Monday, April 4, 2011

The Latest Redecorating

When Jim & I talked about a winter project this year, we thought we'd work on putting tile, granite or some other solid surface on the fireplace & shelving in the family room.  After some investigating & trips to a couple of tile stores, we decided the job was more than we wanted to get into.  We talked about it and agreed to remodel the powder room instead.  I really liked the way it looked with the dark blue paint color beneath the chair rail & flowered wallpaper but after almost five years I was ready for a change. 






I had a picture that I had torn out of a magazine a couple of years ago of a bathroom remodel that had bead board installed and I really loved the look. Luckily, Jim is pretty handy with his saw & nail gun and he agreed to my plan. I had also seen a paint technique that looked like leather at Home Depot that I wanted to try. 

Here are the results:





This time we didn't fight or get into any disagreements because since it was such a small area we had to work at separate times.  I did all the painting first and then Jim did all the bead board & trim and installed a new faucet & light.  We're both happy with the way it turned out.  
Maybe next winter we'll get to the fireplace & shelving......

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