Painting garage trusses and shingles: Definitely the way to go!

Light and bright. An original goal for the garage renovation project.  Instead of dry walling the ceiling or putting additional storage up there, we decided to leave the trusses open and paint. 

Answering what and how to paint was a bigger question.  The ceiling was a pitched roof with open trusses and roof shingles.  No plywood or anything else between the framing and our roof.  So, if we painted, then in a couple years when we replace our roof, all those painted shingles will come right off.  And you'll be spending money on painting shingles.  Shingles!

At first we considered just painting the trusses and leaving the roof alone.  Less paint, you wouldn't waste paint on shingles and it would still brighten everything up considerably.  Then Aaron attempted to actually paint these massive trusses.  It took him 3 hours to paint one.  3 hours!  And we had like 10 more to go! 

So, we evaluated and said that painting the whole thing with a paint gun was the only way that this would happen.  And then we also made the leap to spend money to hire a painter.  Which for us is a big deal.  We've lived in multiple houses and also did the painting ourselves.  Hiring someone for electrical was one thing.  But, painting?  That one was tougher.  Time, ultimately was the deciding factor.  This project was around the Christmas holidays and we wanted to be with family, not stuck in a garage endlessly painting.  So, we made the leap and hired someone.  Here's some "in progress" shots:

And here's the finished product!

Light and bright, here we come!