I always did the painting. Once hubby helped.
we have been married for almost 40 years and get along really well on most things but if we ever paint a room together again I will probably commit murder.
Our youngest son worked for a painter for a while and learned all kinds of things. He lived in our house while we were out of state for 3 years. He took all the popcorn stuff off the ceilings and put a plaster design on the ceilings. They are soooo pretty. I chose all the colors and my house looks so nice.
There is a trick to painting a ceiling to reflect light so all the rooms are very light. I hate dark rooms but don't like stark white.