the other day i cashed in my airmiles to start my reno project in the office and to fully intend to take advantage of the tax breaks. did you know that even paint counts as a tax benefit? cool!
anyway, i bought the laminate flooring and chose my paint colors for the office, which is always exciting.
after great trepidation and many hours worry-warting, i went out on a limb and decided that the office HAS to be renovated in the next couple of weeks. but it was a question of where to begin? so i sought out the advice of someone who has many years of experience with D-I-Y projects and makes a living restoring things to get his perspective on where i should start. many thanks to DW for pointing me in the right direction!
i was instructed to begin taking off the baseboards before ripping up the carpet. fine. but gak! how? DW once again told me i could find a tool at rona to do that, so off to rona where the nice associate tom told me i could do it with a screwdriver and hammer and to save my money. BONUS! so i came home and pried all the baseboards off in the office. WOO HOO! but then i was stuck with either baseboard nails in the wall or sticking out of the baseboards. i have since discovered that it is best to have them sticking out of the wall because they are a complete BITCH to pull out of baseboards and it will require more elbow grease, cursing (which i consider one of my strengths, thanks), and more patching of holes with wood-tinted putty when it comes time to reassemble the mess.
since the carpet is coming up anyway, i figured it would be best to just leave it on before painting and that way i wouldnt have to use drop cloths. and truth be told, i know that when the carpet comes up, this renovation is REALLY beginning and there is a part of me that fears the beginning. i cant rationalize it and i think it's really a silly fear, but beginning things is always the hardest for me. once i get going, i can really fly with it, but starting? now that's another question all together.
so i taped the walls....
and then started painting....
as for the colors i chose, the light beigey tan color is called "Aztec Ruin" and the green is "tera nova", both from rona. john @ rona was particularly helpful in mixing my colors and initially had thought i wanted "Flax" as my cream color and had mixed an entire gallon of this accidentally. fortunately he was kind enough to shrug it off without giving me attitude (bonus) and remix what i wanted.
so the walls are pretty well done, altho i have to say that i'm a tad dismayed that it took three freaking coats of paint to do the green (on a light colored wall) and it looks as if we still have touchups to do. the cream, thankfully, is more forgiving.
so today i'm doing the bedroom walls in the "Aztec Ruin" and have yet to choose a feature wall color. i had initial plans of choosing an orangey color (akin to the pic from our mexican adventure), but i suspect it will not work well with the orange...the next choice was "Moody Blue" from rona, but i'm also uncertain whether it will compliment the yellowy tone in the paint and am worried it will make the cream color look more yellow by proxy. time will tell.
i am also hoping to rip up the office carpet later today and throw it away. the mildew smell is getting on my nerves and i really want it out of here...the laminate will be laid in a couple of weeks (or 10 days likely) just so that it will acclimatise to our home.
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