Starting the Year Off with a Bang
Jan 6, 2009 Home Improvement
The last week or so has been non-stop project fun. I’m use the word fun to try and convince myself it was a really good use of my vacation time. Since my last post, I went from auditioning paint colors to a freshly painted bedroom, which sounds so simple. If only that was true. Here’s the two minute summary of the bedroom redo:
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
- Empty room
- Remove wall lights that were way too high
- Make junction box covers for electrical wires
- Plaster over the holes
Thursday, January 1, 2009
- Sand plaster
- Wait for plaster to dry
- Turn up the heat to help the plaster dry
- Put Christmas decorations away
- Sand more plaster
- Finally paint the ceiling with two coats of paint
- Crash sometime after 1 am
Friday, January 2, 2009
- Paint wall with two coats of paint
Saturday, January 3, 2009
- Clean up paint on the ceiling
- Paint trim on windows
- Put the bedroom back together
This list of my daily activities makes it sound so simple. Yet the experience exhausted me. I still need to paint the closets. Before this happens I need a plan for closet organizers. Any affordable ideas that don’t involved wire shelves?
Even with our old bedspread and mismatched furniture, the room feels better. I have my eye on a new bed and sidetables. I just need to save my pennies. For the timing being I’m just enjoying the fact that I started and finished a project.
As for the contest between my sister and I, she won. In fact, she wrapped up bedroom on January 1. By that point I think I managed to paint my ceilings.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Great job. Good color (love the way it pops your windows). Also love the new blog look (it’s good to get out of GoogleReader once in awhile).
January 7th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Rachel, I had to pop in to tell you how terrific your work is around your home. You take on all these projects yourself, I am in awe! What color is that pain in your bedroom?
Cherie (cczaplicki@cox.net)