The boy's room got painted this week. He wanted to keep the green shag carpet that was in the room (shudder), so when he chose bright red for a paint color, I made him pick a second color to kind of tone it down. He chose a really nice gold color to contrast, and it looks awesome. I don't have pics yet, because right around the time I finished painting, he got sick. My kids rarely get sick -they're the healthiest kids I know!- but he started coughing every night when he went to bed as soon as we moved in here, and after sleeping in the room for a week, he was really sick. We noticed a definite correlation between his cough and going in his room, so we decided that he probably is reacting to the dog, just like hubby and I are, since we're both allergic to dogs. We decided we needed to tear the carpet out.
This is what we found.
Yeah, those are all dog pee stains. And the last pic? That's the sub floor- it's soaked with dog pee, and dogs haven't lived in this house in 3 weeks. Yuck. Yuck, yuck and double yuck!! Why we agreed to let the boy keep the carpet, I can't answer for you. We were trying to give him some say in the matter, I guess. But that's just disgusting.
Now that the gross carpet is gone, I will be mopping with a strong bleach solution, then painting the floor with Kilz, before we put new flooring in. We're thinking of going with sheet vinyl in this room. I'm currently working in a flooring store and can get a decent price on flooring, and really love the IVC Flexitec sheet vinyl, and I think since it's just temporary, I'll order in something decent looking and just loose - lay it for now. Anything is better than dog pee carpet!
Now on to the progress! I started working on the living room. This room was just dark and depressing before. The walls had poorly done chair rail separating a wine red from a beige color- just not my style. I had hubby remove the chair rail, and got to work patching, sanding, and painting. Removing the chair rail caused some damage, but nothing my handy dandy spackle and a putty knife couldn't handle!
We have a lot of antique furniture. My husband's grandfather was a cabinet maker, so we have many pieces he made, plus other family pieces that were handed down to us over the years. Many of those pieces are oak. Normally I'm not a huge fan of oak, but when it comes to antique furniture, I NEVER say no!
So, what do you do with a room full of oak furniture? Paint it blue!! Blue contrasts beautifully with the orange tones in oak, really making them shine. If you're going to have antique oak furniture, you have to make it look as beautiful as possible. To me, that means playing up the natural color, not hiding it. I selected a Benjamin Moore color, Tranquil Aqua to accomplish this. Here is how the room looked after 1 coat.
SOOOOOO PRETTY!!!!! My next project is the dining room. Once that's done, all the walnut furniture will leave the living room, and I will take "completed" pictures. Still, things are moving along!
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