There are big things happening around here – big, messy things that keep me from my keyboard and instead hip deep in dust and debris. But, thanks to a tremendous amount of help from my Dad and Stepfather – slowly, ever so slowly, we have been transforming a room that started out like this:
The above photo was taken with a cellphone, so it doesn’t capture the true scope of the awful. The chocolate brown – that is the nice word for the colour – paint was applied without any sort of care, possibly in the dark, with a spray gun. It was splashed all over the trim, the ceilings, and the baseboards. Plus, it was brown. Dark brown. Not some chic Martha Stewart “Mocha” or “Pinon Seed”. Just brown. The floor was beige vinyl tile, complete with burn marks. The yellowed ceiling may have been white at one point. The window frame and doors were cracked and peeling.
After ripping up the floor, we ended up with this:
It is amazing how many different types flooring you can have in one tiny room.
After a new hardwood floor, a bucket of spackling compound, loads of sandpaper, and several cans of paint, it looks like this:
And this:
Between all that, I still managed to find a little time for knitting:
That looks so sweet and cheerful! What will the room be used as?
It is going to become our bedroom. The larger room we are currently using will become a family room/office space, with a pullout couch so it may double as a guest bedroom.