Well, it's been a busy few weeks. I painted two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It sounds pretty simple, but have you ever tried painting a popcorn ceiling? Those things should be illegal.
The rooms started out a fairly inoffensive shade of beige, with "contractor white" ceilings and trim. Well, where there is trim, because as you'll see in the pictures, there aren't casings around the windows, not to mention crown moldings. (Those will be a later project after I get approval from the property owner.) I picked out a very pale sunny yellow for the ceiling and a grayish blue shade for the walls about the color of the ocean on a slightly overcast day.
At the beginning, the sewing room looked like this (I didn't think to take pictures until after I already took off the cover plates from outlets and light switches so just imagine they're there):
After priming, it looked like this:
At this point I was really questioning my sanity (...and what's the problem with beige walls? most people are happy not to have white walls, but no, leave it to me to fix what isn't broken... seriously what's wrong with beige? I love beige!) but I persisted and voila!
The small desk in the corner will hold the knitting machine and the long white desk will hold the sewing machine and serger. For now, I've left the trim white but I plan to paint it the color of sand (notice a pattern here? sunny yellow, ocean blue, sand...).
The other large piece of furniture in the room is the cutting table. It came from Jo-Ann's and is much like the old one they used to sell but this one is a little bit wider when folded and has two shelves. It feels more stable, too.
The room still needs some pretties to put on the wall and a chair (probably a stability ball, actually) but other than that, it's ready for the machines. And then, I can really do some sewing. I need some dresses.
10 comments:
Well you are almost sewing! :) You are prepping the place where the creativity can happen...and happen soon by the looks of things. I like your color choices - they are very soothing which will make it even easier to spend time there!
Ah ha! So you *have* been painting all this time. Lovely results.
Love the color of your walls. I also like the theme you're going for. Thanks for keeping us posted. :)
Very pretty! I love color on my walls, never would have thought of the yellow ceiling, but this looks really good. Popcorn and all.
The room looks good. Don't you wish you could just forget the prep work and paint with the pretty colors right away?
I nominated you (a little late) for the Sisterhood Award. Keep on sewin' :)
Painting is a painful process, now you get to enjoy the colors for a good long while- very pretty!
I like the color of the room.
Glad to hear your doing well and enjoying your new house! As I sit here in Heidelberg, it's raining and 43 degrees... you're not missing anything. :-)
You've made in seem so home-y with that lovely new shade! Now let's see if I can take those paint chip cards that have been sitting in my kitchen drawer to actually get some paint and do some work in my house. I think EVERY room needs to be painted :( .
Alexandra there must be something in the air because I have spent the past 5-6 weeks painting my whole house and making roman blinds for all the rooms using my old curtains and converting them, so trust me I know exactly how you feel.
What knitting machine do you have - I confess that it was seeing some of your knitted jackets that inspired me to start knitting again. I used to have knitting machine years ago but think it sort of got lost in the divorce many many years ago.
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