I'm so cheap in the bedroom - photos

susan1

MATH wrote: »

The Chez MATH marital suite has long since needed an overhall but as per money is tight. Mrs MATH claimed nothing was salvagable and it all needed ripping out and we needed to buy new, but I with my OS canny ways new better and argued that we could revamp on the cheap.
Mrs MATH rolled her eyes and put an order in for "something pink, romantic and fabulous, darlink" and left me to work my magic. We have never had a pink 'n' fluffy bedroom before but I think the results are ok. Judge for yourselves.

I don't think the furniture llok too bad after a good spruce up with a damp cloth. It may be 15 years old but it hasn't aged too bad IMO

I've mixed up a batch of paint using every cream, buff and petal known to man that I had lurking in the garage and used some left over magnolia for the woodwork. COST : NOWT. The bedding and cushions I got at Woolies in the sale COST : £30


These curtains are some cheap canvas jobbies for a discount store which I've spruced up with some beads from Mrs MATH's craft cupboard. The whole curtain is beaded as well as the tiebacks shown. It took 6 hours and my fingers are now like tea strainers but ha ho. COST : £40

This old frame used to be home to a tatty dried flower arrangement. I took it our and replaced it with a piece of wallpaper from the sample roll that caught my eye in B&QBase. COST : NOWT

Accesorize darlink.... Woolies sale COST : £2 incl the pot pourit. The pink shells I picked up on one of my many beach walks.


The money shot. Not bad imo for about £100

brilliant and if thats a genuine lloyd loom chair you are literally sitting on big money!

Bogof_Babe

Rofl, I was just reading this thread when the Countdown "teatime teaser" came on, and it was MOMSMATH with a clue of "a big task" - answer MAMMOTH. How appropriate was that?

Your room looks fab Math, how long did it take you to do all the work? And how did you get such an even finish when mixing your own paints?

I home Mrs M is in the mood for lurrrve now .

MrsMW

That's gorgeous. Well done.
I wish MrW was so handy in the bedroom!

MATH

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Rofl, I was just reading this thread when the Countdown "teatime teaser" came on, and it was MOMSMATH with a clue of "a big task" - answer MAMMOTH. How appropriate was that?

Your room looks fab Math, how long did it take you to do all the work? And how did you get such an even finish when mixing your own paints?

I home Mrs M is in the mood for lurrrve now .

It's about three days work to do a room this size but I took a leisurely week.

I confess that I trained as a Graphic Artist back in the days when you needed to be able to draw and paint, reproduce it in a darkroom and cut and paste really did mean cut with a scalpel and paste with cow gum, so I learnt all about tonal values and what to mix to get a certain shade.

The trick to mixing paint is:

Only mix the same finishes together, ie matt with matt , silk with silk etc

Mix the full amount you need, never a test volume. If the shade is perfect you will never be able to replicate it.

Mix for twice as long as you think is necessary and then mix it all again.

Mix more paint than you know you will need. If you run out half way through you can never match it back up.

Mix a shade a tone lighter than you want because most colours will darken as it dries.

HTH

Bogof_Babe

Excellent advice Math, re. the paint mixing. I bet your arm was aching after all that stirring!

I've just noticed my freudian slip in your quote of my post - I put "I home" instead of "I hope". Says it all really, doesn't it? :beer:

I just love that parkland view too. No wonder you are such a happy chappie .

needmoney

Exellent work for a blokee :beer: was Mrs MATH pleased?

bathgatebuyer

That's really tastefully done - really nice!

halia

MATH wrote: »

The trick to mixing paint is:

Only mix the same finishes together, ie matt with matt , silk with silk etc

Mix the full amount you need, never a test volume. If the shade is perfect you will never be able to replicate it.

Mix for twice as long as you think is necessary and then mix it all again.

Mix more paint than you know you will need. If you run out half way through you can never match it back up.

Mix a shade a tone lighter than you want because most colours will darken as it dries.

HTH

thanks for these tips! your room looks great btw.

I'm pretty good at DIY and decorating but OH insists on buying new paint for roms every time. We have 23 cans of paint - 10 of which are unpoened sitting in the junk room (oh sorry thats the tool store to OH). We're redoing the spare bedroom/study for Xmas, OH has agreed its to be mainly my study as I am working towards my PGCE and will need space for files fo work etc over the next 2 years.

Sooooo, I reckon its up to me if I want to mix paint! we have a load of nuetral / green shades in matt emulsion from the same range plus some match pots in greens and blues. I want a greenyblue colour so I will mix them up and see what I get.

What do you use to mix in and what type of mixing 'stick', I know I've a spare plastic buxket but I dont' want to go and buy a specialist stirring stick if something else will do just as well. I did do this a long time ago (pre OH) and I sed a wire coat hanger I had twisted to form hooks and a swirl on the bottom end.

Yategirl

anything will do as a stiring stick! needs to be slightly longer than the pot you mix in as to *try* (note the emphasis on *try* lol!) to keep your hands clean.... wooden spoon you don't want anymore or piece of old wood or dowl or even a clean garden cane.

have fun and let us see the results!

jess444_2

Looks fantastic - love the beads on the curtains.