Greetings everyone. I'm another week into transforming our sunroom into The Boho Lounge and while there are no exciting pictures to share yet, I've still made a lot of progress. Or I hope you'll agree it's a lot of progress because I am wiped out! I've been prepping furniture to be painted, started painting furniture, finished (I think) the walls and I feel like the room is finally taking shape! I think I need to take a moment away from painting over the weekend so I can take inventory of the smaller projects that still need to be finished so they don't catch up all at once at the last minute. Anyways, let me dive into all of the progress of The Boho Lounge's transformation.

By The Week

Week 1: Dry testing the furniture arrangement, revealing the design plan.
Week 2: Removing the remaining wallpaper, prepping walls for paint, caulking wainscotting.
Week 3: Painting the walls (I hate painting walls, I suspect this is where I falter)
Week 4: Install curtain rods and curtains, touch up paint, decorate.
Week 5: Final decorating, Photographing. + Install Curtains/Rods + Finish Painting Furniture + Install Shelves
Week 6: Reveal the finished space.

Two Toned Painted Walls

I had originally planned to be a bit further along in the painting process than I ended up being thanks to my inability to schedule multiple aspects of my life carefully. Last week we were out of town for a whole week so now I've had to play catch up. I also have a bit of decorating ADD and projects I didn't originally plan on taking on have been taken on. So this week I do not have curtains and curtain rods installed to share but...

The walls are (I think) compeltely finished. I've looked them over a few times and I can't find anywhere that needs another coat. I think I'll do one more of the white for maximum brightness but the top color went on in two coats.



The top color is called "Winter In Paris" from Valspar's line of paint available at Lowes. I shared a picture of all of the paint chips I was considering and let everyone vote on it on my Instagram Stories. I like this color because it's a light-medium blue toned grey that doesn't lean to powdery and purple nor does it look pastel. The paint color also makes the white look even more vibrant in comparison.

Painting Furniture

So besides the walls, I've also started working on painting some furniture that was not in the original plan. Since I'm reusing furniture that I already had on hand but want a brighter feel to The Boho Lounge, I'm using DecoArt's Satin Enamel paint in Pure White.

I have an accent table from when my husband and I first moved in together that was a red toned wood color. I gave it a good sanding with my random orbit sander (maybe too good, in some places I sanded right through the wood veneer). The table functions well as a table and serves me much better than it would on the curb so I'm working on getting the paint opaque so it can be a beautiful spot for plants and coffee.


Then I have the bottom part of the Broyhill china cabinet that lived in my dining room for years now. I never utilized the shelves and cabinet well so that part has been removed and now I've filled the holes where the pieces attached and will sand the whole piece this weekend to prepare for paint.

What I've Learned About Painting Furniture