Decorating...

Well, I guess we're just about all bu done with the major aspects of the theater. Not much more to do but some little things. We did get some of the decorating started. These pics are in the entrance/hall to the theater. It's starting to take shape, but we have some open wall space yet. :)

Just a reminder to click on the pictures to see larger versions....

Carpet is in...

Finally, we got the carpet installed... we were waiting for what seemed like forever, but was really only about 10 days. :) Still a little decorating to do. Wall art to hang etc., but it's just about done now.

Almost There II

More pics...

Almost there...

Well, it's about all done except for the carpeting. That should be installed within a week. Until then... here's the latest photos:

Getting pretty close...

I think we can see the light at the end of the tunnel... Won't be too much longer now. Lots of trim and touch up painting, but other than that, it's mostly just waiting on the carpet now.

Well... I'm pretty happy with the results from our first attempt of Bellagio Faux painting. We applied the first coat over our base color tonight and it looks pretty good already. We have a second coat to apply that will add some gold metallic highlights. I think it's going to turn out pretty well when it's all done.







We're trying to get ready for the contractor who comes back on Thursday to start the finish work. Door, chair rail, casing, baseboard, electrical switches/dimmers etc. Furniture comes this weekend and the carpet (delayed) is scheduled for install on the 15th. We're getting close, but waiting on the carpet is going to be a pain.

Theater seats...

We got a great deal over the past weekend on some theater seats. So, though we originally planned on a love seat for the back row, we've now decided on a row of 4 theater style seating. These are used but are in near perfect shape. We couldn't be happier with them. They're pictured below sitting the area behind the theater. We'll get them mounted on the riser when the carpet is installed.

Colors go on...

Well.. mixed results so far with the first round of colors in the room. I think we're going to love the color scheme, but as I've always heard, painting red (any shade) is a pain. We've put one coat of red (wine) on the walls and as you'll see, it's going to take at least one more coat. We're only keeping the base coat solid half way up, then there will be a chair rail and the top part will be a Behr 'Bellagio Faux' finish.

I think we learned one thing for sure. My wife was painting the top half of the room and I was coming along behind her doing the lower. Well, if I got too far behind, my coat didn't blend with hers and actually became a second coat where they over lapped. Thus giving us dark overlaps in the middle. I'm hoping it fades a bit as the paint drys, but I don't know... The paint in the pics had only be on the wall for a couple of hours. It's going to deepen much more yet. Or at least it's supposed to.

Dark Primer

Since we're painting the ceiling black and the walls burgundy, we decided to give the entire room a coat of dark gray primer. This should help the final coat cover better and stay true to color.

Primer/Texture applied

Drywall primer and texture applied today. Next step is painting!