Crescent Park · Interior · 4 days

Crescent Park living room

Living and dining room repaint in a 1920s Crescent Park house: walls from the builder’s linen to Sage eggshell, ceiling refreshed in flat white between the beams, the beams and the stone fireplace masked and left alone. Trim washed and touched up, not repainted.

The finished living room: sage walls, beamed ceiling, stone fireplace and French doors to the garden. — Sage TC 214 eggshell · ceiling white TC 001 flat

Days on site: 4 days on site90-minute color consult the week before
Size: 2 rooms · 640 sq ft of wall
Colors: Sage TC 214 eggshell · ceiling white TC 001 flat
Crew: Same lead, start to finishEstimate, test wall, walk-through

Before and after

Before and after, same light.

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The finished living room: sage walls, beamed ceiling, stone fireplace and French doors to the garden.

The same living room before: warm linen walls, same furniture, same light.

Sage TC 214 eggshell · ceiling white TC 001 flatInterior · 4 days

Materials and prep

What went on the wall.

Walls Two coats Benjamin Moore Regal Select, eggshell
Ceiling One coat flat white between beams, beams masked
Prep Hairline cracks over the arch filled, sanded, spot-primed
Protection Floors papered, rug rolled, sofa wrapped in place
Trim Washed, nail holes filled, two touch-up spots
Left behind One labeled quart of each color

On site

From the job log.

Day –7 · Consult: Three drawdowns on the fireplace wall at 4 pm, when the room gets its light. — Day –7 · ConsultThree drawdowns on the fireplace wall at 4 pm, when the room gets its light.

Day 2 · Cut in: Every edge by brush before a roller touches the wall. — Day 2 · Cut inEvery edge by brush before a roller touches the wall.

Day 3 · Second coat: Rolled wet-edge to wet-edge, one wall at a time. — Day 3 · Second coatRolled wet-edge to wet-edge, one wall at a time.

“They painted a test wall and I changed my mind. No sigh, no charge. The second color is the one in the photo.”
Hannah R. · Crescent Park

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