Turns out it was more around 11 pm that night that we broke out the Kilz primer. It was Dave's idea. He had that glazed and obsessed home improvement look in his eyes. Too many unfinished projects can drive a man over the edge.
Dave ripped out the old moldy linoleum and removed the icky toilet a little over a week ago and then we put the whole project on hold waiting to check out the plumbing for leaks. Now that we have the go ahead we'll need to prep the floor for tile -- but we decided the old paint just had to go... now.It isn't a bad color. It's actually a lovely shade of dark blue. There are two problems, however:
- There is absolutely no natural light and very little artificial light in the space. We plan to eventually remedy the artificial light problem -- however, since we're painting now we'll take the opportunity to brighten things up some.
- (And this is the most pressing problem) At first glance the walls appear to be simply deep blue. Once the glancing stops though -- it's actually a faux 'blue jean' paint job. No, not faux denim. Faux blue jean. Complete with handpainted seams and thread.
No. That's all I have to say.The task of paint-selection is once again before me and I'm actually stumped this time. With the neutral cabinets and countertops and fixtures.... And the generally neutral nature of the public areas upstairs.... We aren't limited to any particular color scheme here for the floors and walls.
What remains to be seen is if I'm going to do something crazy - or stick with what's safe. I'm leaning toward safe.
We would have finished priming in about an hour if not for the fact that we had absolutely no brushes suitable for primer left and were forced to try to cut in with 50 cent sponge brushes. Don't try this at home.My plan is totally lacking in details at the moment, but I'm definitely wanting to make the floors the focus in this room considering just how much of it you see when you walk in. Something dark and dramatic with a nod toward natural materials (without the hassle of natural materials in a bathroom that will be used mostly by 10 and 11 year-old boys). Maybe a couple of elegant ceiling light fixtures to draw the eye back skyward.
Or maybe we'll just get whatever we can afford that they happen to have in stock at the only home improvement store in town.
Or maybe we'll just get whatever we can afford that they happen to have in stock at the only home improvement store in town.
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Is cork for the floor an option? I must admit I have thought about it for the kitchen, I've just been terribly bad and haven't checked out the cost.
Hmmm. Thanks for mentioning that, sandy! We had looked at cork for the floors throughout the upstairs a while back - mostly because we heard it had excellent sound barrier qualities and we don't ALWAYS want to hear the pitter patter of little feet around here. Cork is gorgeous. And I don't remember what the pricing was for the actual material (it would have gone up by now anyway...) -- but it was installation that was a drawback. We were told that it was not a do-it-yourself sort of project -- and absolutely no contractors here had any experience in it.
Then again -- the bathroom is a much smaller space... and maybe.. just maybe...
You might want to do a search through houseblogs.net -- I think I read in someone's blog how to lay cork yourself.
p.s. Gotta love that Windex! LOL
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