An Aside

Hi rily,Your post reminded me about some friends I had in Hull.I knew they were decorating but didn’t know how it was going.A friend & I were invited round there for a meal & just before we rang the doorbell my friend said ‘don’t mention the decorating’.Once we got into the hall,a whole wall was covered in tester pot colour squares & my friends were barely speaking to each other.They were eventually able to pick a colour they agreed on but it took them weeks.I’ve just got a small area above the bath to paint but need to find something to stand on that is safe.Happy & safe decorating.Love Jane x

Well your post did make me smile rily.

I always think that I would like a change when we redecorate and end up spending a fortune on test pots only to go back to the colour we had originally. 

Perhaps a test pot would have been prudent on this occasion!

Happy painting, Luce x

Hi Jane. Best thing to stand on for painting above the bath is a bath board designed for disabled folk, It has adjustable stops which help keep it firm. Set up your stepladders beside the bath and step across. You can probably borrow one/rent from local Red Cross/find in a charity shop. Or request on Freegle/Freecycle. Failing that, if you want to put a stool in the bath, line bath with folded damp/wet towels-these will protect bath and reduce the slipping. Happy painting, 

Denby

Thanks Denby,That’s useful to know.Luckily the area is not that high up but I want to avoid having to stretch.love Jane x

Hi Rily - perhaps ask the missus to do it herself......  We've just finished repainting the kitchen. Himself did the ceiling & woodwork, i did the walls. Amazingly we agreed on the colour from paint charts fairly quickly (just a shade darker than before). I presented a short list of new curtain fabrics & happily we both agreed on that too.

I remember getting fabric samples for the living room, years ago. We chose one, but when I went in to order curtains, I picked something completely different...  I don't think himself would dare argue with my choice!

Hi Teassswill. My choice of paint was based purely on price rather than aesthetics. False economy. I am now being strictly supervised. Not allowed to go anywhere near a wallpaper shop. I no longer have any say in colours or fabrics. Just following instructions now.  Best wishes.

   aaaw you lot kill me! 

We bought a load of Antique Gold but was a tin short, so off we went to get more.  MrB said he couldn't bend to get to the bottom shelf so I grabbed a tin.  Got home, painted, sat & admired over a cuppa, then he noticed that half the room was matt & the other was silk   Luckily the join was where the one edge of the curtain went so not noticeable at all, unless you have an eagle eye. 

Actually we have a quite a stash of that paint as MrB kept smelling urine & thought that it must be the paint. I thought it was me coming home with a catheter that first time    Anyway I queried this with the company, & it was caused by an additive that had been removed from the paint.  There's no way I was doing all that painting again, so we just left the windows open all summer & have stashed it for the next  job.  The smell did go away, thankfully.

Heard a whole Radio 4 programme about that cat-pee smelling paint recently. Glad your lot stopped smelling eventually, some people had it much worse.

Denby

Hi BLANKET. My old dad had a saying for these little discrepancies, something I use now,

"A man on a galloping horse won't notice" 

Best wishes.

And a blind man would be glad to see it!

So the lesson learned is, do it the way your wife said, you are only a permanent guest in her house which can change if you mess up!

CB