Comments on: Painting the dining room: Part 3

By: Marylee Keathley

Marylee Keathley — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:52:43 +0000

I bought an old (l847) row house in downtown St. Louis, MO 4 years ago – I was 67 yrs old then and now 71 – My general contractor has passed away and left me with a half done house – Now I am about to give it back to the bank – but I have really enjoyed going thru your site and seeing your experience. I feel badly that I was not able to finish mine. It would have been a beautiful place. ( As yours will be also).

By: Kelli

Kelli — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:12:58 +0000

Thanks Steve! Yeah, I thought about tinted primer. Luckily, this is the only dark section I’ve got in the plans so far. If I do any more in other rooms, I’ll certainly consider a tinted primer for those.

By: RenovateDSM

RenovateDSM — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:49:01 +0000

Glad to see you are getting to the paint stage! For future dark color painting (it’s too late for the living room) You can start with a tinted primer – that will help with the number of coats it takes to get a solid dark color.