Sometimes I Amaze Even Myself

[qos]

Today, my handyman friend finished texturing the new closet and other minor repairs he's done in my bedroom. The home improvement ball is now back in my court.

Today I went to Home Depot twice, went to a Sherwin Williams paint store, went to the grocery store, cooked dinner, did two loads of laundry, changed my bed linens, and put primer on the closet and other newly-repaired areas in my bedroom. And that was after sleeping in!

Tomorrow I'm going to paint the interior of the closet a netural white. When that dries, my friend will return and put the clothes hanging rod and shelf back up -- so I will have a functional closet again!

Then I get to make my final selection on wall color and paint the rest of the room. Then we buy and paint trim and the new closet doors.

I keep wanting a deep/royal blue for my walls -- but keep getting discouraged by people who tell me that having dark blue in a basement room isn't wise. I'm becoming more concerned about how dark blue would work with the cherry-tone of my dresser and nightstand, and the crimson and gold of my large, gilt-framed print of Leighton's "Godspeed".

Anyone on my friends list good with color?

Comments

[rachel-y.livejournal.com]

Paint != permanent. Paint it dark royal blue if that's the color you want. If you end up not liking it, you can repaint it. Depending on the size of the room and the paint you buy, it shouldn't cost you more than $40-$70 per paint makeover.

Word of advice: if you do go with a strong color (any color more than a few shades darker than cream, really), get a tinted primer. We had some friends who painted their (small) living room a gorgeously rich looking red--took them seven coats because they didn't use a tinted primer. WE learned from them and when Aaron wanted hos bedroom red (we compromised for red up to chair rail height) we use a tinted primer (gray) and had a deep tone w/ only two coats.

[qos.livejournal.com]

Ah. . . I hadn't thought about a tinted primer. Good idea.

I want to paint my living room "rich red" as well. . . That's getting lots of pushback too. Red with cream accents.

But that's a few steps down on the list of projects. Kitchen is next.