Smells like paint in here

Ever wonder how well photoshopping different colors on pictures of your rooms works as a preview to how it's actually going to look? Well that's one of the many, or few, things you might learn in today's entry.

I've taken a small break (relative word) from the kitchen in anticipation of not quite finishing it before I move-in (also relative) anyway. Instead, what I can finish before I move in full-time is the bedrooms on the main level, since all they really need is fresh paint and an average amount of floor cleaning.

As nice as sleeping on the love-sac in the basement is, I'm looking forward to a real bed in a real bedroom.

Temporary Uncomfortable Bedroom

I'm not an interior decorator, I can barely dress myself to go somewhere nice. And unfortunately my girlfriend is in California for six-months. (In fact, that's half the reason this blog exists, to keep her updated) So I told her I needed some color ideas and she e-mailed me some pictures with colors she thought would work.

She liked the spots she circled on the moth and the blue/purple flowers

So being the photoshop hobbyist I am, I took some pictures of my rooms and virtually painted my walls and sent them back to Deborah so we could discuss.

Photoshopped

Then of course I went to the store after work a few days later and couldn't really remember the colors we had been discussing specifically, so I just picked out something that I thought looked good. For the Master Bedroom (pictured above) I used a reddish/brown called Ancient Copper or something like that and for the 2nd Bedroom/Office I went with a blue/green that I liked.

Master Bedroom Before and After

2nd Bedroom/Office Before and After

I had been planning on getting lots of help for my painting, but when I came right down to it I decided to do these two rooms myself. I still have plenty more to do though. I used painter's tape on pretty much everything except the ceiling because I didn't think it would work very well with the textured ceiling. Years of cutting edges poorly while painting at work came in handy as I slowly-carefully edged the ceiling with a 2" brush. I'm pretty happy with how it worked out, the ceilings are all still white.

Of course I didn't get any pictures with the ceiling cut/edged, but as you can see on the lower one, I'm amazing.

The next big painting project will probably be the living/dining room. My mom came up with a two-tone idea that I like and Deborah came up with another color that I actually like quite a bit, French Blue.

Idea for living/dining room (Deb's inspiration top/photoshopped bottom)

And finally, here's a random picture of my huge garage filled with an even huge-er mess.

And here's some before and after videos of my painting projects even though the pictures did a pretty good job...cause I like videos.