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We are finally done with our living room, and it's been a long road. This room has been through re-plastering, 2 paint colors, crown molding installation, a new couch, chair and rug and almost monthly furniture rearranging to get to this point. We are finally satisfied. We still have some work to do, mainly installing built in shelving on either side of the fireplace to return the house to it's original bungalow roots.
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The room looks amazing!! Isnt it great to see it come together. We are about 50 percent done with our first pass of the living room. We can see the potential :) Congrats! Looks like a wonderful place to curl up and enjoy
Posted by: emily | October 13, 2004 at 11:20 AM
Thanks!! It's so nice to have a room that you really feel good about, I love to sit in the living room now.
Posted by: em | October 14, 2004 at 09:49 AM
how pretty! excellent work!
Posted by: maryse | October 14, 2004 at 06:18 PM
looks cozy, warm, inviting. good job!
Posted by: mipmup | October 14, 2004 at 08:17 PM
Wow! Wow! Wow!
This looks SO amazing...are you thrilled? You gotta be thrilled.
I am so far away from being able to paint and unpack that it is downright sad. This gives me hope. (Love the colors.)
Posted by: jm | October 17, 2004 at 03:46 PM
beautiful! congratulations! i hope you enjoy it and make lots of happy living room memories here!
Posted by: Denise | October 21, 2004 at 11:06 AM
Did you use the Behr's product you talked about earlier (is it the texture paint) on the ceiling in your living room? I can't really tell but I'm sure you didn't "spray" your "old" house. We've had contractors come in to finish the walls (I wish I'd known about this then) and they all want to do that to our ceilings. Nooooo! I do not want that! Yours looks so good! Thanks
Posted by: Donna | November 03, 2004 at 06:03 PM
We did use the Behr texture paint, on basically ever square inch of the house! Before we moved in we spent about 2 months working on the house. We rented scaffolding from Home Depot, scraped every bit of wall and ceiling, dug out all the loose material from the cracks, sometimes down to the lathe, installed plaster washers in areas where the plaster was separated from the lathe and the ceiling was drooping, and then filled the cracks and holes. I'm sure a professional or seasoned renovator would frown on this but we used very lightweight spackling (it reminds me of fluffy buttercream frosting)to fill the cracks and holes. It works great, its lightweight and flexible when it dries and is so easy to sand! It's been a year and there are just a few cracks that have reappeared. After all of this we applied the Behr texture paint. It's the best stuff. Aside from hiring plasterers to come in, or installing new drywall it's the easiest way to get a consistent, neat looking finish. We rolled it on with a sponge roller and then used a plaster trowel thing to smooth it down. There is a texture to the wall but it looks more like a barely noticeable flat stucco instead of ugly popcorn. A purist would probably frown on it but it's made such a difference. All of our walls and ceilings had multiple generations of repairs, some good, some really bad and all together they looked frightening. What a difference!
Posted by: em | November 03, 2004 at 06:43 PM
I love the molding. Where did you get it? I assume the corner crowns alleviated the need for mitering???
Also, did you restore the mantel or did you replace it. I really like it's plain style.
Posted by: Dawn | February 26, 2005 at 05:13 PM
what kind of paint, and what is the name of the color? i love it! thanks
Posted by: amy | May 07, 2007 at 04:23 PM