Day: October 30, 2010

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Prepping is Always the Worst

Been quite a day, but the study is primed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Painting is always a cinch at this point. It’s all the prep before that is a real pain.

As a sneak peak, I’d like to share what the valances look like now:

I would have liked to have done away with the valances altogether, but wasn’t able to for reasons that will become apparent once I get the curtains up. The ends of the valances have nice oak pieces, so I would have liked to make the front an oak strip. But I’m not made of money. 🙂 So, my solution was to strip the old valances right down to the piece of paneling, which I then recovered with paintable wallpaper. I reinstalled them and will be painting them the same colour as the walls. A roll of wallpaper was $20 and will do all my valances, with tons to spare.

When I bought primer in anticipation of doing the toilet room, I went for a full gallon. This is how much I had left after the toilet and dressing rooms:

In case that’s not clear, I’m only an inch down. Doing the study didn’t use up that much more. I’ll probably have a full half gallon left by the time I’m done with the whole rig.

Finally, I opened up the green to paint a test patch. I wasn’t crazy about it, too much yellow. I’ll have to see what it looks like in daylight. I don’t mind buying more paint if I have to; what I saved on the toilet and dressing rooms more than makes up for the losses.

This is what greeted me when I opened the can:

Talk about well separated paint!

I don’t even know if Home Hardware is open tomorrow, so I really hope the current paint grows on me. I’d like to have the first (and hopefully only) coat on by lunch, then spend the rest of the day working on the curtains for this room.

This afternoon, I bought one additional bit of storage for the room, a bin to fit at the end of the mattress where the desk is. It’s always been a sore spot as it collects ‘stuff.’ I found a clear Rubbermaid tote that has almost the exact same dimensions as that spot and I’ll fill it with the out-of-season clothes and extra bedding that is currently eating up two overhead cabinets. The other storage item I bought will take care of the rest of the overflow, and then I can spread out the cabinets a bit more neatly. Living in a motorhome is like living inside a giant puzzle!

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The Final Assault

Yesterday, I went to Penticton to pick up the one thing I was missing to finalize the library’s footprint. It was another case of being at exactly at the right place at the right time. I don’t want to say what it is because picture will make a bigger impact once I get the thing in here!

Today’s goal is to get the study emptied, prepped, and primed.  It’s going to be a huge job; I have to remove the valances and ugly light fixtures and find space for everything I’m moving out of here. But once that’s done, the rest of the work will come together. I’d like to get a first coat of paint on first thing tomorrow so that I can then work on the curtains. The toilet room only needed one coat of paint, so I’m hoping it will be the same with the study.

Then, I’ll get the rig prepped for my departure to make it easier for my cat sitter to do her tasks. When I come back from Montreal I will do the loft, then the kitchen. It’s funny how my original plan had me going the opposite way–kitchen, loft, study, but this new addition to the study makes it necessary to reverse the plan.

Here’s a quick before shot of a study valance, which will be undergoing a makeover instead of a removal for reasons that will soon be explained:

yuck

And here is one of the roller shades that is now in the dumpster. I have had to live with this monstrosity, tear and all, for two years:

ew

Getting this room DONE is going to be so awesome!