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I've been debating whether to paint my condo.
Although I suspect the current wall colour of my place is 'cool' at the moment (nearly every place I viewed had this wall colour), I think it's yucky. Fortunately for me, my clumsiness and a resulting hole in the wall, has made the decision for me. Plus I've zero furniture to wreck and some time to kill so it all makes sense. I spent much of the day buying paint and etc. So... some before pics ( I'm a bit of a slob :) ) |
Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
I've been debating whether to paint my condo.
Although I suspect the current wall colour of my place is 'cool' at the moment (nearly every place I viewed had this wall colour), I think it's yucky. Fortunately for me, my clumsiness and a resulting hole in the wall, has made the decision for me. Plus I've zero furniture to wreck and some time to kill so it all makes sense. I spent much of the day buying paint and etc. So... some before pics ( I'm a bit of a slob :) ) Just buy lots and lots of pictures to cover it up. :rolleyes::p:D:D:D |
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2006 - completed an extra 600 sq feet in our place - converted really nasty bare storage room behind garage to large luxury laundry room, reno'd crummy bathroom to luxury one with travertine stone wall/floor, both these rooms have nice snug underfloor heating now. Converted huge bare L-shaped basement to chill out lounge with stone fireplace and convection fire, converted old laundry room upstairs to new bedroom/sitting room/dining room thing with wood floor, turning it from a 3 to 4 bed house.
2007 - planned projects include 2 reno'd bathrooms, more wood floor throughout, possibly some landscaping out back to add garden space, new doors to the outside, new cedar wrap-around deck with eating area and hot tub, and possibly a new kitchen. Will see how it all progresses as to how much we can do. Might only do half of that as 2006 was mental and summer was a 50% write-off due to reno work. Don't want a repeat of that. Rich. |
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Originally Posted by Rich_007
2006 - completed an extra 600 sq feet in our place - converted really nasty bare storage room behind garage to large luxury laundry room, reno'd crummy bathroom to luxury one with travertine stone wall/floor, both these rooms have nice snug underfloor heating now. Converted huge bare L-shaped basement to chill out lounge with stone fireplace and convection fire, converted old laundry room upstairs to new bedroom/sitting room/dining room thing with wood floor, turning it from a 3 to 4 bed house.
2007 - planned projects include 2 reno'd bathrooms, more wood floor throughout, possibly some landscaping out back to add garden space, new doors to the outside, new cedar wrap-around deck with eating area and hot tub, and possibly a new kitchen. Will see how it all progresses as to how much we can do. Might only do half of that as 2006 was mental and summer was a 50% write-off due to reno work. Don't want a repeat of that. Rich. All very appealing until one remembers: |
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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
I've been debating whether to paint my condo.
Although I suspect the current wall colour of my place is 'cool' at the moment (nearly every place I viewed had this wall colour), I think it's yucky. Fortunately for me, my clumsiness and a resulting hole in the wall, has made the decision for me. Plus I've zero furniture to wreck and some time to kill so it all makes sense. I spent much of the day buying paint and etc. So... some before pics ( I'm a bit of a slob :) ) I have found a before picture, just need to find after....there we go, it's a lighter shade than it looks as it is south facing and very sunny so looks warmer. |
Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
I've been debating whether to paint my condo.
Although I suspect the current wall colour of my place is 'cool' at the moment (nearly every place I viewed had this wall colour), I think it's yucky. Fortunately for me, my clumsiness and a resulting hole in the wall, has made the decision for me. Plus I've zero furniture to wreck and some time to kill so it all makes sense. I spent much of the day buying paint and etc. So... some before pics ( I'm a bit of a slob :) ) |
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Originally Posted by yonk
Taupe, mushroom, whatever it's called has too much grey in it, imo, and so I like to paint things with a more white/yellow/clean cream colour to make the rooms brighter and larger feeling....
I have found a before picture, just need to find after....there we go, it's a lighter shade than it looks as it is south facing and very sunny so looks warmer. I'm waiting for the sun to come up (I don't have much light and no lamps yet) before I crack open a can of 'Kernel' - which, according to the paint chip, looks very similar to your after colour. I've also two darker shades in the same hue to play with. Hopefully that will work! |
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OK... Friday night and Aretha Franklin and I just finished painting the bedroom.
before.... after... ( please ignore the green tape and ugly carpet and the colours are very different than what I'm seeing on my monitor but what the hell... :) ) .... oh dammit the pics are too big... ok... small enough now. |
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Holy macaroni people - your pics are driving my mac nuts! ;)
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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
OK... Friday night and Aretha Franklin and I just finished painting the bedroom.
What colour is that??? |
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Originally Posted by Morwenna
Nice, Peas! Bright but warm :D
What colour is that??? It's 'Final Straw' from Walls Alive on 17th Ave. I'm painting the rest of the place with more of that plus 'Kernel'.... eventually (maybe). ;) |
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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
Thanks Morw! :)
It's 'Final Straw' from Walls Alive on 17th Ave. I'm painting the rest of the place with more of that plus 'Kernel'.... eventually (maybe). ;) Pics are wonderful ro....the place is looking good! |
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As we're discussing houses a lot elsewhere, I thought I'd drag this back to the top and add the *ahem* progress on my bedroom....
here it is right at this very moment: On the up side - great ventilation with nothing (literally) between us and the mountains...lol http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...me/Rotten1.jpg Walls so rotten from poor (and pretty standard) window installation, we have had to partially rip out and replace studs and OSB of exterior wall. :mad: http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...me/Rotten2.jpg Close up of the rot - the OSB falls apart on touching it. http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...me/Rotten3.jpg |
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Just gave you karma:thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by Calgal
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As we're discussing houses a lot elsewhere, I thought I'd drag this back to the top and add the *ahem* progress on my bedroom....
here it is right at this very moment: On the up side - great ventilation with nothing (literally) between us and the mountains...lol Walls so rotten from poor (and pretty standard) window installation, we have had to partially rip out and replace studs and OSB of exterior wall. :mad: Close up of the rot - the OSB falls apart on touching it. Rob. |
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