QUOTE: It looks great in our bathroom and bedroom. Not dealing with a large two story foyer. QUOTE: It's a two-story foyer. As I was reading your first discussion, I said to myself "bet this is 2-story"; From what I read, may have over looked but I don't recall you saying what sheen you may have used; nevertheless , with a 2 story foyer or anything depending on how high is high, almost takes 2 people to perform that length of height and possibly scaffolding (depending again on how high you are talking about). One painting half way down and the other from the bottom up and lighting feathering or blending where the two meet. Flat finishes are IMO the best choices for 2 story heights. Doesn't mean this has to be the cheapest of the cheapest flats or you might try using an extender. My suggestion is to choose XIM xtender instead of the BM aura extender. XIM is not as heavy . So maybe one person might be able to paint from the top down so far and another person meet up with the finish, all the while trying to keep a consistent pressure on the ends of the roller frame. QUOTE: Oh, and we also did some brush touchups around the thermostat, etc., and the finish looks completely different from the rolled areas. Unfortunately, brush and roll with a roller sleeve is two completely different techniques, methods and applicators. Whatever you used originally, the style or technique used this is what needs to be used for touch ups and to use with the lightest touch or pressure and feathered out, (depending on how big a touch up is). QUOTE: And two sections of rolling on the _same_ wall appear to have two different finishes. (They were done at different times, but the same can of paint.) Here again, different times, possible difference in spread rate, possible difference in technique, pressures , applicators, and application. Maybe someone could roll out the wall(s) where this has occured and complete it one time around without doing this at different intrevals.

rhome, thanks for responding. Just trying to make sure I understand. Do you mean make the doorway thicker in the direction from the kitchen/LR to to hallway, where the actual frame under the sheetrock is, or make the sides of the doorway wider in the direction from kitchen to LR? I didn't understand about creating a doorway from the kitchen to the LR. (Sorry for being obtuse.) But yes, we do want to be able to get to the switches coming and going. Also, there will be a door in that doorway, so the width itself can't shrink, but I could put any width trim there When we put the beam up, we had to decide whether to veneer it or put sheetrock on it. We decided at the time that sheetrock would be easier. Now I'm second-guessing that decision, but at this point, I don't think widening the whole beam is an option. I did think about trimming the whole beam as I would a doorway so it could be trim color, but that also seems to me to defeat the purpose of having chosen sheetrock, which seemed the easier thing to do at the time. What I'm really second-guessing is the design of the addition that connects the house and garage, but since we did that 12 years ago, what's the point? I wonder how it would be to make the breakfast wall the same color and change colors around the corner in the kitchen.

I haven't been able to get back on Garden Web since my initial post...finally, some GW therapy!!! Thank you all for so many great tips. I feel pretty confident that these chairs will turn out just fine since they are brand new and don't appear to need any prep work (which I'm not so good at). And the tips re: less is more approach vs. spraying too much on at once is a huge help because I'd have soaked those chairs in the 1st go around!! I am definitely going to get that spray paint handle to save my fingers. I need my pointer fingers in tip top shape with all of the pointing I do with 2 year old twins..."go over there for your time out" "your toys belong over there" etc :-) Lauraelle - that set turned out so great!! My chairs are a tiny project compared to the set you did. You've inspired me!! I'll try to learn how to post pics on this website and attach some before and after pics once I'm done. These pics won't be nearly as exciting as Lauraella's since it's really just 2 little chairs but at least you'll get to see what you've had a hand in helping me do :-) Thanks again.

My techy brother is visiting me. He says that you could mount a screen on the wall opposite the patio doors (get a motorized one with a remote) and then mount a projector over the patio doors. The screen is only visible when you are watching something, if you paint or otherwise cover up the casing, and you can build a box to camoflage the projector. It may sound wacky, but he has a projector and screen mounted to the ceiling in his family room and you really don't notice them when they're not in use. If you don't want to go that route, could you get one of those TV lift cabinets where the TV is hidden inside and then rises up when you need it? That could go under the small window. Even if the cabinet blocked the bottom few inches of the window, it might look nicer than having the TV block the window. Other than that, it does look as if the corner where the TV is now or the wall where the mirror is are your best bets. If you floated some furniture in a L-shaped configuration, either two sofas or a sectional, you could take advantage of the views and the TV screen.