We've been in this house
almost a year and I decided it was high time to get rid of our wallpaper depicting scenes from the 1800s. You know how your bedroom is supposed to be the most restful room in your house? Ours may have been the least restful... and it's because this was all over the walls (and because of the gross teal carpet on the floor):
So I got some paint from
Restoration Hardware, Eucalyptus, to match our bedding (from RH in Eucalyptus... although a darker shade). One coat has covered fabulously well, which I was hoping for because I wanted to surprise AJ before he came home from work. And yes, I couldn't find our paint sticks so I'm stirring with a broken broom handle.
I need to do some painting on the molding and trim area, but all the rolling is done! It's not going to look perfect because I'm painting over three to four layers of wallpaper but whatever... I do feel like I'm going crazy when I walk in the bedroom anymore...
I'll post photos of the bedroom completely redone with the new paint... I'm hoping to create this mirror to go over our bed.
On a different note, we bundled Drewbie out yesterday night to take him to Home Depot (his favorite store :)). He looked adorable in his 25 layers! We weren't able to find any tiles we loved for our front entryway even though we purchased samples of everything from marble to sheets of gray colored pebbles. It's hard to find something that looks great with our dark wood floors and with the marble countertops. We're not sure where we'll look next. Any suggestions?
That's all for now!
Looks great, Jen! Wasn't the first time you surprised AJ with a paint job in his bedroom... Also, thought that pic of the starfish mirror was from your house already and I was wondering when you made it!!! Love Drewbie's little blue bear fleece.
ReplyDeleteYou painted the whole room -- three times -- by yourself? You're kinda my hero! Care to come to Kenya next to do stuff in our house? :) Looks great!
ReplyDeleteJen,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I can't imagine painting a whole room by myself...with a newborn baby. Bravo.
As for tiles (and this is mostly because we're mad cheap) Tim and I went to a local Habitat for Humanity resale store, and selected different tiles in a couple of shades for out kitchen floor. Way cheaper and we had some different textures and such, it came out very nice!
Jenna, I'd love to come to Kenya to take care of stuff in your house... I'll slip into your mom's suitcase and will have everything done by the time you get home from the hospital.
ReplyDeleteHolly, what a great tip to go to a Habitat store... I've never seen one around here so I'm going to google it now.
Kim, you were my partner in crime for the first paint job! :) I need you this time!