It's that time again.....

for a Project Update Post......

After months of renovation, plumbing and septic work, mudding, sanding, caulking walls and bead board, and all else that comes with a re-do....we have a bathroom again! It's not completely finished - David's working on the shelves, the new doors are curing as is the re-attached in shower towel rack; but we have running water and a toilet that flushes. Yeah! No more running down the stairs......maybe that's TMI?

Still to come - shelving above the toilet and triming out the window
with the salvaged trim from the Masters House.

The new tub doors!

The new sink, faucet, mirror and lighting fixtures....

The painting in the living and dining rooms is progressing, however, the green of the dining room became the same bronze/gold of the living room.

The bronzy-gold in the Living Room.....





Two days were spent just making the decision regarding the dining room paint color.....

First attempt at transitioning the colors......we thought that painting the dining room side of the posts would do the trick......didn't do the doorway justice.....

and we didn't like the green panels.....so we painted the panels Ben Moore's White Sands
it still didn't look just right .............


so we painted one of the posts green and left just a little bit of the bronzy gold showing
and painted the edging of the panels that same color.....

and we compared the looks....

and then expanded the paint to get a more clear idea of the final product....



After painting the trim at the end of the room which includes the dividing door to the L.R., the Harry Potter Cupboard Door (Cupboard under the stairs) and the bathroom door, David and I spent an evening living with the color...and as the evening progressed, we liked it less and less. It was just too much and despite numerous attempts at getting that dividing doorway just right, the transition wasn't working. I think part of it is that the green is not near enough to a natural wood tone and with the amount of trim and doors in that room it just didn't feel right....and it was very difficult for the eye to find a place to rest.

The decision to continue the bronzy gold from the Living Room into the Dining Room was a good one.....and five days from the start of the job, this is what we have now.....


We still have to add the new chair rail (well....salvaged new chairrail) under the the blue plate you see on the dividing wall...it's been painted and is drying as I type....and that chandelier? Well, its supposed to get a new paint job as well....black or copper....just have to make the decision! One of these days, I'll find the perfect light fixture for this room....but for now, paint will do the trick.



Then it was on to the staircase; a day was spent scrubbing and painting that....and another putting the second and third coats on.



The photo wall, which has yet to get its new coat of B. M. White Sands, now has real photos in the frames and Nikki and I are slowly making fabric mats for each one...if you look closely, you'll see the fabric mat completed in three of the photos...when completed, each photo will have either a gold, blue, green or red fabric mat......!

And the little table on the staircase wall? That one was picked up at the flea market for a very nice price.....

I just love progress! We're onto the kitchen now....the red accent walls have been primed and the first coat of the green paint is on the doors and trim....and in this room, it looks great! More photos to come.....