Do you paint your house yourself

@KreedKafer - is that because of gloss paint?

I loathe gloss painting so would just avoid it but a friend suggested satinwood instead and it’s changed my life!

Granted the finish is not as strong as gloss but it goes on so easy and is a breeze to clean up. It means I’m much more likely to freshen up door/skirtings etc more frequently (say every year ish) rather than just keep putting off as I can’t face it.

We’ve painted and wallpapered our house ourselves. We’ve not done the hallway and stairs though as I’d want to get a professional in for that.
We’re not super neat though so you can definitely tell the paint was done by us. We’re changing the colour scheme in the living room and will be getting a decorator in to do that as we’re going from a very dark wall to a light neutral colour and I don’t want patches. Also need the ceiling doing so may as well get it all done properly.
I quite enjoy painting and wallpapering and would prefer to do it myself.

Yes I do. I hate it and make a mess.

I do the walls.

I'm rubbish at ceilings and prepping woodwork, so that's an expense I'm prepared to pay someone to do.

@spanieleyes22 I mentioned on your other thread that I’ve recently (after going semi retired) started getting into DIY including painting.

I quite enjoy it and it stops the constant snacking during the day lol! (Should also mention I’m in recovery (alcohol - early days) it’s a great way of feeling that I’ve accomplished something positive that day!).

I probably could afford a professional but getting someone to do small jobs (eg one room) is difficult. The way I see it is - unless you are painting blindfolded, the room will look better once painted so it doesn’t need to be a really professional finish. Plus - even professionals had to start somewhere and people do get better with practice. With painting, I’ve learned that it’s worth paying for better quality brushes and rollers and caring for them properly- we used to just buy the cheapest and bin them. Also - as a general rule, cheap paint usually sucks! I splashed out on expensive paint for my bedroom wall and it went on a dream and only one coat needed!

I used to do it all myself, my old house had been badly painted previously so I didn't mind that my painting wasn't perfect. I moved into a new house and it is not very old so has lovely straight lines, and since moving here have used a decorator, partly because there was some we couldn't do ourselves anyway. High staircase and very high living room ceiling. It is worth it to me now to have it done nicely.

I have done it myself for years but now we have more spare cash I’m going to pay someone from now on.

Always do it myself. DH hates doing it and prefers drills, putting things up and electrics. Whereas I'm the opposite and love a bit of painting. I'll give anything a go, walls, front door, glossing etc. The prep can be tedious but I learn as I go along to what I have been half arsed with and need to do properly again next time.

I debated retraining to be a P&D but there was a lack of courses near me and I'm approaching 40, I wonder how my body would hold up still doing it in 10/15 years time. I ache as it is after a weekend of it.

I'm alright if I put the effort in, but I get bored with it very quickly so it always ends up as a hash job when you look closely.

I will also never ask friends/family to help, or accept offers of help to decorate in the future. I have several doors with big blobs of dried paint because someone couldn't be arsed to do them properly and bathroom tiles that were very expensive with chips in them as well meaning friends/family claimed they were great at these tasks.

Always painted myself, DH preps as I hate rubbing down, I paint because he doesn’t enjoy painting. My sister recently paid £700 for a lounge and media wall painting and I just couldn’t bear to part with that sort of money for something I can do myself.

Depends. I painted both our spare rooms and made a decent enough job of it, but a professional would have done it better. We paid decorators to do our kitchen and our hall, stairs and landing though as I felt they were more important.

I don’t mind doing walls and ceilings but I hate doing woodwork and radiators.

Yes it was one of my summer jobs though uni. I learned to paint as a child painting my parents house. My mum was very DIY type person so also did things like tile a bathroom when younger.

In uni as my mum got older and got arthritis I got paid in the summer to paint the house and a few of her friends houses / my aunts house. It was easy money but I am very meticulous.

In our house, I do walls and DH does ceilings. I enjoy it, him not so much but he can reach better than me.

I don’t paint the outside of the house myself (risk adverse) and I want a more professional job. Most of the inside we have painted ourself. I quite enjoy it….

Always painted my house myself, even my 24 year old dd painted her room.

I've always done ours and I would say that I'm pretty good at it now. Recently DH insisted that we pay our builder to do it to save time. He did a crap job, I had to sand it all off, prep it and redo it - would have been quicker to do it myself in the first place!

I do it myself. Except for one time when we paid a decorator friend of a friend to come in for two mornings. I was impressed by how quick and professional he was and it looked far better than my efforts. But we can't afford to that again, so the only solution is to improve my own skills!

Yes, I do it all. My favourite cutting in brush has been with me for almost 15 years now.

I pay someone. It’s worth it besides it’d be impossible for me to do it due to disabilities but even if those weren’t a factor I’d still pay someone to do it.

Yep, inside and out. It’s just not worth the cost of paying professionals for us.

It's all in the preparation. Woodwork must be keyed - sanded to create a surface the new paint will stick to.

I don't mind decorating. I love a paint pad, I find them preferable to brushes and rollers.
Always have done my own but get the outside done by a professional.

Always done all our own inside and out

Decorators are charging upwards of £800 around here for painting out a reasonably sized sitting room so although I'm not so quick and nimble now I'm happy to still get happy with the brushes! Scruffs on, music on and kettle on & get on

I used to but the older I have become, the less I like ladders!