I have been on holidays for the past few weeks, and now in the final week of my vacation. The main goal of my vacation was to get a start on getting some things done in my house in terms of renovations. The other goal was I really needed a break from work, and so far it has been very nice and relaxing. Even though I have been busy around the house, it was nice to not have the stress that comes with my job. It certainly makes me wonder what it would be like to have a job that was low stress, and certainly can see the appeal of that.
One of the things I wanted to get done was to paint the bedrooms upstairs. When I moved into the house, the bedrooms were painted a dark green and blue, and I just found them much to dark. I decided I wanted to go with a much lighter color and pretty neutral so that just about anything would look good in it. The furniture I have on those rooms right now is not the greatest, just mostly hand me downs, so if I ever decide to get some newer furniture, that I will have plenty of Options. I think bolder colors are good if a person has a theme or design in mind, but since I don’t, I would prefer the rooms to be neutral. I was happy to get the rooms painted, and went with a pale almond color with the help from my Mom and Dad on color selection. In the next few days I will hang up some pictures, and hopefully that will add a bit of character to the rooms.
Library – Exercise Room
Guest Bedroom
Also on the weekend, the renovations in my Basement started. The basement was originally developed with a main room and a bedroom and a utility room. I decided that I wanted just one large room instead of the two rooms. So I had some contractors in to knock out the wall between the bedroom and the main room. With the larger space I will setup my collection and also make it a bit of a games area. Also I had the contractors refinish the shelf area on the one side of the room. The setup before was very dated, and I wanted to change it since I would be using it to display some of my collectibles. There was a dated counter top and some mirrors behind which were chipped, and overall I just did not like it at all. They still have some more work to do, but I am looking forward to when it is done, and then I will start my job of painting. I have some many ideas running through my head on what I plan to do, but will probably have a better idea after it is completed.
Pieces of the old wall
Refinished Countertop, still deciding what I will display on it, either Dioramas or my Minibusts
Old Bedroom, had the worst brown paint I had ever seen. Really sloppily applied as well
Basement view. New lights installed as well, giving it much more light down there
Another Picture of Countertop
So with Home Renovations under way, it is time for me to start on getting ready for winter. I started raking up the leaves in my backyard today. There is a lot, so it is going to be a bit of work. We had snow last week, so I had to wait to start as it was still wet. but finally got a chance to start. Will do some more raking tomorrow, and then put on the winter fertilizer. Plenty of work around the house, but it is nice to be able to do it at my own pace.I am sure when I get back to work next week, it will be more rush and stress, so hopefully this vacation will have helped.
Tags: Home Renovations, Vacation
