More Built-ins

The built-in bookcases in "my" room are very cool.

To their right is another recycled door.  This was another basement find.  I have no idea where this door originally was located.  Interestingly, it is much shorter than the other doors.  That works to our advantage in this instance though; it's now the door into the mechanical room.

The doors to its right are the doors from a previous post.

This room is the next candidate for paint.  Don't worry though, the color you see is a tinted primer and it's not anywhere near the final color.  "My" room will NOT be pink...

The Attic Hall

I have the first coat of color applied in the hall and sitting area.  This is an historic color called "Monroe Bisque". It's actually very similar to the color on the right-hand recycled door at the other end of the hall.  That wasn't planned, but it's interesting how we're occasionally ending up with colors that are original to the house.

As with the bedroom, there is more millwork to be installed, so the final coat of paint will wait for a while.  As it stands, I'm about halfway through a 5-gallon pail of this color.

Builtins

Some of the builtins are already complete.  This one is at the top of the stairs.  Eventually it will get painted to match the rest of the woodwork (after the rest of the woodwork gets installed ;-).

The plan today is to get a first coat of color in the hall and sitting area (right edge of this photo).

The New Attic Bedroom

The first coat of color is on the walls in this room. The effect from this vantage point is a little misleading in the first photo.  The reason will be explained later...

This color is called "Icy Moon Drops".  I'd call it a blue-white rather than a light blue.  Though the ceiling is painted the same color as the walls, the angled transition from the ceiling to the walls and the way the light reflects in through the windows makes them seem like different colors.

The first photo has a more bluish cast because of the reflection off the opposing wall.  The darker color is called "Surf Blue".  Surprisingly, the first and only coat covered really well.  There is still a lot of millwork to be installed and painted, so I'll wait before putting the final coat of paint on the walls.

The third photo show the remainder of the room.  This vantage point gives a truer sense of the lighter color; the second photo is more true for the darker color.  Both colors are the product of SWMBO, Jr.  We were initially a little apprehensive because there is no blue anywhere else in the house, but it looks like it's going to work.

As a side note, these doors have been recycled from elsewhere in the house as well.  The one on the left used to be a door that led from the pink bedroom into the back hall (approximately the left edge of the dresser in the top photo at the link).  The other door was a basement find - probably came from first floor back hall closet or the laundry room.

Window Seats

The millwork for the window seats has been installed.

Like the doors, the window casing still needs to be installed.  The casing will match the rest of the house and needs to be milled first.

Those with a sharp eye will also note the hole in the wall on the right edge of the photo.  That's going to be a little storage cubby.

This morning's plan is to get a coat of color on the walls in this room.

With all the paint I've been buying, the store gave me a free painting shirt... ;-)

Recycled Doors

We've always had the idea that the attic doors would be sourced from elsewhere in the house.  These two will be serving as a pair of french doors into "my" room.  We found them lying in the basement with a bunch of other doors.  I suspect the green one was once the door from the staging kitchen to the butler's pantry.  The other was probably between the back hall and the basement - similar wallpaper is on the back side of the current basement door and the top of the basement stairs.

All of the hinged doors in the attic have jambs and have been hung.  Stops and casing still need to be installed.

On the left edge of the picture is the doorway to the bathroom.  This will get pocket door hardware and use another recycled door.

Halfway There, Revisited...

Lots of other things have been getting in the way of painting/priming lately.  That's OK though, this house isn't my life.

Everything but this room has two coats of primer now.  And half of this room has two coats as well.  The two walls you can't see in the picture are still (single-coat) primer white.

It should be obvious that the second coat in this room is tinted.  Duh.

No - it's not snowing in this room.

And no - there aren't hundreds of spirits haunting the attic.

That's what drywall compound dust does when you take a picture using the flash.

After some discussion about how to treat the lower part of the walls, we've decided not to do any sort of wainscoting in most of the room.  The window seats and the (un-tinted) curved area on the left of the picture will get bead-board.  The rest of the room will have a traditional baseboard, though scaled down as compared to the rest of the house.

We're still deciding whether the ceiling will be white or the same color as the walls...

Halfway There...

Last weekend I got  the first coat of primer applied almost everywhere.  Today I put a second coat in the bedroom and two-thirds of the hall.

So far I've used about 22 gallons of primer, leaving the remainder of a five-gallon pail for the rest of the hall and the ceiling in this room.  The walls in the big room are going to get a tinted primer for the second coat.  Hopefully I'll have that done next weekend.

Getting a first coat on everything really helps you visualize what it's going to look like when its's done.