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| Old Hunter Green wall color |
When we had all the new windows installed back around Christmas 2016, the old dark wood blinds in the office didn't fit the new window openings, so they went. We didn't have anything to replace them with, so Amp decided that she would make roman shades. Which is still the plan. In the meantime, we have hung old sheets over the windows for privacy. Ugh. I've also been planning to paint the woodwork. Most of the other new windows have been done as we have repainted other rooms, but not in the office. Ugh again.
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| Old paint, new windows, bare wood, classy sheet curtains |
The first step to a new paint job is picking a wall color. I originally thought to do a very similar dark green color, but then after a bunch of back-and-forth decided on a medium beige (Sherwin Williams "Shiitake").
As long as we were repainting, I wanted to put crown molding up. The office is one of the few rooms left in the house where we could realistically do crown molding where we haven't already done so.
So with a number of days off around the 4th of July holiday, I got started on the project. I hung new crown molding. To my surprise, this was probably the most level ceiling and square-cornered room in the house, which made the crown molding easy to do.
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| Lots and lots of prep and priming |
Then came a whole lot of filling, sanding, gouge fixing, other minor repairs and prep work. This is often the longest and most tedious part of the job (especially in a room with bare woodwork that needs to be addressed), and it certainly was here.
Next came two coats of white on the ceiling, a primer coat and two coats of bright white semi-gloss on the crown molding. Then a primer coat over the very dark walls. Then two coats on the walls. Then two coats on all the trim and baseboards. After a primer coat on the bare window woodwork.
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| New crown molding and wall color |
All told, I spent decent parts of 4 days doing all the various steps and waiting for the different coats to dry.
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| Beautiful new office |
I'm thrilled with the results. I did love the dark green, but the lighter/brighter colors make the room seem more warm and inviting, especially at night when it is dark outside.
We've also purchased the material and other components for the new roman shades, and will be getting to that as time permits.
Next - Finding a way to deal with the two-story family room (and the last of the unpainted new window trim). Looks like scaffolding or ladder sets are in my future. That room needs a refresh desperately, and will be like this project only about 5 times bigger...
