We made more progress in the guest bathroom this weekend! We’re still working on the bones of this room, so even though we’re not sharing any “pretty” photos today, we wanted to keep you in the loop with this project every step of the way.
Last time you saw this room, the ceiling had been scraped, patched, sanded and primed.
Next on our to-do list was to prime the walls to prep them for a new paint color. We decided to change the current paint color for a few reasons. 1) We were both a little tired of the baby blue color we’d selected 3 years ago, 2) The walls were a bit dinged up and smudged and could use a new coat of paint, and 3) We were completely out of the old paint color and would have to buy a new gallon anyway!
Before we primed those glossy walls, we decided to remove the baseboards. These were the original thin wood baseboards that had been in the bathroom when we bought the house. Three years ago we painted them white and reinstalled them, but they weren’t in good enough shape to keep for the long haul.
They were dinged and cracked…
… and weren’t caulked or fitted in place very well.
So after a few minutes with the crowbar, those baseboards were outta there!
Next up, priming time! The light coat of Kilz 2 Latex primer went on really fast and will help the new glossy paint adhere to the walls. We haven’t primed in the sink “nook” yet because it needs extra patching and attention before those walls are ready to go.
Once the walls were primed, and while the baseboards were still off, we got to work putting a coat of paint on the primed ceiling. Just like in our master bath, we used Valspar’s Contractor White in Semi-Gloss for the ceiling to prevent damage from all the moisture in this room.
You can really see the subtle sheen of this glossy paint above the sink area.
Here’s a wider shot so you can see how smooth the ceiling turned out! Totally worth all that patching and sanding.
And here’s one more look back towards the doorway.
Once the ceiling was done and the walls were primed, we turned our attention back down to the floor. Our next big task was installing the new baseboards. These baseboards were part of the same bundle of trim we bought when we updated Stephen’s studio.
Our little pieces of blue tape mark where the studs are behind the drywall. My job was to mark all the studs while Stephen used the nail gun to nail the trim in place.
Sadly we haven’t quite finished the baseboards yet, which will be top priority on our punch list for this room. Once the baseboards are all cut and nailed in place, we’ll caulk and paint them and then move on to the fun part: wall color!
What do you think of our smooth and glossy ceiling? Should we have kept those old baseboards or do you like the new ones? Anybody else tackle a painting project this weekend?
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