Timmy's Good Work

Last year, we had a big makeover done on our house (rather, my fiance's parents' house), but we were pretty much given free reign on colour and decor, within the budget, of course. While we are still going, we are very close to the end. The first thing on the list for a makeover was a new paint-job along with a new colour scheme.

Lach wanted to have bold colours, that would not show a lot of dirt and marks, as there are quite a few of us sharing the house. So he chose dark blue as the main colour with white trim. I have to admit that I was sceptical to start with, but the more I thought about it, the more I warmed to the idea. I did have one request, though, that we have feature walls throughout the major rooms.

These are some quick pics that I took of the final result:

As you can see, we did choose to paint the smaller rooms like the small bedrooms, bathrooms and laundry a lighter blue, as the dark blue would have been very crowding and confining in a small area.

While I did take these photos on my good camera, I only adjusted the Exposure, added some Fill Light, played with the Tone Curve and turned up the Sharpening, all in Adobe Lightroom 3. 

I suppose I should mention who did the painting. Downstairs was done by a workmate of one of our housemates, Mark, who is actually a builder. We only had him do the downstairs area because he had another full-time job, which meant it took a few months to get that part done. As it turns out, my cousin is married to a professional painter, who we neglected to even think of when we first started the painting, our problem. But when we did need a new painter, Tim was who we turned to. He gave us a quote, on the upstairs interior to start with, which was very reasonable, so we hired him. Him and his workmate took about two weeks all up to paint the upstairs interior completely, a vast improvement on the three or four months that was the downstairs area, and the finish was impeccable. Needless to say, we got him to do the exterior of the house too, using the same basic colour scheme. The weather was a bit of a pain, but Tim kept an eye on the radar and let us know whenever they would be unable to work because of the rain. All in all, they were very professional and did a great job, as you can see.

If you want any work done in the Brisbane area, here is the link to Tim Hodge's website:
http://www.voguepp.com.au/painter/