Liam and I are nearing the time to paint our bedroom. We've decided to scale down our project a little. We were initially going to remove the old base molding and replace it, but we realized that almost everything can be made to look quite nice with a little patience, some spackling with some putty, and some careful sanding here and there. That is how the whole room has come together so far. I also finally came into the understanding that this is an old house, so it is naturally flawed by time and use and that's what makes it so imperfectly charming. Browsing through photos in design inspiration books, such as "Country Living, Cottage Style" I noticed that the old original flawed base molding, and window casings are something of real beauty in older homes. They seem to make a room just that more cosy and inviting when the rest of the room is decorated and painted to perfection. I've begun to fall in love with the flaws of the house, the time told tale of years of living.
Anyway, we have decided that we will finish smoothing and sanding the closet, the base molding, and window casings. Then we will be re-painting and texturing the ceiling. Although, the ceiling is pretty smooth, a subtly textured ceiling will cover any small exisiting imperfections and hide any future ones that always occur with time. It will be the finishing touch on the room.
When all of that is completed, we will be able to paint the very first walls in our house with color. We've chosen the color, "ivory sampler" by Glidden.
It's a soft, clean, warm, medium neutral tone somewhere between taupe brown and muted yellow.
We're excited! We've been sleeping on an air mattress for several weeks during the process.
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