Okay, I took the plunge!! I haven't been much of a decorator, but I got a 'push' from my sister (who does stuff all the time to her house), and a friend from church (who said he'd be glad to help me paint- he loves it-in exchange for doing some sewing - curtains and replacing a zipper- and my hubby is working on his car). Barter is a wonderful thing!...
Notice the ugly paper???...
This room (dining) hasn't been touched since we bougtht the house 12 yrs ago. It was decorated 'early, ugly 70's,... you know, avocado green, harvest gold and brown and beige, ....YUCK! AND it was all smoke stained!! (Any smokers who read this... it took 2 coats of ceiling paint, a coat of KILZ and another coat of ceiling paint just to do the kitchen ceiling years ago. This time we did a coat of Kilz and a coat of ceiling paint (white) , but I kinow that I'll be doing the ceiling again. I can just see the yellow seeping through....Gross....)
This is a shot looking into the kitchen (the island is holding a lot of the 'mess'...
We have two large buffets (from both sides of the family) and don't want to get rid of either one... hence the picture of them still in the room...(it's a small house)...
This is after the 'dust settled from Lee sanding the spackle...
Just a deep shade of ugly yellow/gold.... Not sure which is worse, but I understand why they wallpapered... it needed a lot of spackle!
I tried the color I was using on the panels of the coat closet, it's called Pistachio green... Looked better when the painter's tape came off.
See the other buffet on the right? That's the 'ornate' one from Lee's grandmother, but real interesting.... I'll post photos of it once it gets all put back together.
Notice the ugly paper???...
This room (dining) hasn't been touched since we bougtht the house 12 yrs ago. It was decorated 'early, ugly 70's,... you know, avocado green, harvest gold and brown and beige, ....YUCK! AND it was all smoke stained!! (Any smokers who read this... it took 2 coats of ceiling paint, a coat of KILZ and another coat of ceiling paint just to do the kitchen ceiling years ago. This time we did a coat of Kilz and a coat of ceiling paint (white) , but I kinow that I'll be doing the ceiling again. I can just see the yellow seeping through....Gross....) 
This is a shot looking into the kitchen (the island is holding a lot of the 'mess'... 
We have two large buffets (from both sides of the family) and don't want to get rid of either one... hence the picture of them still in the room...(it's a small house)...
This is after the 'dust settled from Lee sanding the spackle... 
Just a deep shade of ugly yellow/gold.... Not sure which is worse, but I understand why they wallpapered... it needed a lot of spackle! 
I tried the color I was using on the panels of the coat closet, it's called Pistachio green... Looked better when the painter's tape came off. 
See the other buffet on the right? That's the 'ornate' one from Lee's grandmother, but real interesting.... I'll post photos of it once it gets all put back together.
1 comment:
Looks like you have gotten alot done already. I like the paint color! I wonder... are you thinking about what fabric you have in your stash that will work well with the paint???? lol
Hugs, Trish
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