The Great Renovation, Parts 2 & 3

Friday, May 9, 2008

Phases 2 & 3 of the renovation of the nursery are now *finished,* leaving just the fun parts left! The paint & wallpaper removal ended up taking us a lot longer than we thought it would (about two and a half weeks), and the drama didn't end there.

This is my father, most likely grateful that we're nearing the end of our two and a half week "removing 5 layers of paint and wallpaper" debacle


A different angle showing our progress

After all the paint was off, we sanded, spackled, and moved on to primer (none of which I took any pictures of, unfortunately). The bare walls actually soaked up two layers of primer, leaving some parts of it whiter than others no matter what we did. We wanted to paint the blue over a pure, white surface to ensure it's true brightness would come out, but the house just was not allowing it. Finally we gave up and just decided to paint the blue over what we had- and it worked!


Brightest Blue EVER!

After another coat of "Galactic Sky," we'll be putting up big, realistic wall decals of all the planets and a huge handpainted mural of a rocketship (painted by my dad) to break up all the blue. Also forthcoming (depending on how lucky I am bargain hunting) will be a large gray area rug for the floor! There's no way we can afford to rip up the carpet and put a new one in, so I'm improvising. Wish me luck!