Renovation

As I've mentioned in my earlier posts me and my family have moved this summer.
I wanted to be a part of the renovation so first of all I took the whole resbonsibilty to get my own room in a appropriate condition, but I've also helped with the other rooms in the house.

Here's some basic advices if you're going to renovate sometime:
1. Make sure the floor is totally covered before you start if you're planning to keep it. Otherwise there will definitly be spots of wall colour, or something like it, on it before you're done. (I did the mistake not to)
2. Buy the right type of colour depending on what you're going to paint! If you're painting on a wooden object that has never been painted or lacquered before (either it's a wall, desktop or a footstool) it's always a good choice to start with a coating layer of ground colour. Either way, you should also rug the surface with sandpaper and wash it before you paint it.
3. Be patient! Wait at least the time that's recommended on the paintcan, then you can continue with the noticeable layer(s) of paint. If you don't there can be bubbles at the surface or other irritating stuff.
4. If you're painting your walls in a light colour like I did, make sure there are no scratches, dents or other destructive flaws at the previous layer of paint/wallpaper at the wall. These will unfortunately stand out even more when the wall becomes brighter. You can fix the smaller damages/scratches with putty and glassfiber tape.
5. If the wall is covered all over the place with smaller damages you can use a very effective method called Recover. Recover is like an ordirnary wallpaper but it's thicker and a little bit harder. It gives a beautiful and fresh result. It's a little bit more expensive then the earliery mentioned method, but still by far purchasable and you save alot of time.
6. My last advice is very important. I beg you to really go for it when you have the vision of your room clearly in your head. Don't stop until you're fully satisfied with it. It should be a room where you feel comfortable, that feels personal to you and that you feel proud of showing to your friends.


Peace!