Changing Colors for Better Sleep
We can’t remodel the master bath yet, so we changed the bedroom colors for better sleep.
Tag: Painting
Round Table Tale
A scruffy auction coffee table, sanded and refinished for the great room.
Related to the Great Room: Kitchen Touch-ups
Kitchen touch-ups, done while the painters were here for the great room.
Making the Great Room Great–Footnotes on Molding
Making the great room great: new molding that finally matches.
Making the Great Room Great–Before and After Painting
Before and after shots of the foyer and great room, once the painters were done.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Four: Painting
Making the great room great: painting.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Three: Priming
Making the great room great: priming.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Two: Paint Prep
Making the great room great: prep work, and deleting the sconces, an old thermostat and a phone jack.
Making the Great Room Great, Step One: Deciding on Paint
Making the great room great: deciding on paint, including a metallic finish.
Exterior Tidying
Our painter tackles the rot, stucco and siding the previous owners painted over, and repaints the house exterior.
Touching up some leaves
Touching up the painted trees in the boys’ space, plus a little swing-like shelf for treats.
Guest Room Makeover
Painting the guest room while it was empty, and sponge-painting a big tree on the wall.
Exterior Repairs Prior to…Gutters!
Our painter fixes the fascia and trim so the house is ready for gutters.
Fast Kitchen Makeovers, Part 2
Fast kitchen makeovers: brightening up the brown kitchen without spending a small fortune.
Painted Hallway and Bath
The hallways and the bath, painted at last.
Interior Walls (The Bird Space): Finishing Touches
Finishing touches for the boys’ space, including two painted trees framing the archway.
Interior Walls: Painting
Painting the boys’ space a soft, vibrant yellow.
Interior Walls: Prep Work
Prepping the boys’ space for paint: pulling up the chewed vinyl and patching four jacks’ worth of holes.
Final Blue Room Pics
Before, mockup and after shots of the blue room, with the couch we wanted in blue and grey.
Painting Update: The trim is now done
The trim is painted, the tape is off and the blue room is done, our first full-room remodel.
More on the painting
The purple room is now blue! Next up, the trim.
The end of the purple
Learning to paint textured interior walls, starting with spackle and primer, as the purple room nears its end.
Purple Update
Prepping the purple bedroom for paint: lots of spackle, two useless phone jacks plugged and a growth chart about to disappear.