painting.

So how was your weekend?

Ours was good.

I dived back into the painting of the house. I'm determined to get all the bedrooms painted so we can get new carpets ordered! So I've been busy. I'm painting the whole house in Dulux Sandy Day with Dulux Natural White gloss trim. And we've chosen a charcoal coloured twist pile carpet.

My plan is to move Jamison into Brandt's old room (it's much bigger than the little room Jammo has at the back of the house) and to use the back room as a guest room.

I tackled Capri's room firstly though. And also painted one side of our very long hallway!

It was a disgrace. She's not the tidiest of girls and for someone who is so organised with her school work and assignments, she lives in the biggest amount of chaos you could imagine. She is just SO MESSY. I won't scare you all with a before shot. It's just too bad to share. Not that Capri even minds her room being so messy - as long as that path to her bed is there then she's right!

It took some time to clear away and sort out the mess. And then I started painting. She already has her aqua feature wall which we left as was but I painted the other walls and added the gloss trim.

I also transformed her table lamp and a noticeboard but they aren't quite finished yet. I'll share after photos once I have finished.

Capri's room is *not quite* done so there's furniture everywhere still but I am getting there.  And we need to give her shelves a good clean out too.

 

The walls are all done now but I need to add the final coat on the skirting boards. Ken installed the white venetian blinds we bought from Freedom Furniture for all the bedrooms and once I move all the furniture back I can tick this room off my painting list.

And I want to paint her bookcase, tallboy and desk in glossy white but that will have to wait for now.

Jammo moved himself into the big room late Sunday. I painted that room ages ago and the blinds were already installed so it was ready to go and we were waiting for Jamison to decide whether he wanted to move in or not..  He seems pretty chuffed with his new, bigger room now he's all moved in. And it means I can now tackle the last bedroom and it get it painted and the blinds installed..

And my goal of ordering the carpets is getting closer.

I must admit that I do start painting with great gusto and then half way through I remember that I hate painting. But I also hate things half done so I push on and then need a break before tackling the next room or section of the house.

I'll share some "after" photos when I have some!

Comments

[Donna Wilson]

Looks great Kim. You've been very busy, and can't wait to see the rooms all finished.
We chose a dark chocolate coloured carpet when we built here, and I'll never go back to a light coloured carpet again. Love it, and it's SOOOO soft, your feet sink into it.

[Lorraine V]

It seems our daughters are very similar Kim...Rylee tops her year every year, has assignments done and waiting way before time but when it comes to her room...well where do I start...the path to her bed...Oh! sounds so familiar...lol. love what you have done so far, looking forward to the end results.

Lorraine

[Mardi]

Its looking fabulous Kim.....I love the colour you have chosen...you can see the difference taking shape in the photos..and Capris feature wall is very similar to what Briony had...lol
I always felt Id painted the wrong wall for a feature in her room....so as of last week....her rooms quite different now.
Looking forward to seeing the room all finished.
Mardi x