In Progress: Bedroom Landing Redo

The landing at the top of the steps is at the beginning stages of a facelift.  Val helped us out again by painting the edges in white and Thomas finished painting the walls and ceiling in white.  The space, which is technically windowless, is much brighter.  And the outdated beige color is finally gone... woohoo!

We also changed the light at the top of the landing with our three bulb light, which seems to be perfect for the space.  It's nice to see how some of our interior pieces that we bought throughout our relationship are fitting into different areas in the house nicely.  As if they were meant to be :)

Up next: figure out the floor situation, paint/replace trim, decorate.

Project: Bedroom landing redo

1 Bedroom Down, More to Go!

Our friend Val offered to help us with painting - thank you, Val!  We'll be painting every weekend until summer, so Val's help is truly appreciated.  Val did a great job and even helped us discover a not-so-nice nest of carpenter ants pulverizing the wood under the bedroom window.  This discovery led to a visit by a pest control service the same day to help us kill the buggers.  Carpenter ants work hard at destroying wood (mostly in moist areas) and then return to their queen.  The guy from the pest service was pretty impressed with us for finding the nest, which means we found the queen.  It's sad to kill such hardworking creatures but they aren't doing the house or our budget any favors - so die little buggers!!

We pulled up the carpet afterwards to find more oak wood floors in GREAT condition.  Yay!  We also replaced the outlets from two to three prong plugs.

Up next: determine ant situation/finish killing them if needed, paint base board, and decorate.

Project: Study - paint ceiling and walls, kill carpenter ants, remove carpet, replace outlets

 

All Weekend Paint Project

We started our first major interior project this weekend!  We spent two days painting the ceiling over the living and dining rooms and the walls in each space.  It's technically one room but it's very big (as our sore muscles soon discovered!).

We decided to skip the accent wall on the far end in the dining room section until we know what color we want it to be, so the entire space is one color for now.  A fresh coat of paint gives the space new life and energy it was lacking before.  And now we are one step closer to furnishing and decorating the space!

Project: Paint ceiling, living and dining rooms
Colors: Ceiling (standard white), Walls (Charcoal Heather by Olympic Paint)