Building a pub interior by Jo from Oathsworn

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Part 9 - A splash of paint

September 26, 2019

First off I protected my painting area with newspaper. I then made myself a stay-wet palette from a plastic box, wet kitchen roll and some baking parchment and gathered a selection of cheap acrylic paints for the base-coat.

Originally I’d planned to use black for the exterior walls and the base coat of the tiled area, but I felt ‘Payne’s Grey’ was a better colour. It’s similar to black but not as stark, it felt a more natural choice. So I gave the outside a couple of coats of paint.

Next I painted the tiled area with ‘Payne’s Grey’, making sure to get into all the nooks & crannies.

Before I started painting the pub I’d carefully sliced off the mantle piece bit of the fireplace (I didn’t like the tile effect I’d marked on there), and glued on a plain piece of 3mm blue foam…much better. I did take a photo but for some reason it didn’t save, arghh! Once dried I then used the Payne’s Grey again and painted the fireplace structure.