Painting...ceilings and such

Primer and first coat are put on in the dining room.

We used a grey primer. Apparently if you are going to use a dark color on a wall or ceiling you should prime with a grey primer. It will keep your color true and will take less coats of paint.

I decided to paint my dining room ceiling a deep eggplant purple. I have this lovely rug with purple accents that are barely noticeable. With the deep rich cherry of my furniture and the lovely walls I needed something that would give the room an intimate feeling. I want it to be all sparkly, shiny with mirrors, silver and glass, elegant. I would like a romantic dinner with someone special, and a special dinner with friends and family in there. I am hoping we only need two good coats to get the effect I am looking for. 

While the guys are painting the dining room ceiling I am having them sand, Spackle and repaint the family room ceiling off the kitchen.  The original track lights were on this ceiling. We/my light guy took them down and put something a little more contemporary up. The lines from the old track lights were there. It looked very sad. That small closet you see in the photo - the narrow one - was once a broom closet. I had them put shelves in it, paint it, paint the door in chalk board paint, and I am using it to store those appliances you have to have but do not use every day. I also have things like my punch bowl and egg plates, etc. in there. This has been a real mission.