This last week I took off as vacation from work, so I could paint the "back" room of our house. Not many people have seen this room as it isn't one we would show on the home tour.
When we bought our house 3 years ago, the "back" room was an office, sky blue in color with a built in desk, and cheap carpet that smelled like cats. The first thing we did was put down new carpet to get rid of the cat odor. Then, we decided to pull out the built in desk top and move it into the large dining room for a family desk, computer area. That was the extent of our work in the "back" room.
It was finally time to do something with the room. I decided that we were going to make our guest room a little nicer by painting it green and the wood trim and built in cabinets and bookshelves white. But before we could primer and paint, we had to do some patching to the walls and repair to the ceiling. The ceiling had sprung a leak before we closed on our house, so the actual leak was fixed, but the ceiling was less than appealing to look at (or stand under). The seams of the drywall (the only room in our house that has drywall) were showing, and the water stains were atrocious.
I forgot to get some before shots, but here are some midway through patching shots:
I patched and sanded all the walls; Joe helped with the ceiling some (actually he did most of the ceiling work; patching, sanding, and painting). I did the cut-in and the trim work. All-in-all it took a week and a half to complete (from emptying the room of its contents and placing everything in the living room and dining room, to patching and sanding multiple times, to 2-3 layers of primer, and 2 layers of paint). The last coat of paint went on the walls Wednesday morning. Wednesday afternoon I steam cleaned the carpet (thanks Maren!). Wednesday evening we moved the futon, TV, and all the rest of our "media" to the new media room (well, everything but the computer stuff).
Here is the final product:
It would be nice to be able to have the freezer in the basement, but the wiring in the basement doesn't allow it currently (although we do still have a free breaker in our box). Plus the stairway is narrow and steep...
Meghan loves the carpet (this is the only room in our house that has carpet).
Jase loves being able to get away from Meghan and hide out. I love that the TV is no longer in the living room, and that we don't have the noise competition for the computer, TV, radio, and everything else. The TV can be on and when I'm in the dining room or living room, I can't hear it. Which means I can listen to some relaxing music (like U2, Sugarland, or Mozart).
