I am not always productive and I am honestly kind of lazy too.
These past few days, I’ve been lazy since it’s days leading up to Christmas. I just want to spend some days away from all the gadgets and worldly stuff. As the only person in the family that celebrates it, nothing special was done at my home. It’s one of the quietest Christmas, just like always. But I decided to gift myself a new color to my work room, so that I can spend the following years feeling more cheerful and motivated.
While I am not the one who painted the room, I was supervising to see if it goes well. My room in the past was sort-of dull. It was a room that was pretty much abandoned and now is a place where I spend most of the time of my day. As much as I could do with the old paint, it was pretty depressing. So, I was on the market to paint my room with a new color that would enliven the space. I learned from my lesson having to paint my own apartment and my home, I am going with pastel and beige colors. As I browsed through the colors, I ended up choosing “butternut” color from Dulux. It’s not something that’s too expensive but a mid-range paint in terms of price. I reckon, to cover the size of the room which was around 7sqm, I decided that 5litres would be enough as it’s only one application would be needed for my room.
As you can see from some of the pictures below, the paint in the room is dirty and badly needed a new repaint. In some parts of the area, the cables where also dangling and it needs to be adjusted. It also used to be so much cluttered back in the day but during my 90 days of House Projects, I de-cluttered everything and eventually kept only necessary items that are needed in my room. When you remove a lot of clutter, it frees up everything too.
Some of the comparison picture before and after. Don’t mind my cat exercising her way and climbing the rails.
Before
During the process
This was before all the tables were moved to the middle but the paint guy was already prepping for the paint.
After
The painting process took about 5 hours. I honestly thought it would take more but thankfully, 5 hours was enough for my room to feel like it gets a new life. As you see above, some of the spots are now are quite invisible. All that's left to do for me is cleaning up the clutter and put them back to where they should. At the same time, I need to work on the interior of the place and removing stuff that are unmatched with the color pallete of the rom. Since now I got this color as the palette, I can choose furniture and things that would complement the room.
The result of butternut looks quite different under different light. With natural light it looks like a soft beige but under the yellow light, the beige is quite apparent and is something that actually fits the condition in my room where the light is actually yellowish hue. I am very pleased with it because the color isn’t straining for my eyes and is pretty warm but also not too warm that makes me want to sleep in all the time. It was just the right amount of color needed for this room. I actually have more areas that needed to be re-decorated and painted and hopefully before January ends, my home could have its new life.
 | 𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰. |
The colors that are in our house are super important, depending on the one we choose we could spend it in a bad mood or even sad. You chose a pretty nice color, I have always believed that cream colors are the best to paint the house, although my favorite color is black to paint the walls.
I'm glad you feel satisfied with the paint change, it looked pretty good, although before the kitty gave it a special touch haha. Hugs
I saw a room with black and gray colors when they are done right, it actually looks great. For me though, I love colors like beige or anything pastel. I am really trying to match the look of the house which is basically a semi-mediterranean styled. It was built that way by my grandfather and I wanted to revive it as much as I could.
Happy holidays and thank you for checking out 😊
I'm thinking of painting my room and I always choose pastel colors to feel more relaxed, I liked the change you gave to your room, I'm glad you feel more cheerful and have begun to give a big change to the environments around you is very necessary, I hope to do it soon.
Happy Holidays. 💙💙💙💙💙✨
I can't help but mention that I loved seeing your cat working out hahahaha he looks so cute.💗
hahaha my cat definitely loves working out around that window. I mean it's perfect climbing area for them.
I hope you can color your room soon, pastel is a great interior paint if you have mostly wood dominated furnitures and loves something that exudes cozy atmosphere
Hahahahahahahahh naughty cats, but lovely, I hope to see my room as nice as yours dear @macchiata 💙 💙 💙 💙, congratulations, hope you have a nice Christmas.
This sounds just like my wife.....while I'm doing the work hahaha
Like coffee shops, its how a place makes you feel and if you're happy, then nothing else matters :-)
Hope youre having a wonderful week, Mac :-)
🤣I got help by my cats who were supervising the worker too. They got so curious about the commotion and decided to wait in front of the door and see the whole process. I am definitely having a wonderful week, I can't even wait for the New Year's eve. It's a long holiday over here, like from 24 to 1st of January😁
Room improvement!
I wish I can have my own room by next year :)
Let's hope so! You'll have your own room by next year 😊
looks neat and attractive. what is that hanging? haha Cat?
haha yeah, it's my cat Micky
That's a very pretty colour. Always nice to have a nice workspace. 🎄
😊It indeed is pretty color, Happy holiday 🎄
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New colours for the new year ahead! :)
100% Happy Holiday 😊 Hope next year you get to travel and be more prosperous 😊
Thanks for the well wishes!
You'll be great in your renovated workspace, I hope your cat is too :)
😄The cat is definitely so happy, they even love hanging out around the area even more haha
Nothing better for creativity than a tidy workspace. Merry Christmas, Mac.
hehe definitely! I feel so refreshed that it looks anew and more alive 😆
Exactly what did the cat do???
Laughs!
Making good use of open time right!!! We also had a nice and peacefull Christmas!
She's lifting weight it seems haha she likes climbing that up for no reason. I am glad you had a nice peaceful Christmas, happy holiday 😊
Excellent work. All the remodeling and improvements that we can give to our rooms and spaces bring us satisfaction and comfort.
Indeed! sometimes just a simple remodel could change our lives and mood as well 😊
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You got the space very well with pastel colors, it looks fresh and cozy.
Cheers!