On the Home Front…
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| Tile out, new subflooring in |
Three days in, and the renovation is well underway! The old tile floor has been demolished, and new subflooring installed.
Crown moulding has been installed in hallways and some rooms. Yet to be painted.
Choosing paint colors…much angst and second guessing! Our contractor wanted to paint first, to avoid drips on the new floor.
All old baseboards have been removed, patching and painting now underway. First coat of paint in our bedroom and hallway is done, second coat going on later today.
Which means that we’re sleeping on the sofabed in the den for at least another day or two….
More updates in days to come.
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Hmmm, Rose has some sage advice that I am going to write down for myself. Sleeping on the sofa-bed! We did that while our wood floors were being refinished and it was kind of fun (for a couple of days) : > Thanks for sharing your progress.
Patti, due to rain moving through which has halted the work, looks like we’ll be on the sofabed well into next week. The good news is that we have one of those “egg carton” foam toppers which makes it quite comfortable and we’re finding we’re sleeping well there.
Oh I remember choosing paint colors, and floor stain BTW, almost required a full-time color therapist! Exciting.
LPC, the good news is the flooring is pre-finished, so once it’s installed it’s done. We chose a very neutral oak finish…not too yellow or red.
Coming along nicely! Your back may hate you for the sofabed (though maybe you have a comfortable one), but it will be worth it. Your place will look beautiful with wood floors throughout.
Sorry about being rushed into paint colors. Contractors have a way of wanting what’s easier for them.
Most lines sell test pots these days, and if you can hold off til you see how light is reflecting off the new floors onto your sample wall colors, that’s best. You can always test on posterboard and move the boards from room to room.
If you can’t, I’m sure your picks will work well enough overall! [And hey: it’s paint, not a counter. In the scheme of things, easy to alter down the line.]
Fortunately, only the master bedroom’s a done deal at the moment, and I’m content with it. We’re off to Home Despot (ha) today for some samples. The new flooring in the living room will be similar enough in color to the old, that I think we can get a pretty good read.
Which paint colors did you choose?
Susan, for the master bedroom, we played it safe and went with a color called “parchment” for the reasons I explained to kathy peck above. The hallway (which is dark, and currently a stark white) will be a light butter yellow to try to warm it up a bit. We’re going to let our son have a choice in the color for his room, and for the living room, I’m looking at a very light butter yellow for three of the walls and a very light terra cotta for the fourth. These colors coordinate well with the rug and sofa we inherited.
Looks like things are progressing along nicely. It’s going to be great when it’s finished.
Seeing those paint chips made me think you could do a “polyvore” of this project!
Hostess, and work stopped yesterday due to rain (even though our project is 100% indoors, they need to set up work areas outdoors and also didn’t want to install wood when there’s so much moisture in the air). So with the weekend and rain in the forecast through Monday, we’re probably at a standstill for another few days. I haven’t tried any interior design polyvores; maybe I should!
The chaos will be worth it in the end. I too am looking forward to your color choices.
Style Crone, that’s what we keep telling ourselves!
I learned two important paint picking tips from my mother.
1) the color pairings the paint store shows have a great deal of expertise behind them. Save yourself grief and use them.
2) always get a sample and try a small spot. Light makes a difference.
The cost of a wardrobe color choice that doesn’t work out is relatively small. Unless you are a devoted home decorator and love to take your home apart and put it together again to make changes the cost of paint that doesn’t work is high.
RoseAG, yes, I’m actually using one of the contiguous pairings on walls in the living room. We’ve also been doing small samples on the walls, which has been good to rule out some choices.
Good luck! I hope your back in your own bed very shortly…. xv
vicki, thank you!
I actually paid someone to select paint colors and it was so worth it. I NEVER in a zillion years would have had a creamy yellow called something bisque in my kitchen or a neat blue in my living room. In fact, those are my least favorite colors. It took her two seconds to do it–saving me 1000s of hours and many mistakes. She took the tiniest color from my rugs/fabrics based on photos (we live in different states). Now I know how to do it too–sort of.
Benjamin Moore and other places sell tiny pots of sample paint and it is worth painting a biggish board to see how things look. As my paint guru said: don’t be afraid of color.
Your wood floors will make such a difference.
Frugal Scholar, if we’d had more time, I probably would have hired a consultant. But we’re mostly going with colors that are similar to what we currently have, which *were* advised by a decorator friend fifteen years ago. In the living room, I’m coordinating with an oriental rug we inherited, and think that should work nicely. We’ll be picking up some more samples today to try some patches.
Can’t wait to see the finished result…..how exciting!
Pairs Rendez-vous, it IS exciting, thanks!
What color are you painting your bedroom? Hope you’re back in it soon.
Actually, it’s a color called “parchment” which is what I’d call ecru. Not adventurous, but I wanted something very light and neutral, as we like to change out our bedding colors periodically. We have a lot of artwork on the walls in our bedroom too, so didn’t want the walls to compete.
Amigo does nice work!
Karen, yes he does absolutely gorgeous work. Nothing shoddy, ever.
Oh, the crown molding will make such a huge difference in how “finished” things feel to you. Ours if of a different color than the wall. I could not sleep on our sofa bed for more than a night!
Terri, he installed crown moulding in our master bathroom a few years ago, and it really adds an elegant touch! Ours will be a soft warm white, same color as ceilings. Fortunately our sofa bed is pretty comfortable, and we’ve been sleeping well, as it looks like we’ll be there another few days.
I’m amazed you managed to get any posts at all this week amidst all that. But progress is definitely being made (that crown molding!) and soon it’s all going to be beautiful. . .
materfamilias, it’s been pretty crazy, but once we get the paint colors nailed down, then we can relax and just go with the flow. LOVE the crown moulding. We’re adding everywhere except our bedroom (vaulted ceiling with exposed beam) and living room (rounded lath-and-plaster vaulting and one curved wall). I just felt the moulding would look incongruous in those two rooms. I guess we can always add later if I change my mind.
A great idea to select the colors for the walls from your inherited rug.
If it is a big rug, it is dominating, but yet surprisingly allowing!
Looks like quite a big renovation – good luck with that!
don’t you hate that state in between?… I bet you can’t wait to get your bed back ! Courage,
anni
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Well the worst is over now that the tile is gone. I hope the dust wasn’t too bad. The crown molding is gorgeous!