What have I been doing besides raising goldendoodles?

About a year and a half ago, we bought a house and 13 acres for our son’s family. 

Sadly, their circumstances changed, they can’t keep it.  They all moved out and renters stayed a few months.  Between cool, hippy projects my son did, that aren’t mainstream enough for new buyers, other projects that he began but could not finish ( since he thought he had a life time, not a year to do them) and the neglect that comes from strangers using a home-it needed a LOT of work.

Also, the house was pretty dark from the original seller’s paint choices. I wanted to lighten and brighten, but not go so far as my own home, with its shabby chic, romantic style.  

So I chose a warm blue for the bathroom, and repainted the mismatched Formica yellow cabinet.  The butter yellow did not match the tan counter tops or the gray floors.  So I tied those colors together with paint.

First, a bonding primer.

Next white.

Then I brushed on a color to match the counter top.

(See the paint in the bucket?  That is the original wall color, way too dark for this room)

Over all of that, a stone gray to match the floor.

Then, flecks of grey splattered with a toothbrush.  The grey is a Behr exterior paint that I used on the barn, so is very durable and every bit as good as using a clear topcoat over the other layers.

I wanted a farm house look.  And I didn’t want to spend any more money, we are already spending thousands on the place.

So I used what I had on hand and made it work.  Now, I love paint treatments, so in my mind a custom painted vanity (that was in good shape and not very old) is better than replacing it with a brand new one.

I hope buyers agree.

I really really really really hope that buyers agree!

The bathroom was newly renovated when we bought it, so had “good bones”. 

But the people who remodeled did not paint the doors and woodwork they installed and left it as is.  The primer that comes on white woodwork from the lumberyard is not a bright, clear white and it grabs dirt.  So I am repainting it all with fresh white in a satiny finish.

Including the cabinet doors.  

All of the rooms are getting spiffed up, and this is the first one all done.  I am afraid that I don’t have before, except ones from Zillow.  As I redo and stage, I can show some of them

Please wish us luck, I am afraid that I will need it!