| Monday, May 19, 2003 |
11:45 - Weekend Wars
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I promised photos last time, so here they are.
  
Neat, huh? The larger area (on the near side of the first photo) will have a large entertainment-center area, with a couch (ohhh, that couch) and matched chair and a coffee table, and my computer desk off to the right (over the Ethernet jack we strung into the wall). That area of the room will be done in a marigold-pumpkin color with sponged-on lighter yellow accents, and vertical-slat wainscoting all around the room. The arch wall will be drywalled smooth, and given a sort of sandy finish (in the same color as the walls), and deep currant red curtains in each of the arch windows and the doorway.
The bed area on the other side will have walls done in the same currant red as the curtains. We just redid the new doorway into the bathroom; since it's a plumbing wall, it's thicker than usual, so we built a new door frame out of 1x8's and set it flush, and now the door actually hangs straight. It stays at whatever position you put it and doesn't swing open or shut anymore. I'd even go to far as to say it's well-hung.
The big vertical enclosed box thing has ductwork in it; it obscures one of the archways from one side, but when the curtains are closed, nobody on the big-room side will be any the wiser. And it lends some interest to the shape of the room anyway; my animation desk will go across from it. There won't be much in the smaller part of the room other than the bed, the desk, and the dresser; but that's just fine with me. All the cool stuff goes in the big room.
The drywall guy will come out tonight to see the finished, cleaned-up product, and give me the final estimate. Then we'll get that done this week, and meanwhile we'll get to work painting everything else.
This arch wall was the single biggest unique piece of character we're adding to this house; and while it was fun to do, and successful, we're very glad it's done.
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