Thursday, February 02, 2006
Painting upstairs finished
My enthusiasm and drive is returning. The three rooms and the corridor upstairs in the gite have been painted. Classic white ceilings and cream/magnolia walls.
Compared to UK prices French paint is very expensive, about two or three times the price. No idea why, maybe someone else knows. Anyway the upshot is that we had about 150 litres of emulsion paint shipped over from England by Caroline's parents to paint both gites. Before painting the plasterboard, and after filling all the joints and screw holes, I bought some sous-couche plaque de platre from my favourite DIY store. It was only 8 euros (5 pounds) for 10 litres. It worked really well as a white undercoat on the board removing much of the grey board colour and helped prevent the paint being soaked up like a sponge. The smell and consistency of the sous-couche reminded me of PVA adhesive. People have advised me that bare walls should be 'washed' with diluted PVA before painting, so maybe this stuff does the job.
This feels like a major step forward and the place is alot less like a building site and more and more like a holiday cottage.
| 2:20:18 PM
Painting upstairs finished
