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Monday, December 31, 2012

Craft Room Underway....

So here is how this all started....
In my spare time on pinterest over this holiday break....
I decided I wanted to paint the walls of the craft room....
and it turned into something bigger than just painting.

Chris decided we needed to strip the walls. I am not arguing with that though.
Once we got going on the walls, we discovered there were several layers of paint and wallpaper and border. There was....pink, brown, hunter green, mint green, flowers, sports gear, and khaki color on top. Let's just day that room was bigger when we finished.
Here are a few pics of the before, during, and after of stripping the walls.
 Before...boring craft room
 Beginning to strip the walls
Walls finally finished...no more 1970's wallpaper or paint

Then after stripping the walls we decided that we should just go ahead and scrape the ugly popcorn ceiling. This was very messy, but well worth it, and very easy.


 Bye Bye Popcorn ceiling. We can't have you in our house anymore.
 Scraping the ceiling
All finished!

And so this is where we are now. Bare walls, Bare ceiling. Makes me happy. It is like a blank canvas just waiting to be painted. But first, we have to do some more prep work to the walls. And Chris has decided to add some more lighting to the room.

This hard work will pay off soon :)

Happy Remodeling,
Chris & Jane

Friday, December 28, 2012

Craft Room Remodel

I love my two-week vacation from work! I am able to do stuff around the house that I usually do not have time for. It is just wonderful. I have a craft room in upstairs that I spend lots of time in. It is like a "woman cave" instead of a man cave (thanks hubby!) Chris has been so sweet to add some shelves to my closet and on the walls and also set up a tv in there for me. Well with all of this extra time at home, I have been on pinterest and my gears have started turning for a craft room makeover. Here are some of the pictures that are inspiring me....
Source: The Crafster

**I couldn't find the source. I got this pic from pinterest.

Source: Scrapbook.com

Do you notice a theme? Yes the BLUE walls! I love it. So here are the plans...I need to paint the walls a robin's egg blue. Hang a dainty chandelier. Maybe an accent wall. And have Chris help me create a craft table like the one in the last picture. 
Pictures to come soon....