Last week was Spring Break for me and I didn't have to work. I ended up working, though, at the house- from morning to night every day. I wanted to redo the upstairs guest room. It was the last room in the house for us to do. It was a nightmare! Here's what happened:
Nothing against lighthouses, we just had something else less thematical in mind.
That wallpaper border had to go! I started on Sunday night, and by Tuesday morning I was in tears. There was no way I could get it off myself.
So I called in some help! This woman came in at last minute's notice and used all kinds of special machines to get it off. Even she said it was really stuck on there. She was a great encouragement to me. As soon as they left on Tuesday afternoon, I got down to business. I painted all the trim, including two doors (from light brown to white). By Wednesday morning I was ready to paint.
But, another problem! I hated the colors! I thought I could pick out two shades side-by-side on the swatch, but it turned out way too bright. Needless to say, I was disheartened by Wednesday night.Thursday morning I got up super early and repainted the bottom half. When Aaron came home for lunch that afternoon, he showed me how to use his saw, and I cut all the pieces for the chair rail. I nailed them up the best I could, until he could get home that night to caulk and paint it. We put the bed together until midnight on Thursday, and then Friday by 10 a.m. the room looked like this:
You can see on the bottom I put wallpaper up (Tuesday night). It's the kind you can paint (Thanks for the idea, Kristen!). I only did one wall because it was taking so long- we just call it an accent wall and move on.What a relief! I love walking up the stairs now to see this finished room! Brooke was able to stay in it when they visited this past weekend (that was the reason for the hurry).
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