Painting The Loft

[lenton1163]

i brought a second hand loft a month ago and it was painted brown but needed redoing so ive started painting it gloss blue and im going to paint the doors gloss cream my girlfriend says she don't like it but i said it will be unusual has anyone else got a bright coloured loft please put up some pics if you have any so i can show her oh and what are your opinion on the colour that i have chosen all comments are welcome good or bad thanks.

[billt]

Mate of mine had a blue and white loft, looked really smart

[PATTY BHOY]

years ago lofts were all different colours now they seem to be a dark brown colour.

[lenton1163]

thanks guys keep it coming

[geordie1234]

The man i bought my two lofts of off had got a petron loft it was painted white with red and it was cracking looking

[lenton1163]

white and red sounds nice

[ALF]

GET USED ENGINE OIL ON THE LOFT IF THE WOOD IS POROUS BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU CANT PUT IT OVER GLOSS PAINT BUT IF I BOUGHT A NEW WOODEN LOFT THE NOO I WOULDNAE HESITATE IN PUTTING OIL ON IT AS IT PROTECTS AND BRINGS THE WOOD UP LOOKING BRILLIANT AND YOU WILL GET IT FOR NOWT FAE ANY GARAGE AS IT COSTS THEM TO GET RID OF IT

[david.j]

white and red sounds nice

 

 

 

no,black and white is better

[gulkie]

i brought a second hand loft a month ago and it was painted brown but needed redoing so ive started painting it gloss blue and im going to paint the doors gloss cream my girlfriend says she don't like it but i said it will be unusual has anyone else got a bright coloured loft please put up some pics if you have any so i can show her oh and what are your opinion on the colour that i have chosen all comments are welcome good or bad thanks.

but does it match your curtains?

[Guest pied 09]

i pass a loft in an alotment in llanharan most mornings, its painted in white and red stripes. looks a cracker.

[Guest IB]

Back in the 60's lofts seemed to be painted every colour under the sun with stripes, think back in them olden days when there were so many lofts, fanciers thought birds needed help in picking out which loft was their own.

 

Then along came Councils and planning restrictions and everything had to be the same to blend in with its surroundings.

 

My dads loft was multi-coloured cos he built it himself from wood recycled from the tenements being knocked down over the back. Don't think he knew what paint was, but when we moved into a council house, the existing loft there was red & white and looked smart. So within a year or two, I'd painted ours green & white. I think it being two of natures colours it blended into the garden great.

 

So when I got my first loft in my own home, that was painted green & white. Still didn't stop neighbours complaining about it.

 

Well, today its a brick garage, external parts done in same Jacobean Teak stain as the other garages & houses. Folk drive by, they don't know there's a loft there.

[Guest Bonzo]

my loft still got some work to do on it

[Guest Dorset-lad]

my loft still got some work to do on it

 

 

COMING ON NICE M8

[Guest Dorset-lad]

I use to have a kidby loft 18x8 painted green and white

[lenton1163]

hanks for all the replys i will hopefully have it finished in the week and i will put up some pics for you all to see