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We've been slaving away at our house and think we finally got the downstairs bathroom almost done.
Steve and I have had this little experiment with our basement project....to try and do it all as cheaply as possible. That being said I've been totally out of my comfort zone with what we've done concerning paint colors. I am a color nazi. Every other time that we've painted any room in our house it's taken a million paint swatch colors - some of them practically the same exact shade and I've gone back and forth for weeks before I chose a color.
This project has been different (hence the trying to do things as cheap as possible) and I hate to admit it, but somewhat fun. We've been shopping strictly for the "oops" paint only. We've had swatches to get some basic ideas, but after that we've been at the mercy of the Walmart, Menards and Home Depot paint department to choose our colors. This involves taking a weekly trip to the stores to see if any new mess up paints have become available. It's kind of following the "one man's trash is another man's treasure" concept. Obviously we're not going to paint a hideous color that we actually hate, but it has been kind of fun to live on the edge and not be so in control of our paint colors and instead let the mess up colors from our local paint departments decide the fate of what our rooms will look like. So far we've spent a total of $12.00 on paint and have purchased 4 whole gallons! Normally that would have cost us about $70.00 for that amount of paint!
I was a little nervous about this green we used in the bathroom, but I think it actually turned out okay and ended up kind of fun. Definitely different from the normal colors I choose.
Here's the boring before picture:
And the after (not shown is the cabinets, we painted them gray and used that as an accent color to go nicely with the rug we put in there)
All in all I'm pleased! We finished painting up the downstairs guest room last night and I think the two colors we chose in there turned out nice as well. Next up is to find something for the family room!
Steve and I have had this little experiment with our basement project....to try and do it all as cheaply as possible. That being said I've been totally out of my comfort zone with what we've done concerning paint colors. I am a color nazi. Every other time that we've painted any room in our house it's taken a million paint swatch colors - some of them practically the same exact shade and I've gone back and forth for weeks before I chose a color.
This project has been different (hence the trying to do things as cheap as possible) and I hate to admit it, but somewhat fun. We've been shopping strictly for the "oops" paint only. We've had swatches to get some basic ideas, but after that we've been at the mercy of the Walmart, Menards and Home Depot paint department to choose our colors. This involves taking a weekly trip to the stores to see if any new mess up paints have become available. It's kind of following the "one man's trash is another man's treasure" concept. Obviously we're not going to paint a hideous color that we actually hate, but it has been kind of fun to live on the edge and not be so in control of our paint colors and instead let the mess up colors from our local paint departments decide the fate of what our rooms will look like. So far we've spent a total of $12.00 on paint and have purchased 4 whole gallons! Normally that would have cost us about $70.00 for that amount of paint!
I was a little nervous about this green we used in the bathroom, but I think it actually turned out okay and ended up kind of fun. Definitely different from the normal colors I choose.
Here's the boring before picture:
And the after (not shown is the cabinets, we painted them gray and used that as an accent color to go nicely with the rug we put in there)
All in all I'm pleased! We finished painting up the downstairs guest room last night and I think the two colors we chose in there turned out nice as well. Next up is to find something for the family room!
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2 Comments:
Looks great! I love the green!
GREAT color. It's vibrant and fun. That's great for a bathroom basement, w/ no windows. Well done, Bodum!
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