Moved into the Master Bedroom

Yesterday, the wife and I finally moved into the Master Bedroom after two months of living in the front bedroom. The walls look great, the bed came in fairly quickly and easily, and all is well.

Next up: adventures in plumbing!

Master Bedroom: Painted!

Last night, I cleaned up the final touches of my wife's and my first painting project: the master bedroom. It's a nice rich tan color under artificial light at night, but pales quite a bit under sunlight for a bright look during the day. It took 4 official colors and 1 attempt at mixing colors to get it just right, but I think it was worth it. The dark cherry trim around the ceiling now is a great contrast.

We began with a dark navy blue, thanks to our previous owner's U of M obsession. It took two coats of primer to hide it all, but it came out looking pretty good. Not a master work by any means, but definitely a noticeable improvement!

Lessons learned:

• Painter's tape works wonders.
• Double check your masking; triple check difficult spots.
• Color selection makes a huge difference in a room.
• Be extra careful around trim pieces, moldings, etc. even when you have masked well.
• The detail work takes twice as long as rolling the main parts of the walls.
• The 80/20 rule applies here: 20% of your effort gets you 80% of the effect, but it takes 80% of the effort to get the last 20% done right.

Pictures soon, hopefully!