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.
