What you can see: Blinding Orange Color of Death, assuming you still have retinas at this point.
What you can't see: Wallpaper on every frickin' surface with cracked plaster behind.
We did a buttload of work for such a small room and no reconfiguration... it's really put us off taking the wallpaper off the two remaining rooms in the house. We figure, "We bought it with wallpaper on the wall, so will the next guy..." Suckas.
It took us far longer than such a simple project should have. A cumulative 5 months, off and on. The final deadline was for a wedding shower being thrown at our house in July. So, thankful for my summer hours at work that let me take quite a few Fridays off, I holed up for the weekend(s), buckled down and got 'er done. I also finished up with just enough time to DJ the wedding.
Anyways, even with the massive time investment, we're very happy with the results...
The final paint selections were from Benjamin Moore per usual..."Sherwood Tan" for the walls in Eggshell.
"Standard White" for trim in Semigloss.
"Standard White" for the ceiling in Flat.
I'm really digging the discounted prices for Architects and account holders.
We'll be bringing you a review of "Wally's Plaster Magic" shortly, with comedic/helpful additional instructions. And we're currently trying to figure out how to add some color to the room in the form of aquas and blues, probably with painted chairs and some new curtains by Mom K.
A few side things:
A piece of driftwood we brought back from Lake George... not sure how we're going to use it yet... but I'm thinking I'd like to slice it in half, stand it on end and make a cool sculpture.
We're also still figuring out what to do for curtains and interior storm windows. More on that later...
Rach cleaned up the sconces real nice... They need some new shades, which are surprisingly hard to find unless you're okay with ridiculous baroque looking things like these...
The print of Picasso's "Lobster and the Cat" has been in storage too long. Glad to put it back in its rightful place.
Especially proud of my work rebuilding the outside corners around the bay window. I screwed furring strips to the edge so I could push joint compound into an "inside" corner. Waited for it to dry, moved the furring strip to the opposing side and compunded again. Another day of drying, pull of the strip, and sand away. The corners were actually too precise and looked funny so I beveled them a bit with the sander so they wouldn't stand out so much.
