Robin
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My room hadn't been decorated for about 8 years (when I thought having a yellow bedroom was a good idea  ), so I thought it was about time to do it.
Here's what it looked like before -
so, I took everything out of the room, to get started on it -
Since then, I've painted over all the walls twice with Magnolia, to cover the yellow and the wallpaper, and painted 2 coats on 2 walls and the ceiling, as well as 1 coat on the other 2 walls.
New Furniture sill be here tomorrow, and is a bit less dated than the stuff I had.
Then I need to decide on a floor covering, and get that done before putting the furniture in.
Also, I'm laying speaker cable under the floor, so i can have the speakers where I want them, without having to trail cables accross the floor, as well as fitting a decent Aerial socket, and a phone socket for the xbox.
more pics to follow as and when I get round to doing stuff, but I have a feeling it's gonna take a while, because of the floor, and the wallpaper dilemna 
[Edited on 23-10-2006 by Robin]
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Robin
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sorry about the shite pics
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tom_simes
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Sounds good rob, what floor? wood?
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fresh_creps
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look forward to seeing it done,like these threads 
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Robin
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yeah, I know people say its a bad idea in a bedroom, but the spare room (which I'm currently sleeping in) has a wooden floor, and its fine.
Not sure what colour to go for though, I'll see what I think when the furniture gets here.
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topshot_2k
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dont go for wood in a bedroom, makes too much noise
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topshot_2k
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lol beat me to it!
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Robin
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see my last post 
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topshot_2k
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my mate has a cushion vinly style flooring, looks like wood from a distance but feels real soft when you walk on it.
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CorsAsh
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I have a load of light bluey grey laminate flooring in the loft that I never got round to putting down.
If you get wood just cover it up with a rug.
I mean a wood floor btw.
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Robin
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its not a very big room, so the floorspace will only be about 1.5m square. a rug should cover most of it.
but tbh, I dont make much noise in my room anyway
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topshot_2k
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^^ 
trouble is wooden floors and rugs are not a good combination when you stumble in pissed 
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topshot_2k
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you going to keep the cabinets or go for wall length shelving? i had similar cabinets and now have built in shelves etc, tidier plus made loads more floor space
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Robin
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the cabinets have gone (nephew had them)
I've ordered;
Bed,
2 door wardrobe,
5 drawer chest,
3 drawer bedside chest,
8 drawer desk thing.
the desk won't be here til november the 9th though
I'm also gonna get some CD racks for the walls, no need for anything else on the walls.
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corb
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House day - Im off to solicitors tomorrow to hopefully sign some paperwork crap and should be into the house withing the next 2weeks?? fingers crossed!
I did my room at my mums yellow when I moved back there last year, was a creamy/whitey sort of yellow to go with a creamy coloured carpet I was getting, never got round to finishing it before I moved back out!!
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Robin
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You'll have to get some pics up when you're in 
Yellow is an absolute arse to cover. it took 4 coats in one of the colours 
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andy1868
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my bedroom is blue and yellow, if i could be bothered i would be decorating it. but i really really can't
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Icy
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i think we should do a post a pic of our room thread
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Robin
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when I'm done Icy
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andy1868
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i would, but i'm abit ashamed really, its very messy at the moment tbh
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Robin
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so was mine. you couldnt see the floor 
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corb
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Robin, I really really want to!! Cant wait to be in there and start doing my own 'thing' with it  Just money will be stopping me I think!
This is the dining table I want......
http://www.carouselgames.co.uk/default.asp?asptarget=products&id=E1C3E5A9_venise
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Robin
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thats nice and cheap
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Icy
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quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
i would, but i'm abit ashamed really, its very messy at the moment tbh
jus cleaned mine hence the suggestion
jus need to sort my mag collection out
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corb
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BUT have you seen what it can do?! It's not just a dining table.....................
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