Sewing room color

DH is sailing tomorrow so I'm off on the great paint hunt. Wish me luck. Donna in Bellevue

Have fun!

I honestly roll my eyes when people talk about the sin of having a studio be anything but white or cream because it will "distort" things. Hogwash I say :-)

These are generally people who post pictures of their rooms and the room is FILLED top to bottom with open shelves of fabrics in all the colors of the rainbow and bookshelves crammed full of books with covers in every color imaginable. Yet somehow, they think that 4 square foot area of white will off set all of that :-)

Yeah.

Paint what you like. Your quilts likely aren't viewed in pristine white rooms under full spectrum lighting and they still look wonderful, don't they?

Surround yourself with whatever color makes you happy to spend time in there and you'll be just fine.

marcella

I did it!!! I bought the paint and it's very pale lavender. I think I'm gonna love it. Thanks to you all for the little nudge to get what I wanted not what I thought I needed. Now for the next steps. Repair the walls where the peg board and shelves were. Scrape the popcorn off the ceiling and then we can paint the room. Rip up the carpet and pad and install the hardwood floors. DH will build me a new cutting surface. Soon after that the hard work begins...trying to fit most of the stuff back in the room. I won't be sewing for at least a couple of weeks maybe even a month but it is started. I'll try to take photos as we go along and find a place to put them. It's pretty exciting. Donna in Bellevue

I'm sure that DH doesn't think it's frivolous since he's doing most of the work. I'm looking forward to a more productive space. Donna in Bellevue

That's wonderful! Hope the room turns out just like you imagine it.

marcella

Aha. Just as I suspected. YOU are one of those purple people. I was wondering if a pale shade of lavender would be just right for you. Now. Can we talk? Do you have any idea why you want to scrape the popcorn off? and do you have a clue the major never-ending total mess it will make? and what a mess you'll have to combat to smooth out the ceiling to paint? We have popcorn ceilings. I don't specially like them - but compared to the calamity of doing something about them and ignoring them, it's not a big deal. Just, of course, my opinion ... but do think about it. Polly

Funny thing about the lavender paint is that I'm not a purple person but I love lavender.

Thanks for your concern Polly. I do know what a mess removing the popcorn from the ceiling is. We've removed it from nearly every room in our house. It gets so dirty looking and if I try to clean it, it crumbles off and looks even worse. Since it has never been painted over, it comes off pretty easily with a little spritz of water and a putty knife. If I'm careful I can get it all off without gouging the ceiling drywall.

I'll let you all know how it goes and if I need peeling off the ceiling along with the popcorn.

Donna in Bellevue

I love lots of purples, and I had a lavender bedroom when I was a pre-teen. :) I hope you'll really enjoy this new color as you work in your new room!

My sewing room is light wood paneling; I had no choice in the matter, because it was here when we moved in, but I am very satisfied with it. If I were choosing a paint color, it would probably be a beige-ish off-white, simply because of the concerns with affecting the color of the fabric.

Several years ago, I wanted to pa> I'm about to embark on the "great sewing room remodel". The room is empty

Those popcorn ceilings usually have asbestos in them, so it might be wise to have an asbestos removal company take them out. If you do decide to go ahead on your own, wear a mask and keep the room shut until you get it all cleaned up.

Julia > I did it!!! I bought the paint and it's very pale lavender. I think I'm

There is this one:

I haven't really used it, but had a quick look. There are many more similar tools out there. Some allow you to upload your won photo, although you might have to set up a free account first.

Hanne in DK

Den 11-09-2012 18:54, Julia in MN skrev:

Howdy!

IJP!

Here: no white walls; I own this house so it's the color(s) I paint. Several shades of yellow, from sand to light cream to egg yolk. The fabric room is dark green (cuts the glare from the extreme southern exposure/heat); I can still see the fabric colors.

Good lighting is important. But, sometimes, there's nothing like walking the fabric outside to compare shades/hues.

Of course, paint before flooring is a must; I have managed to follow that tip from my dad. As for husband, well, I'm the painter; he doesn't even have to carry the ladder. ;-D

Good luck, DonnaD. Please let us know what you choose.

Ragm> Not sure where Sandy E. is but she would say 'it is just paint'.

Howdy!

Gosh, I want to mark this "Like!"

Thanks, Marcella!

Ragmop/Sandy - carpenter father & younger son are "color blind", we've had some fun with that ... 8->

Howdy! In many of the "makeover" project rooms, the self-described "decorators" love to remove 1) the ceiling fans & 2) the textured substance on the ceiling, whether they call it "popcorn" or whatever. These people don't LIVE there so they have no idea what they're destroying. I wouldn't live w/out these ceiling fans. And the textured substance on the ceiling is there for several reasons: to cover up the seam lines in the sheetrock/dry wall, to mask former stains, disguise a bit of sag from settling ceiling panels, to cut the glare from harsh light (those little bumps absorb light), to help dampen noise & help dull the echoes. It's my house; if I hate something, I get rid of it (trash compactor, white paint, turquoise wallpaper). But I don't look at the ceiling, much, so I leave it alone. Works for me. ;-)

Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy - quilts spread throughout the house are a great distraction!

I believe the cutoff for asbestos in most houses is 1978 or 1979. It has gotten very popular here to remove it and the few new houses built don't have it at all. We had really good results painting the stuff in the last house we had. Looked pretty good bright and clean. I understand once it is painted though the removal becomes a lot more work. It might be considered dated but a 20 year old house is that old with or without the 'popcorn'. My dad built a house for my mom in the early 60's with the pretty very lightly sparkled acoustic. My was that fancy in its day! Taria

The previous tenant in my own (yes, for the first time, my very own!) apartment (does that make it a condo?) put up textured glass-fiber type wall paper in the hallway, the kitchen, the bedroom and the bathroom. He must have loved the stuff! In the kitchen he even put it on the ceiling, which looked really awful. I mean, it is wallpaper, on the ceiling... Thankfully, the local painter/decorator supplies had just the fix: an especially thick wallpaper that is intended to cover up such ugliness. And it worked brilliantly, I have a nice smooth white-painted ceiling. Now that actual act of wallpapering the ceiling was an act to see - beforehand my dad and the shopkeeper joked about Laurel & Hardy, and on a subsequent visit my dad had confessed to it turning into a Laurel & Hardy session right enough :-)

My building is from 1947, and it shows inside. I think I'm managed fairly modern, light and airy. The kitchen is a white IKEA kitchen. At the same time, the panels are older style, the door handles are brass and white wood etc. Yes, some things are dated, but regardless of what you do with a place, there will always be things that give away the age. Just work with it.

Hanne in DK

Den 12-09-2012 06:17, Taria skrev:

When we bought the house in 1982, I hated the kitchen so we remodeled it immediately. Now, I hear the decorators on TV saying that style is "so

80's". By gum, so it is and I still think it's much better than the one that was here. The previous kitchen had terra cotta tile floor, old brown stained cabinets (cheap at that) and a stove that didn't work. The "new" one has formica counter tops that do need replacing after 30 years but I love the color (burnt orange) even if it is "80's" and sheet vinyl floors that look like ceramic tile (easier on the feet and legs than the real thing). Before it was very dark and dingy. My house, my choice. I still find my kitchen bright and cheerful. Does anyone else find the phrase "mid-century modern" scary? That's current events for me and not retro. I only got rid of my coppertone washer a few years ago and only because it broke after 2 boys and 30+ years. I'm looking forward to the new paint and lighting but not to putting the stuff back. How to get 30 years worth of stuff into a 10 year room? I'll find a way even if I have to give away some of my stash - gasp! Donna in Bellevue