guys got quoted are scary to me. Contemplating having someone do somehere. I will ask my neighbor that just had their house done. We normally do it ourselves but I dont' want to anymore. I just installed cherry hardwood floors and dont' want them to get messed up.

You can get those paint sticks that extend very far. They do work well in reaching high places and not getting on a ladder.

When they did our walls, they put plastic sheeting on EVERYTHING and TAPED it down. They didnt' get paint on too much (other than some of the biggest Silhouette shades of course, which paint can't be cleaned off of) and we had white carpeting thru a lot of the house...oh, they did get a little on a couple of the edges (we don't have baseboards either)of the carpet in a couple of rooms, but nothing noticeable. Just make sure it's taped really well.

And get a few different quotes from different people. If you have friends/neighbors whose homes you like that had work done, get referrals; it really helps to know WHO is working in your home and what to expect.

[gutu28]

Heck, Ill come do it for you for HALF that price and still be happy! haha