Renovation Report: 13.10.2026
Hello Friends and Welcome Back!
We are several weeks into the Autumn season now, and I realize it's been quite some time since I last shared an update on the progress of the sewing studio renovation. So this week, I thought it would be fun to show off what we've been up to!
The progress on the sewing studio itself may not seem that impressive for over a month of work, but please keep in mind that we've been working on two bedrooms and the living room in this time as well.
I haven't been sharing updates on those rooms so far, but for this post, I wanted to share a little look at some of the other rooms too!
So let's take a look!
Prime Time Ends
We left off in the last update between coats of primer.
To really seal in the drywall, we decided on two coats of primer, which we finished applying at the beginning of September!
Playing with Paint
With the walls prepared, I was excited to finally jump into colour!
At least, that's what I thought we'd be doing next. Unfortunately, we had another coat of white to apply first.
My husband chose a bright white for the ceilings of all the rooms, to match the white frames of the new windows and our exterior doors, and to be a unifying colour throughout the house!
The difference between the primer and white ceiling paint doesn't photograph well, so you'll just have to trust that we did this step.
And now it was colour time!
I started by drafting a colour scheme for the house, including the white of the ceilings and a medium-dark brown for the stain we plan to use for any wood accents!
We'd had a different paint colour in each room of the previous house, which lead to a large collection of partial paint cans and some confusion over which colour belonged to which room. So this time, we wanted to limit the palette to keep it more manageable!
With six rooms on the main floor of the house, three paint colours seemed like the right amount!
The living-dining room and kitchen are pretty open concept, so they share the blue paint, which is called Orlean's Tune!
The two bedrooms will share the next colour, yellow, and we can make the interiors of each room distinct with decorations later. This paint colour is called Primrose Path!
Finally, we get to the sewing studio! It will share the green paint with the bathroom, a colour called Lilianna!
I love how the colour scheme turned out! Since each room has a similar level of saturation and vibrance, all of the rooms ended up feeling like they belong together!
And after over eight weeks of priming and painting, I think I may finally be finished with this step!
Shedding Some Light
While I was busy painting walls, my husband focused on getting the ceiling lights installed!
I'm fairly impartial when it comes to light fixtures. My requirements are that I have light where I'm working and that we don't use hanging fixtures that I'll whack my head on.
With that in mind, my husband chose dimable pot lights, which he spread across to room to get even lighting!
Trimming the Edges
With the painting done, we began a new step in the renovation process; trim!
We'll be making our baseboards and casings from pine and using the medium-dark stain I mentioned during the colour scheming phase!
So far, we've routered, measured, and cut the boards needed for most of the rooms, and have begun staining and varnishing them!
The stain colour we chose is called Red Oak, and though I think it came out a little darker than expected, I really like it as a contrast to the pastel feeling of the paint colours!
It does, however, contrast somewhat unkindly with the current flooring. We plan to change that eventually, but floors are expensive, so that won't likely happen for another few years.
In the meantime, we still have quite a bit of work ahead of us on the current part of the renovation process, so I should get back to staining!
Friends, thank you all for joining me on this most recent look at my renovation progress!
All the priming, painting, and staining I've done over the last few months has been exhausting, but has yielded some really lovely results! I'm excited to see how the next few steps continue to transform the sewing studio, and the rest of my new home too!
If you've been following along with the renovations so far, please let me know what you think of our progress in the comments below!
And though I've put a lot of time into renovations recently, I've continued to work on my stitching projects in the background! I can't wait to share more of my progress on that front when you visit again next week!
Comments