Library room is painted!! Whoo Hoo!!!

Painting in my library is finished! Well almost - there are a few touch-ups of the trim that have to be done where I was a little bit sloppy and dripped a little of the wall colour on. But only a few. :-D

I put up my blind and the curtains and moved in one of my chairs to see how it looked - not bad. I also added an area rug I picked up at Canadian Tire tonight for 35.00. I think it looks ok - goes with the window treatments.

I won't have my bookcases until the end of the month, but I'm so glad the room is ready.

I'm doin' the happy dance tonight. :-D

Sooooooo...

Just to refresh your memory, here is what the room looked like before painting. The holes and cracks in the walls have been fixed and the holes in the woodwork have also been filled.


And here it is painted:


And with a little decorating:


And from the window looking the other way:



The trim is standard stuff - semi gloss latex enamel. The wall paint is FlexRock paint for walls and ceilings just rolled on with a standard roller in a suede finish. I really like the finish - it looks great! One thing though, I didn't prime paint because the can of FlexRock said it wasn't necessary. I will use the primer next time because as I was rolling the FlexRock on, it was lifting some of the fill compound right off. So the walls aren't as smooth as I'd like, but the finish is still very nice. I definitely will use this product again. It was a little more expensive than other paint, but I managed to do the whole room with one gallon and I think the result was worth the cost of the paint.

I can't wait to get my books in here!

I Have a Storage Shed!

Since I moved in September of 2008, I've been paying for a storage shed for all the stuff that wouldn't fit in my house. A lot of it is stuff belonging to the kids (who haven't any space for it, nor do they have a way to get it to them) that I've been keeping for them. That stuff has to be sorted by them when they come to visit (hint hint hint). Some stuff is books that will be going into the library when I get it finished (within the next week or so), and the rest is camping stuff and miscellaneous stuff that also has to be sorted and purged.

So... I had a shed built. Not only to hold all the "stuff" but for the possibility of being a small retail space some day down the road. That possibility dictated a few modifications over the plan of a simple storage shed, but I'm pleased with the result.

So here is the shed as it was being built:






























































































I'll paint the deck floor and the posts dark green to match the deck and trim on the house. I'm also going to do some plantings and keep a gravel path walkway for now. The modifications I chose with a shop in mind are the deck/porch (which gives me more storage for boxes etc above it), two windows instead of one, and having both windows be thermal panes, and having both windows open.

I will still have to insulate (because it will get quite hot in there in summer and very cold in winter) and put up shelves to maximize the space, but I'm very happy with what I have now. I have one more load to bring from the storage unit and then I can tell them I'm done with it.

I'm a happy camper tonight!