HOME IMPROVEMENT PART I

BEDROOM BEFORE:

This room was officially driving us crazy because the walls, window seals, framing, closet doors, bedroom door, baseboards --EVERTHING was painted the exact same color of white.

We were dying for some color, & it was our summer goal to paint our bedroom & bathroom!

We washed the walls with TSP, rinsed them, & put up all the blue tape in both rooms the night before. This way when I got home from work we could get it done fast! --or so we thought...

I got home at 8:30pm, and Truman had the ground covered & everything all set-up. On the right wall you can see the color we started painting it --we were both very disappointed. We had gone way too light, & with the light in the room, it almost looked a creamy pink color. We called Lowe's & they said they could add some brown to it for us. We got over there at about 9pm, and the guy there helped us change it to great darker color! Then we realized with how dark we were going, we were going to need 2 coats. The guy at Lowe's recommended doing a gray primer (which is cheaper) because then we wouldn't have to do a second coat, and we could use the primer for both rooms. So we ended up getting color added to the one paint, a whole separate color for the bathroom, and a can of gray primer. We didn't end up get back from Lowe's till about 10pm, & then finally got to start painting-- well painting the primer anyway, haha.

Truman painting over the gray primer with the new & improved darker color for our room!

BATHROOM BEFORE:

The bathroom had the same blah-ness going on. White walls, white vanity, white cabinents, white shower, white toilet, white white white, blah blah blah. You get the picture...

Truman rolling the primer on the walls

Truman took roller duty while I did the detailing. I was doing the edge along the ceiling here & standing in where two shelves go to hold most of our bathroom stuff in baskets. The bathroom color we chose is a little lighter/more buttery than the bedroom (the colors are really similar).

We were loving the dramatic difference from the white!