tirsdag, juli 21, 2009

Painting, painting, painting...

... but not on canvases. On walls. I've been visiting my mother's Summer Cabin, and several of the rooms have dark wooden wainscot on the walls. I so wanted to lighten the room, and started painting... and painting... and painting...
One of the room has a lot of 'dead space' because of the slanting roof, and my brilliant brain got an even more brilliant idea: design and make H*U*G*E drawers! There's a lack of storing places at the cabin too, so these drawers could really be usefull. Underneat you can see one of them - unpainted. The size of the drawer is actually 1x1x1 meter.
And finally - the room is all done! (The doors will be white too, but I left that job for my mother... she needs something to fill her loooong teacher holiday!) The drawers are 'hided' behind the old, blue bed.
And, while painting the first room, I slept in a room that was perfect when we were kids - with two homemade bunks (køyesenger). But when all us kids all grown up - and the beds still measures 1,75 m - it was time for an extreme makeover. And, I'm so sorry to say that I totally forgot to take the 'before' pictures... You just have to imagine a 4x4 m room, with wooden wainscot all covered with these bunks. The room was dark and unpractical...

...untill I got crazy with the hammer and the paint! And - taaadaaaa - here is the new room:

9 kommentarer

❤ Kaia sa...

Utrolig hva litt maling kan gjøre:
Nydelig blåfarge du har brukt.
Skuffene var geniale !!!
Ha en flott tirsdag.
Klem fra meg :o)

Else Irene sa...

Wow, jammen har du har det travelt i ferien din!!! Men resultatet ble jo helt kanon :)) Supre skuffer du designet også. Tipper mamma'en din er kjempefornøyd :)

Klem, elsi

Håp sa...

Utrolig fint det ble, Det gjør seg sånn med lyse farger, blir helt nye rom da :)

Linda

Fredhøy - Gro sa...

Så lekkert det ble! Og de svære skuffene var jo bare geniale:)

Elisabeth sa...

Ååh, det er bare så mye flottere med malte vegger enn med trehvite! Det skal liksom ikke så mye til heller for å gi litt liv til et rom. Kjempeflotte resultater :)

Gunn (Merete) sa...

Kjempeflott ble det, du er dyktig. Skuffene var utrolig smart.
Dette var litt av en jobb, og det er vel en fornøyd mamma som kommer dit neste gang.

Vegard sa...

Wow, Åshild! Er dette fra Hauen? Kjente meg ikke igjen, men det er jo lenge siden jeg har vært der. Du får ha en strålende sommer videre.

Vegard :D

Maya sa...

Hei Malesnuppa!!
Kommer du hit og maler noen soverom også?!
Kunne virkelig trenge noen malestrøk her,i denne gamle tømmerkoia :)
Si ifra om du får malelyst over det "normale" *fnis*

Ble råååålekkert,begge rommene!
Så mye lysere og koseligere :)
Klem!

Deborah March sa...

WOW!! What a WONDERFUL "daughter-job" you did for your Mum!! You can come to Nova Scotia to do OUR cabin any time at all!! ;) Hope your Mum was delighted!