Preparing to Paint

After patching the millions of small and big holes, repairing the fake fireplace, and completing the front door, I thought we were ready to paint.

"Not yet," said Dave, "now we have to texture the walls so the repairs are not seen. What you see here is the texturing process. First, every single door way and window has to be covered up and taped for protection. Everything is the room will be covered with a fine layer of dust, so make sure you cover the furniture too... in the above picture, the fuzz of the picture is not my inability to focus the camera, that is plaster compound in the air!
Dave then used this contraption (aka texture gun) which hooks up to the air compressor to spray a fine layer of "orange peel" texture onto the walls. Everything experiences the spray (thus the need to have everything covered).

Wait 24 hours and then you can paint... maybe.