I’ve been meaning to finish Teresa’s corner of our bedroom floor for quite a while. But we moved back in rather precipitously. We’ll have to move out again whilst the paint drys.
Perhaps rather foolishly I decided, whilst doing this, I’d do not only the skirting boards, walls and floor, but also the recently acquired red shelves (another Freecycle acquisition), pictured above.
*I’m not sure about the colour names! Well, Cupcake I am sure of. It’s on the tin I’m painting out of. But Egyptian Cotton… hmmm!? It’s my best guess!
After undercoating the shelves, first I did the walls, then the skirting boards, and finally the undercoat for the floor. Then it was back to the skirting boards and the shelves, for a coat of white gloss.
Once all that was done – and I had to keep shifting the shelves around, all the time, whilst working – I finally got to the floor itself. Phew!
Looking at the photo above, I’m thinking, will these shelves sit atop the nearby chest o’drawers, perhaps? Thereby raising them up, to a similar height to the wall-mounted set, to their immediate right. And also possibly making better use of floor space.
This might also help with the de-cluttering effort. And, having painted the shelves white, I’m tempted to do the same to the dark brown chest o’drawers. This latter also needs some repairs, to the ornamental woodwork. Hmmm…
With the floor done, the overall room re-paint is now nearing completion, with just relatively small portions of wall and skirting board to be done. The lighter warmer colours, and white woodwork, all help make the room brighter, and even more spacious feeling.
And… the following day (24th, Nov’), a second coat of white gloss on’t shelves:
I love the fluted ‘pillars and capitals’ style carving on this set of shelves. And the (routed?) profile around the top is great. Will I paint the dark drawers, on the right, and put these atop ‘em, I wonder?
