Kitchen Ceiling (Continued)

Work in the kitchen continues.  We got the wide band of Castle Path painted around the outside of the ceiling.  This will be the accent color.  In the center of the ceiling we will apply Brushed Pearl, which is a Valspar product.



You can see the additional repairs that have been made to the ceiling in this picture.  Upon closer inspection, we found a number of places where the original plaster, which was applied in 1947, had small cracks in it.  These, no doubt, have come about as a result of the settling of the house over the past sixty-six years.  Each one of these small areas needed to have the loose plaster removed back to where it was still firmly attached to the wallboard.  Then two or three skim coats of drywall mud.  That needs to dry and then be sanded and then, in some instances, another application of mud.  Finding these small imperfections in the ceiling has severely slowed the progress on this job.  But this is the type of thing you must be prepared for when taking on any renovation project.  You never know when you start a project what it will entail, no matter how much planning you do ahead of time. 




In this view, you can see the holes in the ceiling that were drilled for the supports of the old light have now been repaired.  They will probably need to be sanded one more time before we are ready to start applying the paint.  The large hole in the center of the ceiling is the junction box where the electricial wiring resides from the old fixture.  This will be covered by a junction box cover plate and painted over.

 To save time, I decided to order the final items from Lowe's that I need to complete this job rather than wasting time and money sitting in traffic and getting to the store only to find what I need is not in stock.



This is an 0.33" Round Plastic Electrical Box Cover.  Price - $2.45




This is the trowel that is necessary to get the Brushed Pearl effect.  Price - $9.97.




And finally, a 4" Color Washing Brush to apply the topcoat.  Price - $6.98.  (I got two of these so that one can be drying while we are using the other to apply the fnish.  Better to have more brushes than needed rather than too few. 

 Grand total spent for all the rest of what I need, including shipping - $33.96.  I will gladly pay $5.99 for shipping to know that I have what I need to finish the project.  It would have taken an hour at least to drive to Lowe's, walk the aisles until I found what I was looking for, then be told that one or more of the items were out of stock, stand in line to pay for the one or two items I got, and then drive back home.  I would have been lucky to get that done in an hour.  I found everything I needed online this morning and placed the order and paid for it in about 10 minutes.  The items will be delivered by UPS on Thursday.  It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!!!!