not so thoroughly modern mini

the last of the interior paint + paper

i've finally finished up all of the interior paint and paper! the room with the floral, mural-type wallpaper will be the bathroom. the room with the striped paper will be a study/library. i need to touch up a bit of the paint. even though i turned the house on its side, it was harder to get the wallpaper to stick on these slanted walls. i was almost out of gesso when i primed these walls, so i wonder if the primer was too thin? at any rate, i'm not going to worry too much about it. i paid almost nothing for this kit. i'm using this as my "practice house". i can further perfect my technique on the next house that i build. for my first build, i'm fairly pleased with how this ids going. i'm trying to decide whether to tackle moulding or floors next. i have the moulding and an ez-cutter, but i think i'd rather put down flooring first. only then will it look like a real house! in the interest of saving money, i thought i'd go the skinny sticks and stain route, but now i'm not sure. i'm leaning more toward the wood sheet flooring. i'm not sure what to do. any opinions, suggestions, or advice?

 

 

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more paint + paper

the kitchen and dining area are painted and papered. the back wall is chartreuse and the right wall is spring green. both colors are from Ellen Kennon Full Spectrum Paints. there will be a divider in this room. i'm not sure how i feel about that, as it will make both rooms awfully small. perhaps i'll be able to move the dining table to the livingroom? we'll see how it goes.

 

 

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painted + papered!

2 rooms painted and papered! the blue room is the master bedroom. the coral room is the livingroom. it looks quite bright in the photo, but it's actuallly more of a muted dark coral. i wish i had reversed the color schemes. i'm not quite sure about the coral in the livingroom, but what's done is done. now i'm getting really curious to see what the finished rooms will look like! i'm undecided about the flooring. i'm not sure if i will use a sheet or strips. i guess i'll have to make a desicion soon.

 

 

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finally something easy and fun!

putting the ceiling paper in was a piece of cake! it was the quickest and easiset job thus far. i'm really glad i ordered the paper rather than painting the ceiling. i'm really pleased with the way it looks. let's just hope that i don't screw up cutting out the opening for the stairs. next up, i'll wallpaper this room and then paint and paper the rest of the house. finally, the fun has begun!

 

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paint and paper

accidents will happen... i went out and bought scrapbook paper to use as wallpaper, got home and realized that i forgot about ceiling paper! i was really eager to get started, so i decided to paint the ceiling the same color as the walls. i hate it when the walls and celings are the same color, so why i suddenly thought this would be a good idea is beyond me. i painted the ceiling wedgwood blue and i knew immediately that it was a mistake. painted over it with white and that didn't work either. i woke up this morning and ordered some lovely, textured ceiling paper on ebay. i'll wait to put the ceiling paper in before i hang the wallpaper. on one of the forums someone suggested putting masking tape over the tapewire before painting. it made sense to me, as i'm sure you wouldn't want paint getting into the brads. unfortunately, it doesn't look so hot. i'll figure out a way to deal with that later. here's a preview;