Finishing the floors, North Bedroom

You'll remember we just finished repairing the walls and ceiling in the North Bedroom.  The color is a dark steel blue to match fabric found to make matching drapes. 


Last weekend, we pulled everything out of the North Bedroom in order to paint the floors two coats of a dark expresso color, "Coal" by Valspar.  I like the contrast between the painted floor and 10" off-white baseboards.  

Here are some photos taken this afternoon, while putting the furniture back into the room.  We changed the orientation of the bed, moving it to the long wall (17').   I'm more confident of this arrangement. 

Gone is the butterscotch color of the floors. 

The round table $15 thrift shop find.  Blue/white vase purchased at auction for one dollar.  The yellow- gold channel back chair--a gift from a friend. 

Salvaged ceiling fixture from the house.  Cleaned, re-wired, re-purposed two identical fixtures for the north and west bedrooms.  Free stuff is the best, isn't it?  Especially when you find yourself just wild about it, right? 

We have to remove everything from the rooms upstairs, (one more time, aghhhhhh) in order to install crown molding to all the rooms upstairs.  Unfortunately, that project is nearly at the bottom of our "winter" work list.

Tell me, have you given names to the bedrooms at your historical old house?  Did you use first names, or last names?  I've thought about naming rooms after previous owners. 

For the summer, I removed the shears from the windows.  Although they are very pretty shears, the view of the large front yard is much more fun.  And, with the shears out of the way, makes it easier to open the windows and enjoy the breeze. 

The household items left behind included a folder of papers . . . inside was the bill of sale for the standing steel roof (1955), and a letter from the 1950s congratulating previous owner on accepting the job as of president of our township.