the in-laws are coming down for thanksgiving, so we have a new deadline fast approaching, and little by little we're making big progress on trim work!
we made a door for the storage area under the stairs..
before:
during:
after (with primer coat, before finish paint):
so, opinions: should the panel areas be painted the gray of our walls, with the trim/baseboards to be white, or should this entire area be painted white as it is now with the primer coat?
we've also been working on baseboards and trimming out the windows!
all of the single windows are now trimmed out and in various stages of needing to be puttied/sanded/primed/caulked and painted. that's 17 windows + the small kitchen double window down, and just the 3 double windows + 1 triple window to go.
sanding casings (my least favorite part):
we also filled in the gaps in the corners of the upper kitchen cabinets, and just need to match the paint of our cabinet faces to finish these out:
before:
after:
and last month we scored this old salvaged door from the Historic Charleston Foundation warehouse sale for $10:
it's actually made with real beadboard, and we're going to have to add a couple boards to make it as wide as we need, so then we'll probably paint and distress it to hang on some barn door hardware at our pantry, inspired by this (from cottage living):
and we're currently contemplating ordering the doors for our bedrooms. the problem is, it'll cost us a little over $800 to get the 3 doors within the next couple days - to get them installed before Thanksgiving, or we can save a little and spend about $550 to get them in 6-8 weeks (not in time for the in-laws visit) - so therefore no point in ordering them now. anthony doesn't want to spend the extra $250 - that's the cost of another door!
see, we're very deadline-oriented people. which reminds me, i should just schedule my first ARE exam so i'll actually start studying. breaking work-related news coming soon, hopefully...
5 comments:
Nice to see a post! LOVE that beadboard door for your pantry. For the stair panels (they look great!), I'd probably paint them the same as the wall colour, starting below the stringer. However, if you decided to do some matching panelling on the other side of the staircase, then I'd paint all the panelling white.
You should register for the ARE exams so you're forced to study. That's what my husband always does!
I love the woodwork on the stairs. I would probably stick with white personally, but it will look great either way.
Awesome score on the door.
I think I'd vote for the gray with white trim paneling - it would really make it pop.
Nice going on the ARE scheduling - it is all about biting the bullet and putting the date down on your calendar. That is sometimes the hardest part. I've got some Kaplan guides for M&E and Structures that are newish - just let me know if you'd like to take a look at them!!!
i vote white. it's all looking wonderful!
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