The seemingly never ending saga of my bedroom renovation is finally about to move on to the interior decorating phase!  I am proud of  all I have managed to do by myself.  I laid the walnut laminate flooring last week.

My jig saw worked perfectly for cutting the flooring.

The Victorian architecture called for some weird cutting angles, but all went smoothly.

The baseboard heat covers went back in this weekend, and I touched up the paint.

Reinstalling the baseboard heat was a royal pain, so I took a break with a nice glass of wine.

Ready for curtains and furniture... still waiting on ceiling fan issue to be resolved.

I’ve picked up some inexpensive curtain rods, so the drapes will be hung this week.  I am also picking up a new mattress set tomorrow. Dresser & night stand  makeovers and upholstered headboard project soon to come… I have already  set up a work area in the basement for these projects.

Oh, and I am already contemplating the next room to renovate…lol

Remember that soft blue-gray-green color I had painted in the bedroom… It’s  gone.  Not only had it become scuffed up in a few spots, but the color was quite light.  The ornate tin ceiling, which is my favorite part of the room, just wasn’t “popping”.   I grabbed a gallon of blue-gray paint a shade or two darker, and repainted.  It does make the room appear a little smaller, but the ceiling and trim work definitely stand out more now.  I also think it compliments the walnut flooring better.

Now I am just waiting for the floor leveler to dry, so I can get to work on laying the flooring.  I made it a little wetter, since I was pouring it by myself and didn’t want to risk it starting to set before I could get it down properly.

Although I haven’t been covering my home renovations here over the past few weeks, they have been ongoing.  We had a hurricane related power outage here for about 4 days, that stalled me the projects I was already working on, so I stripped the wallpaper in my staircase and landing.  This of course, led to skim coating the walls, since my Victorian Era home has old horsehair plaster walls.  By the time we got power back, I was fully invested in this new project.  Two tubes of caulking, a bit of wood putty & many hours wrangling odd trim corners and a stubborn tin ceiling rewarded me with a staircase I no longer loathe.

No more chippy paint and yucky wallpaper.

I brushed rather than rolled eggshell paint, to accentuate the texture of the walls. Reminiscent of Venetian Plaster.

Colors are more accurate in this pic.

Rather than tackling disassembly, I painted these in place. Went with wall color on the back plates since I really didn't want to bring attention to them.

I have painted all the other tin ceilings I have done with flat enamel paint. This time I didn't have any on-hand and the ceiling for the landing was small so I used semi-gloss. I won't do that again, coverage was a nightmare.

I wish I had gotten some before pics. It was a sad site before…lol  I still plan to make a custom graphic for above the railing, using a roll of art paper I have, but that will need to wait until the bedroom project and minor bathroom makeover I started are complete.   I just can’t seem to keep myself to just one project at a time.  Fresh paint can be addicting

As you may have seen in my earlier post, the metal baseboard heat covers have now been refinished.  An attempt was made to put up the ceiling fan, but although my husband thought he had changed out the bracket already, he hadn’t.  Due to this, work is limited to the daylight hours right now, since he had already removed the old light fixture.  This is not a big deal because I am participating in a Glidden/Walmart blogger program, to makeover my daughter’s playroom.  I have plenty to do.

Yesterday, I did get back in the bedroom.  I had picked up some molding at the home improvement store, and cut and installed it around the windows in my bay.  I managed to get them caulked and painted , as well.  I case you are wondering, additional trim had to be added to the windows since someone (don’t look at me) ordered the windows a little small.  I actually think it looks pretty cool with the extra detail, but curtains will cover it anyway.

We have a hurricane coming this weekend, so I doubt much will get done over the the next few days.  Hopefully my flooring will come in for the playroom, so I can get that down.  I would like to get that project squared away before putting leveler down to prep the bedroom floor for laminate.

I have been stashing things aside for this room for a few years.  This wall mounted bust is something I got from my mother, she had it hanging in her parlour for many years.

This bed and a few others like it, have caught my eye.  The plan is for the bed to go up against the curtains of the bay window.