Wednesday 7 August 2013

Bedroom painting is done

Remarkable, only a week and the bedroom is all painted. Wohoo!! Last week I wrote a post about starting the painting. So I removed the moldings and teared the loose wallpaper away. I again did not remove the wallpaper fully. From the experience from the office I know it just is too much of a hassle. Besides the result with the wallpaper under the paint is not bad at all, maybe the edges can be seen a bit, but that fine for me.

I spackled the edges and the holes of the wallpaper and then sanded the spackle smooth. The amount of dust from the sanding was overwhelming, luckily I had covered the bed with sheets so it did not get dusty.


Then some covering of floor, taping some edges and then finally painting. I almost run out of paint so I had to water it down a bit for the last wall but the coverage was still good, so I was lucky that I did not have to get another bucket of paint. I had chosen a very light gray colour for the walls.

The window wall did not have any wallpaper and it was originally painted white, but after I had painted the wallpapered walls the window wall looked really dingy. I tried washing it but it did not help, so I painted that too. But I used plain white on that wall.


Once all the painting was done I attached the moldings back. I was luckily wise enough that I had written on the back of the molding which piece goes where. The molding were originally nailed on the walls but I prefer screws, those are much easier to handle especially if those ever want to be removed and put back again. 


Bit murky picture above but there is the corner of the window wall painted white and the wall painted light gray. The gray I chose does in my opinion have a slight green tone, which was not my original plan. According to my sister all the walls are white and according to A the walls are gray, but once I mentioned the green tone, he said that he might see it there. So maybe it's gray enough.



So above the bedroom wall first with the light on and then with the ceiling light off. The pictures are a bit grainy, sorry about that. And underneath is the wall before.

6 comments:

  1. Looks wonderful--so fresh and bright!

    Grey paint, like any neutral has undertones. They can be green, blue and even warmer colours like red and yellow. Colours can also be "clean" or "dirty". Clean colours are pretty pure, "dirty" colours are "muddied." You probably had a "murky or muddy white on that wall instead of a crisp clean white. Grey is a pretty "clean" colour. I hope that made sense!

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    1. It sure wasn't clean white the wallpaper and I can see difference on the paint on the areas where I had ripped the wallpaper off and done the spackling. So what you are saying makes sense.
      Never the less I like the new look, green tone is fine too.

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  2. You're so energetic :) The new color is nice and fresh.

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    1. I have been feeling very energetic, which is great. I also last week started the maternity leave so I have quite a lot of time in my hands.

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  3. Wow, the room looks so fresh and bright now! Good job. Maybe it's also the nesting phase of your pregnancy kicking in that you are trying to accomplish all your home projects...

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    1. Maybe I am nesting :)
      I do try to do things now, because once the kid is born s/he might be so demanding that I wont get anything done.

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