This Much is True: {progress: the guest room}

i feel like i have hardly left this room lately. so much painting to do! covering the wood paneling is taking 4 coats (1 primer +3 coats) and i have to use a brush to get into the grooves. the room is small, but the ceiling is high and sloped so it is up and down the ladder quite a bit. ooh...and did i mention the closet doors and doors to storage under the eaves are all louvered? i have had white paint in my hair for weeks! ;)

but...this week i have pretty much finished up all but the touchup on the white and moved on to the floor. all the nasty hot pink shag was pulled up and i sanded the plywood subfloor. because we didn't want to spend any money, i used the same paint as the playroom floor. score!

the door to the room was in rough shape. the previous owners must have had a dog (i can only assume) that was locked in that room at somepoint. there are HUGE hunks missing from the bottom of the door. and if that isn't enough, it is an ugly flatpanel door from the 60's/70's. nothing wrong with that if your house was built then, but ours is 100+ years old. it just looks so out of place. (there are many doors like this in the house and i would love to replace them all at some point with pretty raised panel doors. just not high on the $ priority list.) i used wood filler to fill in the bites out of the door. there was seriously so much putty in the door mike told me at one point to just go buy a new one. it is far from perfect, but i'm pretty sure no one will notice. (except those of you that come visit because now you know what to look for- ha!)

i went ahead and painted the flat panel door with chalkboard paint. in my mind, at least then it seems more purposeful- being flat and all. again, i already had the paint so no dinero. i am thinking it might be fun to do something a la shanna murray like this on the door to welcome guests and write them love notes. i also like the idea of using japanese washi tape to add photos and add a gallery of sorts to the door. maybe hand draw some frames for pictures??? feels a bit playful to me, but not over the top.