Day 2.2: One Room Remedy

(This is a screen shot--(thanks Wende!)--of a room from The Personal Colour Viewer at Benjamin Moore. The back wall shows the current colour of my living room walls.)

The Dining room colours have been chosen! That means I can move ahead on all that needs to be done in here.

Painting:

--Take out everything except the computer table and computer. Get a large drop cloth for it. Get drop cloths for the floors.
--take out all wall mounted shelving. Spackle and sand.
--Prime walls
--Paint
--decide new trim colour.
--paint trim

Bookcase:
--Sand and paint old Ikea bookcase white. Use the cloud white we have on hand. (Strain through hose first).

Chairs:
--Sand the four new chairs.
--Paint them yellow.
--Pick a yellow for the chairs.

Dining table
--Look for a round one or:
--Sand pine dining table.
--Paint dining table? or stain it dark?

West wall:
--Take down the shelving and shelving units. Paint or varnish or "adorn" wooden magazine holders.
--Assemble Expedit after painting.
--Put stuff back on shelves.

South wall:
--Paint shelving white? (Supports are almond) or leave natural or switch out all the supports?

Computer desk:
--Paint side units white or brown to blend in with computer desk?
--Sand and stain/paint tops to blend with computer desk.
--Re-cover drawers.

Shelving above desk:

--Make decisions:
1. The supports are almond. Should I switch them out for white? Almond will blend in with the wall--is that what I want?
2. Do I want to keep the pine: or go white? White will be cleaner, fresher. The pine plus dark stained wood of the desk on this wall is choppy. But the white with almond supports and brackets concerns me.
3. Can I hang actual cabinets on the wall and thus create a cleaner line? How much would that cost?

Buy new curtains. (Yay!)

Yeegads, the amount of stuff in here that has to be taken out and stored somehow while we paint is mind-boggling.