Gutted and Primed

Over the past several days I have managed to gut and prime the room. Painting the ceiling was probably the most tedious part since it's just porous ceiling tiles. While no one would ever notice it, I would always be reminded for not trying to get all the wholes and tile seams painted white when sitting in the room.

As you can see, the old stick down floor tile is nothing special. It's covered in old paint splatter and around the perimeter of the room the tile is busted (not really visible with painters tape down).  This was caused from pulling up the carpet tack strips. I am very thankful they didn't glue down the padding under the carpet to the floor like they did throughout most of the basement! The decision to leave the floor tile is 1) time 2) a larger project for full basement remodel another time and 3) safety, the house was built in 1965 and the mastic used for the tiles is probably cancerous. I have already popped off tile in my first apartment which I probably shouldn't have... I don't want another brush with that again. I also caulked around the floor because I didn't feel like this room needed baseboards, also its a basement and I don't want no creepy crawlers in my space!

Now to tape off the ceiling and trim to get ready for paint.