We really thought we had nailed down our main winter project, but we've decided now to put the basement project on hold for a little longer. With our son Michael leaving soon I no longer need to build a home office. Instead we're going to use the second upstairs bedroom as my office, with a queen sized futon also in there for whenever we need a room for guests. For those that might not know, our house (not counting the basement) is only 700 square feet. We truly can't afford to have any unused or barely used rooms, so the spare bedroom as a dual-use space makes great sense. We're still noodling around with how we want to reconfigure our basement plan, but it's looking like it'll be significantly simplified.
So, with no set plans for the basement, what room should we tackle now? If you said master bedroom...DING, DING, DING...we have a winner! I knocked two things off the project list this weekend...painting the ceiling, and removing and replacing the old ceiling fan. The previous owner was a HUGE fan (no pun intended) of gloss paint...everywhere...including the ceiling. Here are a few "before" pics.
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| We're not overly fond of the 80's vintage ceiling fan. It's got to GO! |
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| Check out the shine on that ceiling! |
As you can see from the above pic, the ceiling had one heckuva shine to it with that gloss paint. It also had a gray cast to it. We're fairly certain this is the original paint from when the house was built in the 80's. That gray cast is about thirty years of wood stove soot that we couldn't scrub out, even using TSP. You can also see where I removed the old fan, then removed the light fixture from it and wired it back in to give myself some light while painting. We went with a flat white paint for the ceiling. Clean and simple. We've picked out the color for the walls, but we're going to make y'all wait to see it until after we're done. Neener. ;) One thing is certain. It won't be anything remotely like the pink walls you see in the pics. :)
Here is the finished product, after some minor sanding, two coats of flat white paint, and a new fan/light installed.
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| Harbor Breeze, Lansing model, purchased at Lowes |
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| No more shiny! |
We chose this ceiling fan because it matched up real well with the night stands and bedside lamps we already have. It should also go
very nicely with the cork flooring we'll eventually be laying down.
I know that it's nothing earth shattering as projects go, but its impact will be felt daily. Perhaps starting off with a smaller project is the best way to ease back into this. That might be the right of it, because it feels very good to be back. :)
Thanks for reading. Until next time. :)
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