… the walls in the second bedroom! Relieved, right?! So are we, as we’ve finally managed to get rid of the messy pink paint!
This is what the room looked like on the day we moved in.
Definitely an interesting colour theme, but up till now we’ve done nothing to the room except for giving it a really good clean.
Being complete rebels lazy DIYers, I started stripping the room without clearing the room or prepping anything!
Luckily the wallpaper in this room is really easy to remove and most of it can just be pulled away in big chunks. I’m probably a complete freak, but it was so satisfying! The areas where a bit more work will be needed is around where the picture rail would have been.
After a few hours of work, I have to admit, that it’s not really looking any better. The people who lived in the house before us certainly had an interesting way of decorating.
The finish has been driving me mad, even as a child I’d always been one for painting in the lines! Now, after stripping most of the wallpaper, there is still a big pink stripe on the plaster cornice. Uff. Hopefully it won’t be much longer until all the pink paint is banished for ever!
We’ve cleared as much stuff as possible out of the room, but with nowhere else to store anything at the moment (pretty much every room seems to be a building site) we’re having to push most of the furniture from corner to corner.
To our relief, the walls are in a fairly good condition so that we will attempt to just lightly skim the surfaces to fill any small holes and cracks. That means we can hopefully save our pennies and not have to have the room plastered.
Hopefully we’ll finish stripping the wallpaper soon and will then be able to move onto the next step – stripping and sanding the skirting boards. You can read more about the rest of our plans for the room here.
Now that work in the room has started, I can’t help thinking about finishes – in particular paint colours. We’re still really uncertain what to go for. Do you have any suggestions?
Magali@TheLittleWhiteHouse says
I wish I could say it looks better, but, huh… But I have faith in your talent, you’ll turn it into a wonderful room. . I have to move all my dining-room and kitchen to other rooms of the house for some renovation next weekend… But it’s not that easy when your house is small!!!
Christine says
Well, it’s a long way to go yet. Although it’s such a mess, I’m kind of happy anyway – the plaster has stayed on the walls and we had to start somewhere, so things could definitely be a lot worse! I just can’t wait to get painting now!
Cx
Stacey at dohiy.com says
Former owners are the worst! I’ve had the HOW? WHAT? WHY?!? reaction many a time.
How about a blue? We did a north-facing bedroom Benjamin Moore’s Woodlawn Blue (blue with a little gray and a little green in it) and it came out well. Farrow’s Light Blue or Pale Powder would be closest to the idea. This is not our image, but is pretty true to how it reads where we have it:
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Christine says
Thanks for the link! The blue is lovely and I think it would work well with the antique wardrobe we have in that bedroom. It’s definitely high up there on my list of favourites!
Cx
MarieRoxanne says
I think an accent wall in a nice warm color would be nice or if you want to go with the Pantone color of the year “Emerald” I would do the area around the window so it’s not the whole wall, the window would break it up a bit so it’s not so overwhelming. What a bright green color that is!
Christine says
I love green and the Pantone colour you’ve suggested is particularly nice… I’m just not sure I’m that daring!
Cx