It’s time to get busy in the kitchen and breakfast room;
- Empty room
- Thoroughly clean all area before starting
- Repair skirting board with wood glue & filler
- Sand skirting board for painting
- Gloss paint skirting boards
- Emulsion ceiling
- Emulsion walls
- Add wallpaper to one wall
- Detail clean floor tiles
- Replace broken dishwasher {in future}
I’m keeping the walls the same colour throughout {Farrow and Ball Lime White}, as I think a fairly neutral colour works well in rentals; would you agree? I am adding a splash of colour with the wallpaper, which I’ve had for a very long time.
I’m managing to do all this with paint and supplies that I already have, so the cost is zero…for now. We need to buy a new dishwasher as ours is broken but it makes sense to buy that nearer to rental date. This also means that I can shop around to get a good deal.
It feels good to be making progress.
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Much as I love Farrow & Ball paint (and indeed many of my rooms are painted in it), and much as I agree that neutral is the way to go, I would seriously question using F&B in a rental property, and would be going for Dulux pure brilliant white or magnolia if it was me (and I’d also consider a silk finish, easier to clean). More practical, hugely cheaper and won’t make you cry when you have to repaint the whole thing after it’s been let out for six months!)
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Laura Reply:
February 16th, 2011 at 9:14 am
Thanks Caroline, good points; I have the paint already for these two rooms so it’s just a case of using up what I have, but for the other rooms I need to decide what to do. I chose F&B because it’s non toxic/water based [and also has really great colours]. This is one of those eco/cost things and can I live with silk walls for 12 months things lol
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I think neutral is definitely the way to go — I can’t comment on the brand of paint as I am not familiar with it. I’m excited to see the wallpaper. It’s so *in* right now. ; )
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Laura Reply:
February 16th, 2011 at 9:09 am
Thanks Karen!
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I’m taking the day off tomorrow with my husband to hang sheetrock. I hope we make as much progress as you did.
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Laura Reply:
February 17th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
@SandyL – Hanging sheetrock is much harder than my little bit of painting and it’s taken me ages to get around to doing it! How’s Babci’s house progressing?
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It’s so nice to have so much crossed off of the list. I love making progress, especially when it’s on the home front, and especially when those projects can be so hard to get to sometimes.
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Laura Reply:
February 17th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
@Lindy: It the actual act of starting that’s the difficult thing for me, once I do start there’s no stopping me!
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