Thursday, June 28, 2012

Painting Our Family Bathroom!

For a couple of weeks, my dad and I have been working on a very exciting project! We have been painting our family bathroom! 


The reason why we have to repaint our bathroom is because my parents shower was leaking in that bathroom. To stop the leaking, he had to make a huge hole in the bathroom ceiling.  Afterward, he had to close the opening so you can't see it. Now, we had to paint over it so it looks like nothing happened when you walk threw the door. That is the reason why. 

Here are the steps to paint a bathroom:

1. Place blue scotch tape on the corners of the room you are painting so the paint doesn't go on the wall. 


2. Take the sticky primer and wipe it on the wall before you put the paint, and let the primer dry for a couple days to the wall so it looks flat. 


3. Take a medium sized brush and rub it on the corners of the wall you are painting. 


4. Take the roller and drench it in paint, and then press it on the wall and motion it up and down to cover the wall.


5. After you let the paint dry and take off the tape, your bathroom is painted! 



My bathroom is all done and managed to take pictures of the steps. I hope they help! 




This is a picture of the gross and sticky primer. You have to scrape it out of the bucket, and smudge it on the wall. The only thing I don't like about painting is putting this on. 



This is the blue scotch tape I was talking about. You have to put some kind of thick tape on the corners or else the paint will splatter everywhere!



This is a photograph of my dad rolling a roller on the wall so the paint will be even. We did two layers just in case because some times we leave white spaces and we don't even know it. 




This a glimpse of a wall that is finished. My dad and I were very proud of making the wall flat considering the wall had a lot of bumps. The primer really worked!



As you can see, after you paint, it is really messy!





Caused from all of the painting, paint got stuck on my hands and dried up.  It was exhausting trying to peel of the paint. 



I had a great time painting with my dad and hope we can do another project like that again! 


Have you ever painted a part of your house? Which room?

Has paint ever got stuck on your hands and you couldn't get it off?

2 comments:

  1. Dear Mia,

    Wow! You have been quite busy with your dad! Any type of painting project is a lot of work. I painted my living room last year, and it took me days! The hardest part for me was getting the paint close enough to the ceiling without getting it on the ceiling. It was hard to do!

    I love how you've written the steps out for everyone. It was clearly written and helpful!

    Mrs. Morris is here with her husband, and we had a terrific time in San Diego at the ISTE conference. Everyone was impressed with the writing on our blogs, and we think many other teachers might start blogging with their classes.

    We are going to be at Royce's house tomorrow for the Australian get together. I hope you can attend!

    Your former teacher,
    Mrs. Y♥llis

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    1. @ Mrs. Yollis,

      Thank you for writing a comment on my blog! I agree that it is very hard work to paint any part of your house.

      I am sure that you did a fantastic job at the ISTE conference. On the last day of school, I went to the welcome post you did on your blog in the beginning of the year and looked at my first comment I ever wrote. It was not very good.

      Dear Mrs. Morris,

      I am one of Mrs. Yollis' students.

      I am very very excited to be blogging with you!♥

      I want to visit your blog, so can you tell me your blog address?

      Sincerely,
      ♣M♥a♣

      Since it was my fist comment, it was probably my worst comment. I would fix it up now, but then it wouldn't be my first comment.

      I hope you have a good time at Royce's house!

      Sincerely,
      M♥a

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