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Family Room/Media Room Progress

May 4, 2009 //  by Paint It!

Last week I finished up most of the prep work in what I was calling the Family Room. Come to find out, the clients are calling it their Media Room, so that is how I will now refer to this room. Well, I’ve pretty much joint compounded and primered myself to death last week, so this week I will start the base coating of the walls.

B4 curve Curved wall I have no texture on the curved wall, just primer. I had to use 2 coats of an oil based primer on ALL of this wood because the tannin was bleeding through. All moldings had been removed and now as you can see, they are back up. Some of the teeth are missing on the dentil molding, which is only found on the curved wall. Another crew is dealing with the installation of the moldings, so they will fix it soon. I’m a bit worried about this electrical box, which is dead center in the wall. It will be removed and patched. I hope there will be no traces of it when I do my glazing. We’ll see what happens there…..

F4 arch ARCH WALLThe remaining walls all have the primer and a couple layers of skip troweled joint compound. Last week when I was driving home, I looked in the rear view mirror and my skin looked like it was about 100 years old. Working with joint compound all week really dries out your skin and I saw many, many new lines that I am sure were not there before, especially around my eyes! I went home and soaked in an hot oil bath every night and slathered on tons of moisturizer. Happy to report, most…. of those lines were NOT visible over the weekend when I was away from this job! 🙂

Vase Now here is something totally unrelated to painting, but I thought I’d share. I found this cute little vase at Target last week for $1. It is made of vinyl and comes flat in the package. As you fill it with water, it expands. 🙂

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Lastly, I found this sign, "Don’t worry. Everything is going to be amazing", over at Regina Garay’s blog, Fauxology. I printed it out, laminated and hung in my office. Thanks, Regina!

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  1. stencil helen

    May 5, 2009 at 9:54 am

    Those vases are brilliant for travelling with. I got mine from IKEA. I can arrive at an hotel, remove vase from suitcase, nip to the flower stall and instantly glam my hotel room up a notch!

  2. Fauxology

    May 5, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    I agree — JC is so chalky that it really isn’t good for the skin. BTW, I usually bring a nice candle set to hotels but that is a great idea from Helen! So glad you found inspiration from those words, Carol — I look at them all the time. They make me smile.

  3. Patty

    May 17, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    That is a great phrase to keep in eyesight… it reminds me of the one I like ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ – I have it on a necklace tile, and I cant tell you how many people comment on it – appreciating the words! I just wish I could see them, you know?
    Never thought to break out flowers in a hotel room –

  4. Boston Booze Cruise

    May 18, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    Very nice work…looks complicated.

  5. Angela of Spinach Tiger

    May 20, 2009 at 12:13 am

    I love that sign “don’t worry, everything is going to be amazing.” I need to print that out. I’m enjoying reading your blog and seeing your process.

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