Color Drenching Mistake?

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I did it! I followed the color drenching trend. Was I nervous? Yup. Totally. But, honestly I absolutely love it!

A quick view of the bedroom when we moved in.

This bedroom has a very unique cabinet at the top of the wall. Originally had sliding doors and pendant lights (which I removed).

First update during the first year of living at this #1951renovation.

This shows a picture of how that space was converted. I have a had time taking pictures of it but tearing the whole box down would have meant major wall repair!

  

Five years later I decided to do another update as some of the walls were losing top layer of plaster. Plus I really wanted to take the bedroom to another level by adding crown moulding, wallpaper a focal point wall, fine tune the baseboards (that had never been finished in 71 years). More importantly I really wanted to try color drenching!

I sure love to paint!

Adding crown moulding. 

Wallpaper time! Update, this wallpaper was very poor adhesion! Love the design and pattern but have had nothing but problems with it staying so I used spray adhesive. Probably not recommended by most professionals but it worked!

After adding crown moulding, peel and stick wallpaper, paint and baseboards. Searching for a new quilt but for now...is it final? Well, we shall see.

I was searching for some old wood shutters to create a new headboard. After weeks of looking I painted our current headboard and took this wood window frame, painted it same color as wall, and hung over bed. It was free and I love it honestly!

Three Updates and Counting

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Do you ever feel like you are done? I don't. But, at our last house I did get most of the rooms exactly where I wanted them and I was happy and didn't want to change anything.

However, I think I have finally gotten my bathroom as close as it can be, short of a major remodel, to where I want it. When we moved into this house Thanksgiving of 2019,  the bathroom looked like this (see below).

This bathroom had a major remodel in 2015 by previous owner (was still in the 1951 original bathroom). I loved the cabinets and tile mostly. But I had the upper bins and upper two shelves removed (there was a bin over the entrance as well that was removed). 

Then I painted and added this wallpaper. 
Which I really loved but the seams did not hold up well
and started lifting over time.

I actually liked the wallpaper a lot.

Fast forward three years found me stripping the wallpaper. 
Removing the wallpaper was not super hard I simply take
a scraper and make X cuts in the wallpaper, spray with
warm water, and start peeling. However the fact that
I had to climb on ladders and straddle tubs
while doing it, that made it real hard!

Repainted with Pittsburgh Paints Silverado. A classic greyish purple
that I have used multiple times in our last home and still love it! 
Added crown moulding and a new to me chandelier purchased for $30!

New quartz countertop and eliminating the second sink
has added so much more counterspace!

Finalized with a wall stencil and clear glaze to add a
subtle pattern to the walls. 

Let me know what you think!

Thanks for visiting.