BEFORE & DURING. I forgot to take a photos of the window before I painted, but you can just see it in the first photo, BLUE! All the skirting & frames were blue! The wardrobe doors had never been painted so were very dirty & stained and the wall colour that I actually thought was a dirty yellow seemed more beige once I painted over it with my lovely pale yellow. It has brightened the room up so much. The only thing I haven't done is the blue door. In my other daughters room (which is mirror image of this room) all four doors were painted blue!! It was a really big job to cover that blue. And so with this room I decided instead I will swap it for another door in house that will be getting taken out when we renovate. :-)

leftover Modwood from our balcony was used as decking for a jetty on our farm dam and despite being camped on by ducks and kangaroos the surface of the balcony and the jetty were both ok with bare feet and although the ducks did leave some staining and the surface did get hot it wasn't slippery when wet and i understand that newer Modwood colours are better and i can't believe that a toddler's bike or dogs would cause any more harm than the average adult shoe and having never used any other decking product i can't compare

Are you repainting the walls also? If not, then probably the worst would be splattering paint onto them and doubling your work... Otherwise, get a good quality primer for 1-2 coats (depending in how well the pink plaster gets covered) and lightly sand/wipe down in between or at least before starting top coat. As suggested above, use a roller on a long handle and we have found alternating the direction you roll it on for each coat helps achieve an even coverage (eg N-S then E-W). Having good lighting and someone to stand back and point out areas while still wet that need additional light touch up to remove excess lines or dried paint flecks helps (I usually do the cutting in and then take on the role of spotter while super tall hubby does the hard work). Have to agree with quality tools helping - I have found Monarch precision brushes excellent for cutting in (approx $20 so not too pricey in the scheme of things).

I love my job, especially the people, and wouldn’t change anything about it but I find the commute a drag. But I also love where I live so I don’t want to change that. If my job could move to my small country town I’d be in heaven but alas it’s not to be. To work in my field I really need to work in a capital city or a large regional centre.