Kid’s Room #1: Painting the Door

Bear with me on this post -- it's an intermediary step into making Kid's Room #1 awesome. We began with a light blue door: We had previously agreed on painting the closet doors a bright shade of green chosen by a five-year-old. I was planning on making the closet doors a sunburst (see the circle…

Kid’s Room #1 – Urbane Bronze Accent Wall

Here's the window wall in the bedroom. We just repaired the ceiling in this room. Prior to the ceiling repair, we removed the baseboard trim, filled in the gaps, and replaced it. Next up: the walls. The kid had his heart set on red and black walls. I gently guided him away from such a…

Reconstituting Old, Dried Up Paint

This was the first time I tried to save old, dried up paint by adding water and mixing well - and it worked! We removed a shelf from one of the walls in the office, leaving a huge area that needed to be remediated. After sanding, spackling, sanding, spackling, and sanding more, we had a…

DIY Removable Paint Swatches for the Wall

After living in 4 houses where our bedroom was almost always overlooked and rarely put-together, I decided that I would make sure to focus on our bedroom in our new place. It's easier and cheaper than other rooms, so why not? Here's our room now. Lots of light: Jump to the how-to First thing to…