*Totally Thursday 3rd Sept Daily Chat** All welcome

becky_rtw

pepe2008 wrote: »

DS booked a posh place for Fri and Saturday ( The Mercure ) for him and GF........then dumped her. Had a bit of a fight to get the dates changed but the Hotel went for it.
DS has paid for the room......and learnt a valuable lesson;)

Which Mercure - I stayed at the Holland House one recently - its lush :D

spud30

Cooeeee

Just having a 5 min break from painting.

I'm using up some B&Q cheapo value paint, and it's awful. We'll need to do at least 3 coats I reckon to get decent cover. The kids are driving me mad, they dont work in any kind of order - get fed up in one place and move on. The wall looks like a blimmin patchwork :rolleyes:

beanielou

Isent patchwork the new trend spud?

pepe2008

spud30 wrote: »

Cooeeee

Just having a 5 min break from painting.

I'm using up some B&Q cheapo value paint, and it's awful. We'll need to do at least 3 coats I reckon to get decent cover. The kids are driving me mad, they dont work in any kind of order - get fed up in one place and move on. The wall looks like a blimmin patchwork :rolleyes:

Mrs P, the decorating expert, says....dont waste your time doing a 3rd coat.....get a can of the slightly better grade paint, just enough for one coat, and use that. The really cheap stuff is the same as Homebase cheapo....v powdery and it will chip easily.

I dont do ANY decorating, she does OTHER peoples!..and loves it! Although she doesn't charge enough.

spud30

pepe2008 wrote: »

Mrs P, the decorating expert, says....dont waste your time doing a 3rd coat.....get a can of the slightly better grade paint, just enough for one coat, and use that. The really cheap stuff is the same as Homebase cheapo....v powdery and it will chip easily.

I dont do ANY decorating, she does OTHER peoples!..and loves it! Although she doesn't charge enough.

Pepe, my DH is fast asleep in the conservatory, hasnt lifted a bleedin paintbrush yet. He's pottered about, watched a bit of telly, played some xbox. All the important stuff :mad:

I'll bear that in mind about the paint. To be honest, we're broker than broke, but I promised DS I'd do his room. Just using some up that we had in the garage.

He wanted his room to be chocolate and lime - guess who'll be craving sweets all the time

I persuaded him to have the walls cream, and accessorise with his colours of choice

pepe2008

becky_rtw wrote: »

Which Mercure - I stayed at the Holland House one recently - its lush :D

Hi Becky.....Brigstow....in the Harbour area.
Looks really good.

spud30

beanielou wrote: »

Isent patchwork the new trend spud?

I havent a clue Beanie

Just left em to it. Could be having a paint fight up there for all I know :rotfl:

pepe2008

spud30 wrote: »

Pepe, my DH is fast asleep in the conservatory, hasnt lifted a bleedin paintbrush yet. He's pottered about, watched a bit of telly, played some xbox. All the important stuff :mad:

I'll bear that in mind about the paint. To be honest, we're broker than broke, but I promised DS I'd do his room. Just using some up that we had in the garage.

He wanted his room to be chocolate and lime - guess who'll be craving sweets all the time

I persuaded him to have the walls cream, and accessorise with his colours of choice

My DS's room is chocolate and lime too!
Mrs P tends to go to a Trade Paint place...I think its Manders. She picks the colour from, say, Laura Ashley, colour charts and then gets them to mix it for her. Being trade paint the coverage is amazing, so pound-for-pound it works out better value.
Anyone can go to a Decorators Trade place, they'll take anyones cash and are MUCH cheaper than the big DIYs.
I tend to leave the house when she paints...its safer.

spud30

I searched chocolate lime on Amazon, looking for bedding, and it brought up a huge tub of the sweets. If I had the money.......

I think Mrs P needs to come and teach me how to do round the door and window etc. I always make a mess of those bits :rolleyes:

pepe2008

spud30 wrote: »

I searched chocolate lime on Amazon, looking for bedding, and it brought up a huge tub of the sweets. If I had the money.......

I think Mrs P needs to come and teach me how to do round the door and window etc. I always make a mess of those bits :rolleyes:

She is lightning quick at 'cutting-in', but shes got one of these slash-cut sort of brushes. Really soft, fine bristles and hold loads of paint but release it smoothly so she gets a good straight line.
Having said that, it cant be all because of the brush cos it doesnt work for me! ( but the last time I used it I was having a knee-trembler on the banister rail trying to reach the top of the stair-well....the ONLY bit of the house she lets me paint)....:T