Painting With Scaffolding - Living Room

(Good grief. I went back and tried to lighten this photo, but it's still too dark! And, oh my! do you love those in scale sconces? Do you see the upper window? The view is only a blank window and tree branches.)

This is our living room "before". A big white box. Well, I guess "box" isn't accurate, because there are several curved walls in the space. What-ev-ah. It felt more like a hotel lobby.
The ceilings are 20+feet high.

Enter the scaffolding. I know in these two pics, my husband isn't technically "on" the scaffolding, but this is the same view as in the before pic and you can see the apparatus...

Another shot. This is looking in from our front doorway. Now, look at the upper window, a seat with a little person in it! What happened?

Again, he's not on the scaffolding. Enough painting there in the foyer, get up on that thing already!

Okay, send up Strapping Lad instead - smile!
Wait, that's my son! (Remember the cute one on his 1st birthday?)

That's more like it!

Wow, was I fast with accessories or what? I'm not sure if the paint is even dry and I have a clock and picture hung up. Do you think I was anxious? (In this photo the foyer is on the left.)

What you don't realize is you only have about a
3-foot width
to maneuver on! We rented the scaffolding for a week. When that was picked up, we had a hydraulic lift left in it's place. (You can catch a glimpse of the dining room here.)

Here's Strapping Lad giving us his assessment! (Back in the foyer, the front door is to the left.)

Supply pit stop.
This is about the point where I asked the paint store if I could have a discount because we were using so much paint!

*Moi* cutting in, and cutting in, and cutting in some more. I stopped using tape because it just took too long and used too much. By the way, in case you were wondering, I'm really good at cutting in!

This is an "after" shot. Take another look in the upper window--lawn furniture. Yep, we added a balcony! Bye, bye scones, we hardly knew ye. There are some furniture changes (not a lot) that are not captured in this photo. I didn't want the pillars "plain", so they got a coat of glaze after I painted them with the trim color. And regarding the trim, we opted for a shade of white with a green undertone. It seemed to tame the white tiles the best. And (another and! and I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to start a sentence with "and". Oy!) it made for a smoother transition when looking out the windows.
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