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Redoing The Office/Sewing Room With Glidden Paint

Karen · 18 Comments

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Glidden Brillance Spring Bluebell
Glidden Brillance Spring Bluebell

We bought this house in December, 2011, but we didn’t move in until we got back from Arizona at the end of October, 2012. We had lots of plans to do some remodeling, or redecorating in the house, but then life happened and we had to scale back a bit. I think we have done pretty well with the short time we have been actually living in the house. Especially when you think about that we have gotten it all done with Thanksgiving, Christmas, and numerous doctor visits going on around us.

Here is what the room looked like berfore Fabgrandpa started painting:

The office before being painted
The office before being painted

It was a hideous color of yellow. The sun coming in through the window is great, but the more sun there was, the more yellow the room looked, and it actually hurt my eyes to look at it. Not to mention that the room was stacked up with my stuff in no particular order.

Glidden Paints sent me 8 quarts of their interior paint–4 quarts of Spring Bluebell, and 4 quarts of Swan White.

Fabgrandpa sizing up the job
Fabgrandpa sizing up the job

Fabgrandpa used to do some painting with a company he worked for, so he didn’t think that 4 quarts of paint would cover the little bedroom I am using for an office and sewing room.

Almost done
Almost done

But, when he was finished with the job, he said that this was a very good paint, and the 4 quarts covered the 8’X10′ room quite well. He also liked the way the paint went on the wall. It dried to a uniform color all around the room.

My office now looks like a peaceful place to be
My office now looks like a peaceful place to be

I love the way it looks so fresh and peaceful now. Fabgrandpa helped me put all my things in order, and now even though I need some storage options for this room, I can sit in a relaxing atmosphere and it doesn’t hurt my eyes.

Fabgrandpa is quite proud of his handywork!
Fabgrandpa is quite proud of his handywork!
One more view of my space
One more view of my space

After working for me for two days to get this room in shape, the man deserves not only an AttaBoy! but also a nap in the recliner:

Fabgrandpa taking a well deserved break.
Fabgrandpa taking a well deserved break.

If you could redo just one room in your house, which one would it be? What would you have to do to get it in the shape you want it to be in?

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  1. Sally in WA says

    January 8, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    I definitely like the new color, Karen. Much easier on the eyes and looks like a relaxing color to work in.

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  2. Sandy says

    January 8, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    i wish we lived closer…i would put fabgrandpa to work in my house! he would be a rich man when through…although it may take him a couple years =o /

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  3. Gaelyn says

    January 9, 2013 at 2:26 am

    I like that blue. Atta boy.

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  4. Henrietta says

    January 9, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    The new color looks beautiful! FabGrandpa did a great job! That must be good paint if you only needed 4 quarts!

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  5. Becca says

    January 9, 2013 at 3:57 pm

    It looks great! I love the picture of him impersonating Vanna White! LOL!

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  6. Melinda@LookWhatMomFound...andDadtoo says

    January 9, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    attaboy FabGrandpa!!!!

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  7. Elizabeth says

    January 10, 2013 at 12:41 am

    WOW, what a difference color can make!! I LOVE it!! Now you will want to be there a lot, huh?
    Sorry, cannot tell you what room I would make over…cause we are living temporary most of this year or longer.

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  8. Meghan @JaMonkey says

    January 10, 2013 at 8:41 am

    I love their paint that’s a great color

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  9. Joy Williams says

    January 10, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Love the new color! Its so calming!!

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  10. sarah parson says

    January 10, 2013 at 11:13 am

    Id like our living room done. Maybe when Seth gets out of the military we will have a office to put our computers in which would be awesome!
    Fab grandpa did a great job. It looks great!

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  11. Stephanie R says

    January 10, 2013 at 11:36 am

    WOW! What a change. We had a bright yellow color in our bathroom once, it was painful to look at , at times. I love the color your chose, much better than the yellow. More calming.

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  12. Brittany says

    January 10, 2013 at 11:39 am

    Oh I love the new color. I really need to paint our master bedroom, but the hubs and I are in an epic battle over what color. I want something neutral to go with the red tones I want to do the fabric in…he wants dark red walls {ugh} and dark everything else…I will win it is just a matter of time.

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  13. Linda Sewell says

    January 10, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    great job…I love the color. Tell Yim….WAY TO GO 🙂 <3

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  14. Billie says

    January 10, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    Nice job FabGrandpa, I really like the color change.

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  15. Jill says

    January 10, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    Love the new color!!

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  16. Sara Phillips says

    January 10, 2013 at 8:56 pm

    I would redo the living room. I LOVE the color you picked!!

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  17. Jennifer says

    January 11, 2013 at 8:32 am

    I liked the yellow before but it looks like such a calmer place to be now. Maybe you can get more work done in there without your eyes starting to hurt from such a bright color now, lol.

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