Decorating office room, hall and landing
Discussion
I've lived in my house for a year now, and finally managed to get rid of all the junk I should've got rid of years ago, and organised the rooms how I want them. Now it's time to get on with some serious decorating!
The downstairs is fairly straightforward, only really needs a new carpet and a lick of paint and general tidy. We've already got most of the furniture we want for the next few years. However, the upstairs is a bit more old fashioned, and looks like it hasn't been touched for about 20 years at least, and is in urgent need of a revamp.
One of the spare bedrooms is an office/"man cave" type room which I want to do first. Mainly so if it all takes a lot longer than expected there will be minimal disruption! I'd also like to do the painting etc. myself, to save money for the downstairs bits that people will see a lot more. I've got no experience in painting and decorating though, so just want to make sure I'm not missing anything!
This is a general view of the office room, although it's a few months old. We have a new desk and chair now, and it's tidier!
And a couple of close ups of the window area.
Those shelves are going at the weekend, they were some old ones from work just for temporary storage. The main thing I want to do is get rid of that pink wall! Can I just paint straight over that with a different colour, or should I prep it in some way first? There is also a few minor little scuffs, worth filling or just leaving? They are not all that visible at the moment and will be mostly hidden.
Also the window frame and shelf is fairly rough and grim looking. What can I do to improve this besides replacing it all? Sand and varnish, or paint a different colour? Would it be best to do this before painting the wall?
Finally there is the wooden strip all round the wall near the ceiling? This is a picture rail I assume? I'm guessing ripping it down could do more harm tan good, but maybe painting it the same colour as the rest of the walls may modernise it a bit!
Ideally I'd like the whole room to be the same white / off white colour. At present there is the pink wall you can see, then a large yellow wall as well!
Thanks for any advice or inspiration. I will post the hall and landing later as that's a whole different job!
The downstairs is fairly straightforward, only really needs a new carpet and a lick of paint and general tidy. We've already got most of the furniture we want for the next few years. However, the upstairs is a bit more old fashioned, and looks like it hasn't been touched for about 20 years at least, and is in urgent need of a revamp.
One of the spare bedrooms is an office/"man cave" type room which I want to do first. Mainly so if it all takes a lot longer than expected there will be minimal disruption! I'd also like to do the painting etc. myself, to save money for the downstairs bits that people will see a lot more. I've got no experience in painting and decorating though, so just want to make sure I'm not missing anything!
This is a general view of the office room, although it's a few months old. We have a new desk and chair now, and it's tidier!
And a couple of close ups of the window area.
Those shelves are going at the weekend, they were some old ones from work just for temporary storage. The main thing I want to do is get rid of that pink wall! Can I just paint straight over that with a different colour, or should I prep it in some way first? There is also a few minor little scuffs, worth filling or just leaving? They are not all that visible at the moment and will be mostly hidden.
Also the window frame and shelf is fairly rough and grim looking. What can I do to improve this besides replacing it all? Sand and varnish, or paint a different colour? Would it be best to do this before painting the wall?
Finally there is the wooden strip all round the wall near the ceiling? This is a picture rail I assume? I'm guessing ripping it down could do more harm tan good, but maybe painting it the same colour as the rest of the walls may modernise it a bit!
Ideally I'd like the whole room to be the same white / off white colour. At present there is the pink wall you can see, then a large yellow wall as well!
Thanks for any advice or inspiration. I will post the hall and landing later as that's a whole different job!
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