The Room that No One Uses

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Forgive the horrendous collage, but you’ll get the idea. One of our home projects began last January when we decided to remodel our old family room. No one used this room except me when I used my computer or had the fireplace going, but hubs and I wanted to update the room inexpensively. The painter we hired painted the doors, molding, and chair rails until he developed hip and heart problems. We hired one of his workers eventually. We hired a decorator, because I didn’t know what to do with that long, narrow, dark room with only one window. Along with the materials, she helped us choose a green wool area rug and coordinating paint for the walls. The rug had to be made up specifically to fit the room at an added expense, of course. The recommended painter fixed a twisted beam within the wall and painted the walls a pretty shade of sage green to match the greens in the chairs. He also painted our hideous looking built in wall unit. After weeks of waiting, the area rug arrived. An hour later, the furniture arrived. Unfortunately, the dye lot was way off and the rug looked hideous with the wall color. Our decorator came to help layout the furniture, but apologized for the paint and rug colors. She suggested a few shades of pink for the walls, and once tested, we had to rehire the painter to repaint the walls. We also had to hire a company to haul away our old furniture and my piano. I tried to give the piano away to universities, schools, family, and neighbors, but no one wanted or needed it. Finally, the shades arrived, but the curtain panels didn’t come in until the day after we arrived in Florida. We set up an appointment to finish the job when we knew we’d be back home for 9 days. It’s finally done after one entire year! We are very pleased with our pink walls, white cottage sofa, pink reading chair and hassock, and the tropical fabric on the chairs. Unfortunately, we spent much more than intended on this room that no one uses, but it’s so pretty that we all hang out in it now. I even enjoy reading in my little area and use my computer there. I can’t wait to go home again - kind of