Quilt Studio Walls Update

Yo!

Why, "yo", I don't know why, I'm in a silly mood I guess.

Hubby and I got the walls painted!  I'm so glad the brown paneling is covered up.  Speaking of which, did you know you can't buy real paneling anymore?  I mean the thin stuff with the grooves in it.  You can still get the thin boards but the wood grain and grooves are printed on it!  Not going to work when you need it to match your existing walls.  Thankfully, hubby stole a piece from our pantry area so that all my walls have the actual grooves.

Here's the before and after photos.
Door to back yard.  Notice there's no trim and that's just plywood on the left.  The colors in the after photo are "off" a bit as I took it with my iPad.

Looking at the office area:

 


Looking from the office area toward the kitchen.  All the floor space you see will be my quilting studio.

 

No, we haven't gotten to the flooring yet.  Hubby just found a really cool rug at a local auction and got it as a temporary "fix".

Here are the details on the paint:

• Walls - Behr Ultra eggshell, Bakery Box (white with the tiniest hint of blue)
• Ceiling:  Glidden flat ceiling paint, White (goes on pink, dries white - very cool!)
• Closets:  Behr Ultra eggshell, Tahitian Breeze (sea-glass green)
• Trim:  Behr Ultra eggshell, Calligraphy (blue-gray)

Next studio project:  shelving for both closets.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Ceiling painted...not

If the title of this confused you, don't worry, I'm confused too!

Last weekend, hubby helped me paint the ceiling in my eventual quilt studio.  He even bought the Kilz primer/sealer for me!  Gotta love that man!  He had suggested the Kilz because the previous owners were smokers (ugh!).

We borrowed the neighbor's paint sprayer.  We don't know, but there's a chance, that the popcorn ceiling might be asbestos.  We can't afford to have it remediated, so we're doing everything we can to not disturb it.  Painting is okay - especially with a sprayer.

Here's a before photo:



It doesn't look too bad, in the full shot, but take a look at this one:













The popcorn is medium brown, the white stripe is where a board was holding up a valance, the dark along the wall is how dirty the ceiling tiles would be if the popcorn hadn't been added later.  You can also get a glimpse of how stained the paneling is from that light spot in the lower left corner.  That's where I removed a curtain bracket.

Here's an after photo:



Isn't that much brighter and cleaner?  Yes, we got some on the walls...intentionally.  We don't want to remove the trim along the ceiling because that would disturb the iffy popcorn, so we hit it with the Kilz and the white ceiling paint.

Now, you're probably wondering where the "...not" comes in in my post title.  This photo might clear that up:



Yep, that's the paint and primer peeling off the ceiling tiles!  Thankfully, none of it is actually falling down and the popcorn seems to be contained in the paint/primer.  So the ceiling is painted, but it's not.

Hubby came up with a brilliant solution.  You can safely cover up chancy popcorn by putting boards over it, like ¼" plywood, MDF, etc.  We're going to use beadboard and 1x6's and create a coffered ceiling!  It will extend into the hallway as well, since we painted that and it's also peeling.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Progress, tiny, but still...

This is one of my Finish It Up challenges regarding my new quilt studio.  Sorry, no photos for this post.

Just got back from Home Depot with paint!  I got the ceiling paint (white) and the paint for the closet interiors (Tahitian Breeze).  Both are from Behr.  This will be for my quilting studio.

There's a hall off my new studio that leads to the bathroom, bedroom and living room.  It's the same paneling color as the studio is currently.  It's going to get painted the same colors at the same time as my quilting studio.   Coming soon...light and calming vs. the current dark and depressing.

I do have to vacuum the dust and cobwebs off the ceiling before I can paint.  I've already done the hall, mainly 'cause it's small and therefore easier.  ;-)

Happy Stitching (and painting)!

Stacy

Another Pinterest Craft

I've been wanting to try the Sharpie on a mug idea for a few weeks now.  After reading a bunch of different posts, I found out that you either need a Sharpie Paint pen or else a porcelain paint pen.  I was doing some online craft shopping anyway, so I bought myself two of the porcelain paint pens - one black and one red.

For my first attempt, I thought I'd do a mug for my secret sister (S.S.) from church.  Off to the dollar store I went (bummer, more shopping!).  I got the mug...and a bunch of bins to use for my scrapbooking supplies.  There will most likely be a post about my scrapbooking stuff later.

My S.S. has her kitchen done in French country style so I figured the red pen was the best choice.  Also because of the French theme, I made my own stickers using the French Script font.  Here's where I have a confession to make...I have access to some pretty sophisticated equipment and I don't hesistate to use it!  In this instance, I'm referring to a laser engraving machine.  This is one of the perks of owning my own trophy shop; another perk is that the shop is attached to my house.

I fell in love with the "negative" look I'd seen on several different pins so I went with that.  This means that the initials I was going to create would be blank, the design is around them.

A couple of things that I learned on this first project:  make sure your stickers are firmly fastened down; and make sure to remove them before the paint dries!  I found that using an xacto-style knife works really well for removing the stickers.  You'll notice that the edges around the letters are a little wonky.  That's because I had to do some touch-up after removing the stickers since the paint had dried before I took them off.

The instructions with the pen for the baking process were to put the item in a cold oven, let it heat up to 375°, then start the timer and bake it for 40 minutes.  Once the 40 minutes was up, I turned off the oven, opened the door and let the oven and the mug cool down (according to the pen's directions).  This process should make the mug dishwasher safe.

Here (insert drumroll) is the finished mug:

Items used in this project:

• plain white mug from my local Dollar Tree
• DecoArt Glass Paint Marker from CreateforLess.com
• Windex to clean the area to be painted
• Letter stickers - while I made my own, any stickers would work

Will I do another of this type of project?  Most definitely, yes!  It was fun, inexpensive and easy to do.  I'm already thinking about Christmas gifts!

Happy Stitching and Crafting!

Stacy