Another weekend, another project

Another weekend, another project. That is going to be my slogan for probably the next 5 years.

My wonderful Sister came and spent the night with me and helped me tackle the dreaded staircase and landing. It needed to be done pretty bad. Like the rest of the walls in this house, the stairway had dents, dirt, scrapes and everything else you can imagine a white wall painted with flat paint having. Oh yeah, and there was painters tape along the baseboards leading up to the landing that the previous owners LACQURED to the wall! So that involved taking a scraper and peeling it, along with part of the dry wall, off.

After a nice thin layer of patch we were back in business again! 

(The painters tape that was lacquered to the wall)

 

Here you can see the part of the wall that came off with the tape. This is after it had been patched a sanded.

 

There is still tape around one of the banisters but since it’s on the other side of the wall, we can’t get to it. I need to take an hour and just sit there and try scrape it off.

 

We thought for sure this was going to be the hardest area to paint but surprisingly it was pretty easy. Once everything was taped off it took like 30 minutes to have the first coat on.

The color is the same I used in the living, dining,  kitchen and entry. It is Benjamin Moore Spanish Olive. Love it. It is a perfect green with a hint of tan. Depending on the lighting.

So here's the bad part. How do we get up to the top on that really tall wall?? No ladder will reach/be safe enough to use. We priced out scaffolding but the cheapest we found was $200 and it wasn’t worth that price for a one time use of 5 minutes.

That book case shelving unit there is going to be a linen closet. We are pretty sure that was the previous owners intentions since the baseboards stop at that point. We are ordering cabinet doors for it.

 

It took 5 hours, 3 coats and 1.5 gallons of paint to get done! Did I mention our walls are not textured at all so it requires many coats and you can see every patched hole and flaw.

My Sister also helped me finish up the master bath.  While she did that I made curtains for my bedroom.

 

I need to go shopping for some matching rugs, too!!

 

My  curtains made from painters drop cloths.

 

I like the idea of having matching table lamps on the side tables, but we already have 4 sconces plus a ceiling fan. I think I may look for something else to put on them.

My new silhouettes I made for above our bed. Both of them are Cohen. Yes, for some reason he does look like he is from an African American decent.

 

We really need some grown up furniture. I have had  that  dresser since high school!

I LOVE our room color. I am so happy I went with something a little darker and a little out of my color palette.

Left to paint:

• Upstairs bathroom (which is nasty!!) I might paint it the same Spanish Olive since I have 21.5 cans left
• Scrapbook room ( I need help picking a color)
• Cohen’s room (dreading it since he won’t be able to take his naps in there that day) – I think a khaki color. Something boring and neutral
• Guest room- a soft grey

and the top half of our half bath on the main floor. (We ran out of paint and then decided we aren’t really a fan of the color so are considering changing it to something else.  Actually, Matt isn’t a fan of the color and says it needs to be repainted. Easy for him to say, he hasn’t picked up a brush once!!!)