The Master Bedroom

The Master bedroom is done.  All of that Red Paint.  What were they thinking?  And the silver sponge effect.  I know, I know, it must have looked great with their furniture right???  Nobody taped any of the trim so there are paint brush swipe marks all over the trim.  At least they didn’t hurt the doors, windows, lights, or most of the hardware.

Before

The blinds in the window had splashes of red on the top rail where they where mounted.  So the blinds had to come out.  I was able to save the blinds by cleaning them up with soap and water then cleaning/scraping off paint from the top mounting rod.  However, the mounting brackets where completely caked in the red paint.  Pulled them all off and repaired the drywall holes.  Then took one of the brackets to the hardware store to match the size.  Unfortunately this is a custom size and all of us (literally, there were 3 store associates helping me look) could not find the exact match.  However, we did find one that was slightly larger.  And with a little wood modification to fill in the gap, it worked like a charm.  After the room was painted and dried, the blinds where hung back up and they look as good as new.

Washed/scrubbed all of the walls with TSP.  Then started the paint.  It took about 5 coats of the one-coat-paint, but finally got it so the red can’t be seen anymore.  Everything is a nice and creamy white semi-gloss so it will be easy to clean later on down the line.

After

The closet looks great and with a little soap, water, and elbow grease, it cleaned up nicely.  There was no cover for the hole in the wall that leads to the plumbing in the master bath, so a plastic utility cover was picked up.  And with a little cutting on the drywall to make it look nice and level and square and it’s all covered up.

The ceiling fan is beautiful and quite functional.  However, it looks like nobody has ever cleaned it.  And I mean ever.  The blades were covered in dust and the glass on the lights was filthy.  None of the bulbs worked anyways, so all of the light bulbs got removed.  Then the glass was taken down and thoroughly washed with hot soapy water.  They were so caked with dirt that when cleaned, they look like new glass.  The blades and housing where dusted and pledged.  The housing was cleaned and vacuumed.  Then it all got put back together and looks terrific (and new).