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The great 'paint the ceiling first' debate in my Mill Woods kitchen
My buddy insisted I paint the ceiling before the walls, but I did the walls first (I was too excited about the color, Sherwin-Williams 'Alabaster'). Let's just say I spent an extra hour with a damp rag cleaning spatter off my fresh walls. Anyone else have a strong opinion on the proper order for this?
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the_sarah6mo ago
Ugh, been there! Ceiling first is the only way to avoid that exact cleanup nightmare.
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jade_young886mo ago
My friend Mike did the exact same thing in his basement last fall. He painted this awesome dark blue on the walls first and was so proud of it. Then he did the ceiling white and got little dots of paint all over his new walls. He was so mad he almost left them there as "art". Ceiling first is a rule for a reason, even if the wall color is way more fun to look at.
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jason5626mo ago
That "almost left them there as art" part is so real. I can picture Mike staring at those white dots on his dark blue walls, just slowly accepting his fate. The fun part of painting is picking the wall color, so it feels wrong to do the boring ceiling first. But you learn the hard way that paint always finds a way to drip where you don't want it. Now I tape off everything and still get nervous.
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