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Room Service Atlanta: The Girl’s Cottage Progress

April 23, 2013 By Rhoda 9 Comments

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My friends and I have been working away at the United Methodist Children’s Home project.  We jump into these things and then get to the point where we want to throw our hands in the air and call time out.  There never seems to be enough time to do it all, but somehow we will manage.  We did manage to get the walls all primed a few weeks ago, so now it’s ready for the final coats of paint soon.  It’s hard to coordinate all of this with 3 busy women, but with texts and emails back and forth, we somehow get things done.

me Lori Angela

Me, Lori and Angela, celebrating the priming.  That’s one of the paintings we found a the thriftstore which will be part of our scheme.  It’s all evolving, but I’m sure it’s going to come together.

Angela painting

We got busy with 4 of us priming that day and got it all done in one day.  Angela was painting a donated bookcase for the space.

priming paneling

And soon, all this nasty brown paneling was covered with a nice coat of white primer.  Better already!

Sheila and Angela

That’s another blog friend, Sheila, who came out to help us paint which helped us get this job done in one day. Thanks Shelia, she was sweet and helped me paint at my house too last year.

Lori

Lori was working on taking down this small upper kitchen cabinet, since it really doesn’t serve a good purpose. We’re going to spruce up this space the best we can.

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Angela painting the bookcase and walls.

priming done

After lunch we finished up and we were happy to see all white for a change.  My friends at Payless Decor are donating new bamboo blinds for this space, which I’m so grateful for.

more priming

Freshly primed and ready to paint now.

primed space

It will be fun to see some color go in here and get our entire plan worked out.

kitchen cabinets

The kitchen has a super cool brick wall.

kitchen to bedroom

And that’s a wrap on the priming.

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Angela put together this collage of artwork that we found at the thriftstore.  All of this vintage goodness will really add to the look we want to go for in this space.  The girl’s cottage will host young women from about 18-21, so we want something pretty, but sophisticated too.

Think we’ll pull it off?  We certainly hope so! Stay tuned for the finale, sometime in May.

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  1. Laura J says

    April 23, 2013 at 7:22 am

    Hi Rhoda — this is one of my favorite stages of a project, when everything is clean, fresh and ready for anything. All the years of nasty have been wiped away and the space is ready for a new beginning. Very exciting for the young ladies who will be staying there – can’t wait to see more . . . .

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  2. Debbie says

    April 23, 2013 at 7:22 am

    How fun! Looks great girls. Can’t wait to see the next step.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Hope @ Fairhope Supply Co. says

    April 23, 2013 at 9:34 am

    My heart is touched every time I see progress on this project. Having a beautiful place to live is a treasure and a taste of peace in an often stressful life.

    Keep going!

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  4. ERIKA says

    April 23, 2013 at 10:16 am

    I think its so great you all blessing these others volunteering your time doing this. And its great Payless is donating blinds too. Worthy cause I am sure. Looking forward to seeing how it finishes out. Oh and your porch too. 😉

    God bless

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  5. Susan @ My Place to Yours says

    April 23, 2013 at 10:52 am

    Smiling here… You’re making great progress! I know the young ladies will appreciate everything you’re doing for them.

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  6. Carolyn says

    April 23, 2013 at 11:26 am

    I love knowing that you and friends are giving of your time and energy. Hoping that more learn from your example.
    Thank you:)

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  7. Melissa @ HOUSEography says

    April 23, 2013 at 11:53 am

    Just wanted to tell you that the Room Service project was so inspiring to me that I took on a similar project in Virginia for a safehouse for women and children. I posted the final reveal today. http://www.houseography.net/2013/04/doorways-safehouse-finale-before-after.html

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  8. sondra says

    April 23, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    What a wonderful project you all are working on! God bless you all!

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  9. Beth in the City says

    April 24, 2013 at 8:22 pm

    I have no doubt you will pull it off! But it sure sounds like hard work.

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