At What Point Do You Decide to Hire a Painter...

...instead of doing it yourself?

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I'd probably hire one if it's a multi-room job with high ceilings of if the room is really big

Doing it myself is never an option for me, that's what menfolk are for. If my husband can't do it then I'll hire a contractor or something.

God Forbid I get paint in my hair..Noo Thanks!

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Vaulted ceilings. Other than that I looooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooove painting projects.

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Agree with vaulted ceilings or more than 2 rooms.

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In the beginning-lol. I'm not a do it yourself person, when it comes to projects like that.

This and this

No vaulted ceilings, but I want to repaint all the walls in my entire house. The reason why? The walls have matte/flat paint, and I don't like that. I want gloss paint. I still haven't decided what to do, but I know it would take quite awhile for me to do the whole house myself. There's at least one area in my stairwell that I wouldn't be able to reach on my own, I don't think.

Another thing--ALL THE WALLS IN ALL THE ROOMS IN THE WHOLE HOUSE ARE THE SAME COLOR. I'm like, WTF. I want to at least paint the walls of the master suite a different color, and I want to recolor the walls in all the bathrooms.

Painting isn't bad, but I've never had to paint a whole house at once. At most, just a few rooms at a time.

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We've owned a lot of homes and painted a lot of rooms.

An entire house is a lot of work. Are you going to do all the work yourself, or do you have help? You will be hella sore after all that work...

I believe anyone can paint as long as they are not lazy about it, do the proper prepwork, and understand how to paint with each style of paint they use. Semi-glosses and glosses are the most difficult paints to work with; you can't do rollback (meaning, once you've run your roller through it about twice you can't go back over that spot) or you'll have streaky-looking paint with inconsistent patches in it. You have to work quickly, and you'll only be able to pour out as much as you can use in one wall/area (since semis and glosses get skins on them faster when air hits them).

If you do go for it, tape meticulously and I would recommend use of an auto-roller, like a Wagner; with those, you can suck the paint right out of the can into the roller, which would work better for glosses. They have models for about $25 bucks, and as long as it's cleaned well between uses it works great .

Oh, I forgot: I LOVE your signature. We are going to see the King!

If you're trying to do an entire house--I would hire someone. Unless you love painting

When your husband thinks he can paint and he can't.