Renovation Realities

So recently, my wife decided it would be a good idea to re-do the sunroom. We had done nothing to it since we moved in last Summer. It was dark brown wood paneling; bright green indoor/outdoor carpet; with a table, chairs, and a big buffet kinda thing all painted an odd peach-ish color. Basically, so ugly you could compare it to the worst parts of the Bible. It has been (and continues to be) transformed. Pictures will be forthcoming, but here are the steps that were taken so far:

1. Deciding on paint color. Perhaps the most unnecissarily cumbersome part of the project. Many colors were considered, especially the miriad of colors between light brown and light tan. Eventually, we considered several shades of yellow, finally chosing "Reading Glory." No clue why they gave it that gay name.

2. Priming the walls. Given that the paneling was a dark brown, and we were going to paint it yellow, we primed everything first. A few hours after we finished, I was in the kitchen and looked out to the sunroom, and it was really, really weird to see the room looking so bright.

3. Considering carpet. All I'll say is, after looking at Lowe's, the only one we liked was the only one they didn't have in stock. Ended up being a good thing I guess, because it was burber, and Sydney's paws/nails would've ripped it pretty easily. We're still working on this part.

4. Painting the walls. Two coats, looks pretty good now. Jo and Alison repainted the window frame/trim as well (white).

5. Furniture paint. First it was white, then black, then part black / part white... we eventually went with all black, and I think it was the best choice. We originally tried using a "hammered" look spraypaint, which didn't really have good results. After that, we decided to spraypaint the chairs and table legs, and use rollers to do the top of the table and the entire buffet. They look pretty nice now. The jury's still out on whether we are going to put a varnish or polyurethane over the paint.

6. Yet To Do: get the carpet, put new molding around the bottom of the walls, and hang up some blinds. Should be a really nice room in another week or so. Stay tuned for pictures.

Next Project: The Backyard Patio To End All Backyard Patios.

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