Being in the remodeling mode, I have been looking at my eldest son's bedroom and thinking that I may need to revamp this room too. There are holes in the wall from darts gone astray and black basketball imprints where my son was too lazy to get up and use the half court outside.
One website, Personalized Gifts and Home Decor Vision Bedding.com offers some real neat products where you can customize your teen bedding with your own artwork, digital pictures, or designs. As an artist, this is an exciting alternative to buying the run of the mill comforters in the store. Not only do they have bed sets in different sizes but they do blankets, pillow shams and duvet covers. Starting prices are as low as $49.97. They have fantastic examples of every possible theme from sports to wildlife to abstract design.
My mind is just a whirl with the possibilities I can do with my son's bedroom. I am looking at faux painting techniques for the wall and now I can go to visionbedding.com for a customize look for his bed. How cool is that!
Showing posts with label remodeling the bedroom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label remodeling the bedroom. Show all posts
Monday, April 28, 2008
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Making Old Furniture Look New Again
The contractor came and went. He said he was tied up for about 4 to 5 weeks so I was a little bummed as I was hoping he could start sooner. As it is my house it totally torn up and I have 3 rooms full of junk in my living room and my son's bedroom.
To save money, I decided to refurbish my old bedroom furniture. It was starting to look it's age, after about 20+ years. The laminated wood was looking terrible and I decided that I would paint it and give it a new look. I have 2 night stands, a dresser and a chest of drawers. I am also going to do the mirror and the headboard too. After much trial and error, I decided on thyme green for the main color. The walls, I think I will rag in two different beige colors. Anyway, here are some photos from start to finish:
First I sanded the surface, then use two coats of primer and finished with two coats of latex satin paint. I painted some ornamental grass as the design in the beige paint that I will use on the walls. I am a little concerned about the primer as it is supposed to stick to expecially slick surfaces and I found it not to be sticking as well as I had hoped. However, after the latex coat was on, it seems to be holding up well. We will see how much wear and tear it can tolerate.
To save money, I decided to refurbish my old bedroom furniture. It was starting to look it's age, after about 20+ years. The laminated wood was looking terrible and I decided that I would paint it and give it a new look. I have 2 night stands, a dresser and a chest of drawers. I am also going to do the mirror and the headboard too. After much trial and error, I decided on thyme green for the main color. The walls, I think I will rag in two different beige colors. Anyway, here are some photos from start to finish:
First I sanded the surface, then use two coats of primer and finished with two coats of latex satin paint. I painted some ornamental grass as the design in the beige paint that I will use on the walls. I am a little concerned about the primer as it is supposed to stick to expecially slick surfaces and I found it not to be sticking as well as I had hoped. However, after the latex coat was on, it seems to be holding up well. We will see how much wear and tear it can tolerate.
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