So now I find myself preparing the interior of my house, as in living room, hall, kitchen and family room, to be painted. According to my husband, it looks like the place forgot to take off its Halloween costume, draped as it is with ghostly, filmy plastic to protect floor and furniture from the "paint dust" from spray painting the ceiling.
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| Dirty, dirty |
And down come the ceiling cold-air return covers. In the twenty years of their boarding in our house, they've been cleaned (from time to time) but have never been removed and washed. The gray heads of the screws annoy me slightly. Among all the other painting details helping the heads look smart will be one of the Things I get to do today.
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| Going to spray paint these to match |
Found that a 3x5 card, punched, worked just swell to hold the screws for a quick spray paint. Photo soon of the delightful results.
My daughters reminded me how they hated spring cleaning, when I would removed all the window screens and let them drift down two stories for them to catch and wash and return. The screens were light aluminum so no chance of waffle head. Your cold air return just reminded me of that. I have painted many a screw to satisfy my color palate.
ReplyDeleteThe details make everything fun. Oh, yes, the windows are amazing! Just cleaned mine awhile back. The whole house came to life after that. It was, in fact, the act that started the ball rolling: clean windows make it possible to see dirty floor. And off we all go!
DeleteIf I had to make a choice all over again, I would never put my heater vents in the floor. They constantly need cleaning, which I just did to some this past week. Upstairs, they are in the ceiling, and the only time they are removed, well is never...except when I had to repair the bathroom ceiling, and that one got a paint job. My living room needs a paint job, but not now. I have a houseful of folks coming starting the end of this week. Can't wait to see the new paint on your walls.
ReplyDeleteWe have the heat vents on the floor and the cold return on the ceiling. Timing for painting is everything. Oh, my!
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