It just goes on and on my friend ,,, For those of you who have ever been to girl’s camp, you will appreciate that little ditty. Okay, it’s now over a week since I got the brilliant idea to paint my bathrooms. I am happy with the results, but I have a great story! Okay, the pictures (but before you look, you have to promise you won’t look at the mess!) …
- The half bath off my bedroom before
- The half bath off my bedroom AFTER
- The main bath before
- The main bath during (colors #1)
- The main bath AFTER (colors #2)
Okay, I painted the half bath in a day I’m just taking the top paint and painting the bead board the same color. Everything went smooth. I still need to touch-up just a couple of places, not big deal. Then I decide to be BRAVE and go out of my element. I had seen a photo of a bathroom in these colors and throught it looked very serene and calming. I decided to go for it! I had two coats of paint on the walls and ceiling and had it completely cut in and … I didn’t like it! It was a beautiful color, but it was too Cool of a color and didn’t "belong" with the rest of my house. So, I went out an bought two new colors and began painting, again! And guess what … I liked the blue! Yeah! BUT, I had painted the ceiling just like I had with the lighter blue and it was too dark. My sweet mom-in-law likes to paint her ceilings, but she deals with lighter colors, so I just did it. I’m not saying I was thinking clearly, because it felt like walking into a cave. So, I painted the ceiling white … whew! A relief, the sun is out!!! Then, all I had to do was paint the beadboard. I got it all painted and (I had to do it 3 times to cover the white) … It was too "WOW, that’s green!" So I added white and it was perfect! So, after painting my bathroom 15 times, I love it! I have never had this problem! It’s just because I tried to go too far away from my comfort zone I guess. I know I could have lived with it, but why do that!? If you are going to do a project, you’d better work at it until it’s RIGHT!
Oh, yeah … the LESSON I learned about beadboard: I have pine beadboard in both bathrooms (obviously), my son’s room and kitchen. In my son’s room and kitchen, it’s natural (matte finish), but I had painted the beadboard in the bathrooms white. MY LESSON: If you are going to paint your beadboard white… use the "fake" stuff! Pine beadboard has knots and they show through the white paint and look like your walls are "dirty"!
I’m going to start a "Designing Log" again ~ soon! Because my class designs are due May 8th. Be sure to check back for that and my HOF entry! Don’t forget to comment! A
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