Sorry it's taken such a long time to get this post up. I wanted to wait until it was completely finished but we're having a hard time finding the curtains we want so just picture them up when you see the pictures of the room!
When I arrived in August, the room we envisioned as the guest bedroom was basically being used as a 'junk' room. We both just threw everything in there that didn't already have a place to go.
The above picture was taken looking left from the doorway.
It's kind of hard to tell, but two of the walls were light blue, and the other two were a slightly darker blue. There was also some kind of 'speckled' blue around the window edges that hadn't been painted at the same time as the rest of the walls. You can also probably see the Tinkerbell decals; they weren't too difficult to remove.
This one was taken looking directly ahead from the door. The other doors on the right open to the wardrobe.
Our first step, after clearing everything out, was to spackle any cracks or divots in the walls, and then sand them down. I used sugar soap solution to wash the walls down, before using painter's tape to mark the edges of the walls. Paul also removed all of the outlet and light switch covers.
We picked two paint colours for the room - Hematite, a dark grey which would go on the wall that faces you as you walk into the room, and City Storm, a lighter grey that would go on the other walls.
We started off the the light grey, which came out darker than I had expected, but still looks good in the end result.
Paul does the edges for me because I hate it!
Don't you think it looks lighter in the can?
We did two coats of the City Storm colour and let it dry before moving on to the dark grey. However, we learnt our first lesson: remove the painter's tape early. We left ours on for too long so that when we took it off, half the paint came off too. :(
After some light sanding and touch ups we could finally move on to the last wall, and then finish off the painting by brightening up the edges and doors with some fresh white.
Just to show the difference with the two paint colours.
We bought a double bed and mattress from our friend Grant, who was moving to New York. Melissa and Lockie had bought us a comforter set from our wedding registry so the bed was all ready to be set up.
Next to be added to the room were the bedside tables and lamps we'd bought from Ikea.
We had been looking for a nice black and white print to put above the bed and found a bargain at Target of all places! Three for $30.
We then brought in Paul's old dresser, and a mirror.
The blinds we had up were left behind by the previous owner and were all torn up and ratty. I was so happy to see them go, replaced by pretty new plantation blinds.
It's hard to see the damage but they were horrible.
Much prettier!
Apart from the curtains, the other thing left to do is figure out what to do with the fan. Paul thinks we can flip the paddles over (they're not painted on the top side).
So, what do you think?
