This Just In
A Paint Job and New Furniture
Posted By Stacey Thomas on November 10, 2009
I am kicking myself for not taking pictures of the “before” state of my front hall. Nothing I can about it now, but suffice it to say the wall paper was ugly. The layer under that was better, albeit “country” style from the late 80’s, early 90’s. I was wanting something simple and fresh, that would go with the autumn colored tile I will eventually put down. Whoever thought of linoleum had to have been high. It was just a bad idea that the home interior industry ran with. (I know, I know…cheap and affordable.)
Anyhow, over the course of the past two months, I Killz’d the hall and finally finished painting it yesterday. I hated the Killz step. Yes, I know, it covers a multitude of sins and helps your paint to stick…but the clean up for that crap is horrible, and I went through over a gallon of mineral spirits in the clean up. There has GOT to be a better way. By the time I was done with that part, I had no desire to actually paint the hall. So I took a month off.
Saturday found me at the furniture store, looking for a replacement for my ghetto couch. The ghetto couch was a cheap green fabric monstrosity. It didn’t start out that way, but in the 8 years of its life, dedicated to serving my family and our pets (the very bane of furniture, I am convinced…I have a water bottle at the ready this time), it became this gross, disgusting thing and I just couldn’t take it anymore. I was embarassed to have people over to our house.
Painting completion and furniture delivery came together in a happy union that I am pleased to share with you now in a few photos. I am in love with my house.
This is a shot of my neighborhood. It doesn’t have anything to do with my furniture or my painting…but it’s so beautiful today, I thought I would share.
One peek at my hall. All I can say is that while paint exposes every flaw a house has, I love the paint job here. Hot cocoa and oatmeal. I feel toasty just looking.
Another view of my hall. I wanted you to see the cute little Jack-Be-Littles and Baby Boo pumpkins my dad grew. I will eventually replace the trim in the hall too, but the stuff I want is kinda pricy, so it might be a while.
This is my dining room table and chairs. They are oak. They weigh a ton. Very sturdy, and very beautiful. They make me happy inside…can’t wait to serve a dinner here.
One view of the living room. The only thing not new are the lamps, wall decor, etc. See Daisy? My cat who thinks she’s human? She has ensconced herself on the sofa back already. I am torn…she’s not hurting anything, do I shoo her off because it’s new?
Another view of the living room. I am a happy camper.
This little puppy is comfy. And it has a queen size sleeper tucked in there. See Spottles? She’s already looking for a way to the window via the back of the couch.
Perfect for TV viewing. Speaking of which…
This big ole’ thing will be set up later. The delivery guys said it needs to sit at room temperature for like 12 hours before you turn it on. So I’ll hook it up later and we’ll see. Not that it matters, the old TV is in my room as we speak, and let me tell ya…the movie experience is wicked with a 35″ screen so close to your bed, even if it isn’t an LCD screen. I know. I was up till 1 a.m. this morning watching Rob Roy in close up big screen beauty.
I hope you enjoyed the mini tour of my house. I don’t often show people these things, but I am bursting with satisfaction and happiness, so I thought “what the heck.”
S.
I love it!! It looks really good and I can’t WAIT to come home! I love how the cats snuck in there too haha
Love it! I like your color scheme, and all that gorgeous wood. I think I might recognize those walls in your hallway.
We used to have those walls in the house I grew up in when I was 1-12. Mom was talking about those walls just the other day – I think she called it Insolate. My Mom & Dad had bought the house from her parents. She was telling a story about my Uncle Ted making a tuna salad sandwich, squeezing it up and putting it in a glass of milk. He would do this and eat it with a spoon. My Mom said something to him about it that he didn’t like, and he threw the glass at her. She said Grandpa had just put those walls in throughout the house. Well, when that tuna salad sandwich in milk hit the wall, it left a huge stain…something she never forgot.
Now, maybe that’s paneling that you painted over and not what we had at all, but it made me think of it anyway
Your neighborhood looks similar to what we have around here.
Wow, that’s an incredibly lovely house you have there, m’am. Wowzers. And…the last time I used Killz, it was in latex, I think…heck, I’m almost positive. They DO make it in latex base, don’t they?
The only think I could find was Killz2Latex, which is primer made for latex paint afterward…I don’t know. All I know is that crap was messy. I mean bad. It seriously makes me want to wallpaper anything else, although that will never happen, I’m more of a paint kind of girl.
Thanks for your kind words about my house, I love it. It’s funny because when I was a little girl, I delivered papers here, and always thought it was a “rich” neighborhood, because of all the big Victorians and nicer homes…never *dreamed* I would end up living here. And for the record, it’s not a rich neighborhood, at least not anymore, if it ever was.