Yes, I said renovations. One day we're sitting having a coffee looking at the walls and thinking gee, we should paint them. The next thing I know we're in full blown reno mode. Walls, fixtures, switches, plugs, plates, flooring, baseboards, door trim, closet doors and all are getting a fresh look.
We started last weekend and moved all the furniture around and packed the small stuff into blue tubs with lids. This alone has made this job easier than I expected. With the small stuff out of the way, its easy to move the furniture around and just work around it.
Since the walls were the first order of the day we covered the furniture, and got to work patch old nail holes and other imperfections in the surface with drywall mud. Once dry we sanded it down and applied a primer to all the marks and trouble spots. Oh yes we took off all the curtain rods and curtains and light switch covers so we could get down to it.
We also had one wall that was a vertical wood grain venir and we've tolerated it since we bought the house but felt it was time for a change. It helps a bit that our son was in the retail lumber and building supplies business so he gave us lots of good hints and tips. That same primer we used on the walls was used to cover the wood panel wall. Took two coats but covered it beautifully. Then we painted over it with a paint colour called tomchuck its a cafe mocha colour and looks a lot like a Tim Horton's ice cap. The other three walls were done in a colour called kicking horse. It's hard to describe this colour but it is lots lighter than the feature wall. I guess its a pale beigey sand colour. Looks great anyway. Way better than the flat eggshell crap that was on there.
With that said, I'm hitting the hay cause its been a long one and tomorrow brings new challenges. I'll get the names of the paint and the primer so you'll have a reference. Talk to you later. Dave
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