"Must Do!"

The "must do" on my summer list was to work on our master bedroom. When we purchased our house, all of the rooms with the exception of the kitchen and master bedroom, were painted a beige color. The kitchen was sponge painted with a yellow blend and the master bedroom was purple. As in, K-State purple. If you need a reminder, check out this post! I love purple. My bedroom at my parents' house was a shade of purple! However, this was a bit too much, and too dark. 

We had gone back and forth with what we wanted to do in this room. At first, my initial idea was a light gray because I have loved how it made our kitchen and lower living room look. Very calming. Although, as we worked on the master bathroom, we thought that making the rooms feel similar would be best. 

We tried two paint samples and decided on option #2. It was a grayish-green color that felt spa-like! Calming, sophisticated, and complimentary to our end look. 

We took off the doors in the bedroom that we knew we would be keeping. Two sets of doors (both to closets) were not installed correctly and the door jam was not installed correctly, either. Since we will eventually replace those, we did not bother painting them again. We used Valspar Ultra White on the primed doors. 

Z worked on patching the walls where previous cracks had been. 

There were many cracks near the windows.

A preview of the bathroom painted with the color we chose for the master bathroom & master bedroom!

In the last two weeks, we have:

• painted the master bathroom
• painted the master bedroom
• painted ceilings in master bathroom & bedroom
• installed crown molding in the master bedroom
• replaced 1/4 of the baseboards in the master bedroom
• started to paint our bed 

It's funny how my "must do" summer project is progressing so quickly! I am very happy about it, though! In a few weeks, my Mom has graciously offered to help with projects around the house. Hopefully final touches of painting will be done in our bedroom at that time! (Baseboards will be a piece here, piece there kind of project.)

 Next up? Man bathroom. Pictures to ensure of these projects soon.

Hope your June has been enjoyable thus far, whether you have the summer off, have the opportunity to travel, or are trying to beat the heat!

-E

Ultra Fresh, Ultra White

We have big dreams for our house. The wish list and the to-do list is quite lengthy. Partially expensive, partially not sure what we want exactly. Regardless, one way we are making our house "ours" is by painting. We can choose the colors. We don't have to worry about painting it back at the end of our apartment lease. It's fantastic! But, painting has more of a job than just making it ours. It can also freshen up existing paint. 

And, that is where you find this post. In our lower living room (stay tuned for photos - it's almost finished!) we installed new wood trim that is also post worthy in itself. After staring at varying shades of white at Lowes, we went with "Ultra White" by Valspar. Clean and crisp. 

Over the last few weeks, Z and I have been working to touch up trim, paint kick plates on steps, and put a fresh coat on existing trim. It's amazing how much more clean and crisp it looks now! 

Take a look!

Painters tape on steps heading up to bedrooms preps for the upcoming work. 

A fresh coat of paint is added to the steps. 

Built in bookshelves in lower living room. No longer dingy, dark, and stained!

The last few days, I have worked on getting small things marked off of our list. Stay tuned - hope to share more soon!

-E