We (almost) finished our bedroom last week. 












This was probably one of the easiest rooms we will redo in this house.  When we started it was a very weird retro green color with heavy dribble stains along all of the walls.  We worried at first that this was an indication of some strange leak in the roof but it soon became clear that the problem was the result of very high humidity in the room at some point in the past.  I cannot imagine why any of the former occupants would have needed such a humid room . . .

There was no indication of mold or mildew in the room - just  dribbles.  We washed and primed the walls but Kilz did not do the job that we expected it to.   The walls were a strange matte texture and the primer just soaked right in no matter how thickly we rolled it on and the dribble marks showed through clearly in several areas.  We had to switch to Bin to get the job done there.  That's very stinky stuff but it covered up very nicely.

We chose the paint colors based on Lowe's Olympic Audubon Glorious color theme.   I have some art with prominently golden and tawny colors that will be beautiful in there as soon as I get around to hanging it.  And I love the slanted ceiling above the bed.  I grew up in a log cabin with slanted ceiling/walls in my bedroom and I love to be in a room that is un-boxlike.  It is a great room for sleeping!

Since taking this photo, I spray painted my little night stand a darker purple to compliment the walls. 

And this ugly chimney?  We could rip it out right now but that would involve roof work and messes in two bedrooms and the living room that we don't want to take the time to deal with just yet.  We are going to box it in to cover it and create some small shelves for shoes between the chimney and wall. 

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