Instead of enjoying our quiet house, Wes and I decided to inflict torture upon ourselves. After MUCH delay on the part of two parents, the makeover in Avery's room has finally started. If you recall, part of her birthday present was to have her room painted. She went back and forth, back and forth, back and forth on paints before deciding on two completely different shades of pink and purple than her original selections.
I'm sure you are asking, "what could be so hard about painting a room?" That would be a sensible question to ask. However, you have to keep in mind that the walls were striped in two different shades of pink. What does that mean? Well, it means that the darker pink paint is thicker than the lighter pink paint. It also means that you can't simply "paint over" the stripes. Oh no...you have to sand them down to even out the walls. We also took down all of the shelves, spackled in the holes, and really just worked to "clean up" the walls.
As you can also tell by the pictures, we worked on the ceiling too. Wes painted it and it really soaked up the paint which is not surprising considering it hasn't been painted in probably twelve years. Know what else soaks up ceiling paint? Carpet. Yep, it REALLY does. Ask Wes, he can tell you all about it. I would like to think Avery's bed will cover that big spot, but it looks like we will be investing in a rug to compliment the new room makeover.
I did manage to get one coat of primer up before calling it a night at about 1:00 in the morning. Hopefully tomorrow will be smooth sailing and we can enjoy this holiday weekend.
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