Joey and I have taken on another remodel in our house and it is in full swing. Our house is painted all one boring builders-grade white and we have been trying to cozy it up now that our warranty is expired. It has been fun envisioning what we want to do to transform our house into our home!
Our first project was our little powder room downstairs because everyone who visits always uses that bathroom. It was nice to spruce it up for guests. It turned out really nice and we are really happy with it! That first little change bit me with the DIY remodel bug and all of a sudden I was seeing so! many! possibilities! with our house. We decided that next up should be our bedroom. It's one of the rooms in the house we use the most and I wanted to turn it into our sanctuary.
So what have we done so far? It feels like a whole lot of nothing. We have done tons, but without major change, it just feels like you're just treading water and in the same dang position for a long time. We painted the trim, which made such a HUGE difference itself. It's amazing how crisp and clean a room can look with some extra-white paint on the trim. That took at least 3 weeks between taping it off and actually finding the time to do it in between weddings, birthday parties and of course, work.
Last night, we were all set to prime the walls...until we realized we had to tape everything off and lay drop cloths down. We invested in a paint sprayer (since we have a whole freaking house to paint) and quickly realized that we couldn't do anything until all of the protectables were protected. So we got that ready because that only takes five minutes right? HAAAAA, NO. Three hours later it was a wrap (literally) and we went to bed. Prep work, I hate you. Here are some pictures of the room after all of that was done:
It pretty much looks like the inside of an old-school milk carton. (Also? That tray ceiling is it's own monster, but that's a whole different post.)
So tonight we finally got down to priming! Here's Joey in his glory with his new tools:
Double-fisting the painting supplies like a champ! Obviously I watch and take pictures.
The primer has already made a huge improvement in the room and it definitely looks like it's ready for paint now! Our goal is to have our room back by this weekend, because clothes in 4 different spots in the house along with a completely relocated bathroom makes for a very frazzled wife and I can't handle that crap before coffee in the morning while trying to get ready for work.
Getting there (I hope)! More later this week :)
