Cute curtains, right? Because it didn't have any wallpaper like most of our other rooms, it sat untouched for many months. A visit from my brother got us motivated--he came for the night and rolled paint onto the walls for us. In most houses (or at least those that I've lived in), the ceiling molding, floor molding, doors, and windows are already painted white or off-white or what have you. Not in this old house. Every item I just mentioned was painted by the previous owners to match either the paint color or wallpaper in each bedroom. None the same. All different colors. So while it sure doesn't take long to roll some paint on walls, it is quite time consuming to do the rest. Here is a breakdown of everything that had to be done to get this room (and all the others in our house) painted:
-paint bedroom walls with roller (2 coats of the room color, sometimes preceded by a coat of primer but not in this room)
-tape floor off to paint toe molding
-tape ceiling off to paint ceiling molding
-paint said ceiling, toe, and shoe moldings (at least 2 coats in high gloss white)
-use trim tool to paint trim around said moldings, windows, and door frames (2 coats)
-paint windows and door frames (2 coats)
-paint actual doors (2 in this room)
-tape off window muntins (muntins are the wooden part of the window dividing each window pane...72 window panes=288 pieces of tape, yikes)
-paint window muntins and interior casings (2 coats)
-remove all tape with razor blade
-scrape any excess paint off window panes and floor
You get the point--there is a lot of work involved! Which is why this has been an ongoing, an hour here and there, project for the past few months. All that being said, we are not 100% done but here is some of our progress:
The color is a soft gray and is called Whispering Wind by Olympic. We have done more work in there since these pictures so hopefully we will be done soon--just in time for some special visitors this weekend!
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