I spent the entire day today, painting. The Boyfriend always meets his friends to watch football on Sundays so I thought painting would keep me occupied for the day.
When I first bought the house (10 months ago) I painted the master bedroom before I even moved in. There was no way I could sleep there with it painted the blue color that the previous owners had it painted. Blue is one of my favorite colors, but the color they had on the walls was the same color as the painters tape you use for edging. It was pretty bad. So I painted the room Benjamin Moore Shaker Beige. I had never painted before so it was quite an experience. My boyfriend and I did it just the two of us. It took close to a week from start to finish. All of a sudden a couple of months ago I decided I needed to do the rest of the painting RIGHT NOW. I have no idea what came over me or why.
So next to be painted was the hallway. We picked a nice green color called Woodland Mystery. I liked it so much I decided to continue with that color and paint the bedroom at the end of the hallway. That was a new adventure since that room happened to have wallpaper in it. I took a week off of work and tackled that project. To my amazement, the wallpaper was easy to remove. Apparently I got really lucky because I've hear it can often be a real pain. I was very proud of myself since I did everything in that room 100% myself. Before I moved into the house I did not have confidence that I would even be able to paint a room myself, let alone take down wallpaper.
After the far bedroom was finished I decided to tackle the dining room. Picking a color proved to be a very difficult task for me (I am not known for my decision making skills). I made countless trips to multiple paint stores and had little paint chips everywhere. I ended up buying two gallons of two different colors that I did not like once they were on the wall. I bought several of those little samples from Benjamin Moore. I think i had a total of 13 different swatches on the wall before deciding on a color. I finally picked Sherwin Williams Simplify Beige. I got that finished 2 weekends ago and am now on to the living room. Since the living room and dining room are open to each other I decided to use the same color in that room. I did all the prep work (moving furniture, taking down window treatments, washing, spackling, sanding) and almost all of the priming. I still have the main part of one wall left to do and part of another. All the trim, the pain in the butt part, is done.
After the living room is done, the guest bedroom is next on my hit list. Unfortunately it has wallpaper, but I am hoping the removal of it will go as smoothly as it did in the other room.
I am excited to have my family and other friends come over once it's all done. I want them to see what I've accomplished these last several weeks.
When I first bought the house (10 months ago) I painted the master bedroom before I even moved in. There was no way I could sleep there with it painted the blue color that the previous owners had it painted. Blue is one of my favorite colors, but the color they had on the walls was the same color as the painters tape you use for edging. It was pretty bad. So I painted the room Benjamin Moore Shaker Beige. I had never painted before so it was quite an experience. My boyfriend and I did it just the two of us. It took close to a week from start to finish. All of a sudden a couple of months ago I decided I needed to do the rest of the painting RIGHT NOW. I have no idea what came over me or why.
So next to be painted was the hallway. We picked a nice green color called Woodland Mystery. I liked it so much I decided to continue with that color and paint the bedroom at the end of the hallway. That was a new adventure since that room happened to have wallpaper in it. I took a week off of work and tackled that project. To my amazement, the wallpaper was easy to remove. Apparently I got really lucky because I've hear it can often be a real pain. I was very proud of myself since I did everything in that room 100% myself. Before I moved into the house I did not have confidence that I would even be able to paint a room myself, let alone take down wallpaper.
After the far bedroom was finished I decided to tackle the dining room. Picking a color proved to be a very difficult task for me (I am not known for my decision making skills). I made countless trips to multiple paint stores and had little paint chips everywhere. I ended up buying two gallons of two different colors that I did not like once they were on the wall. I bought several of those little samples from Benjamin Moore. I think i had a total of 13 different swatches on the wall before deciding on a color. I finally picked Sherwin Williams Simplify Beige. I got that finished 2 weekends ago and am now on to the living room. Since the living room and dining room are open to each other I decided to use the same color in that room. I did all the prep work (moving furniture, taking down window treatments, washing, spackling, sanding) and almost all of the priming. I still have the main part of one wall left to do and part of another. All the trim, the pain in the butt part, is done.
After the living room is done, the guest bedroom is next on my hit list. Unfortunately it has wallpaper, but I am hoping the removal of it will go as smoothly as it did in the other room.
I am excited to have my family and other friends come over once it's all done. I want them to see what I've accomplished these last several weeks.
even though you worked alone, it's still a good experience...and oh! it's a lot of fun playing with your creativeness, right?!
Definitely a great experience. Very rewarding and fulfilling. I hope to post pictures of the final product soon.
id like to congratulate you for your painting job.hope you'll popst some pics
Thank you, sunrise! I just posted some pictures.