Hall Bathroom Redo (Part Deux)

Yesterday I told you about the beginning of our hall bathroom renovation.  You may remember that because of the humidity on Friday afternoon the drywall mud wasn't drying properly, so the carpenter had to finish up the last coat and sanding today.

The next step was to paint the room, which i chose to do myself to save money.   The good news is that I got to paint the room with nothing but the bath tub installed.  The bad news is that I had less than 24 hours to prime and paint the ceiling and walls, because as he left at 10:30 the carpenter announced he'd be back at 8 AM tomorrow to continue his work.

Right after he left I set up my supplies, poured primer into the roller pan, and got started. The priming was done about two hours after I started. I washed out the brushes, changed out of my paint clothes, ate lunch, and chilled out until things were dry enough to recoat. 

Round Two was to paint the ceiling.  I HATE painting ceilings, because it's hard to tell what parts you've already done and I inevitably miss a spot.  Several years ago I had good success with color changing ceiling paint, but I found out that the humidity in a bathroom can cause the color to get "reactivated" so this time I was stuck with traditional white.  

The ceiling took about an hour. Even though I loaded the roller with lots of paint and (thought) I went over each section several times, when the paint dried there were still a couple of small areas to touch up.  I washed out the brushes again and took a quick shower. 

After dinner I put on my paint clothes yet again, got my gallon of Swiss Coffee satin finish, and started on Round Three. The pale tan paint made a nice contrast against the primed white wall and I was able to finish up the job in about 90 minutes. When I was done I cleaned up everything yet again and called the day done. I've got my fingers crossed I did a good job, but I won't know for sure until the paint finishes drying.