Living room day 3

If you need to see what my living room looked like before, you can see that post here.

This is the corner that was all bubbled up. I started scraping the paint and this is what I ended up with.

I patched it today. It looks rough, but I hope it will be okay after I sand and remud.

Well, what do you think of this setup? 🙂 I want to box in the mantel, but I had a hard time “seeing it in my head”.

I went to the garage and gathered some scraps.

A little closer.

You can see I plan to add luan on the top and front. I also plan to add it on the ends and the bottom. Although I could not figure out how to get the bottom piece taped. Please tell me what you think of this. Be honest! Do you have a better idea? Do you have a good idea how to attach everything?

I bought new blinds, I believe it is going to send me over budget a little. The blinds were not as expensive as I thought. They are of course vinyl blinds. I really liked having aluminum blinds. The largest window is 64 inches. I went to Home Depot and they cut it for me. It’s been 30 years since I’ve bought blinds, so I didn’t know they did that.

In this picture, the color of the paint is more true to life.

 

These are the windows on the other side of the room.

I’m very tired, and I hurt in lots of places! Hanging those blinds was quite a chore! Those big ones are really heavy. My niece (Missy) just happened to drop by at a very good time. She helped me with the very large blind. (thanks Missy)

Thursday, I plan to change out the outlets and switches, put the baseboard and quarter round down, clean the vents, and try to get things a little more organized. I’m tired of stepping over and walking around things. 🙂

I probably won’t start on the fireplace until next week. We are supposed to have a couple of days of sun (50’s) on Monday and Tuesday.

Hope ya’ll are having a good week!

thanks for stopping by!

gail

edited to add:

Be careful when you shop at Home Depot. A gallon of mud in the “weekend warrior” section was over $14.00. I walked over to check the cull bin, and found the contractor’s 1 gallon of mud for less than $6.00!