So, 3 years ago when we first moved into our house I painted our bedroom a lovely sage green. I also painted our kitchen a lighter sage green, a guest bedroom a grayish-green and one of our bathrooms a yellowish color that ended up being green once it was on the walls. Go figure. Needless to say, my husband was less than enthused by the amount of green rooms in our home (Hey! I repainted the dark sage nursery!), I felt it was time for a makeover from what I had decided was the green monster.
There was no point in even cleaning up the dresser. I figured it would all get cleaned up in the process anyways, besides all the good clothes are on top, right?! I believe the color is “Restful” but became more like avocado to me. Now don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy avocado, just not on my walls anymore.
I painted this entire room by myself. It previously had been an awful brownish color, so I endured a coat of primer and 2 coats of restful green. This time I had Aaron pick the new bedroom color, enlisted his help and insisted on using the new Behr primer + paint. In case you’re wondering, it’s awesome and 1,000 times better than Valspar’s one coat paint.
Ta Da! The new paint!
We had this color matched at The Home Depot from the Valspar Martha Stewart line, of course. Would I pick a paint color from anyone else?! Aaron and I were both looking for a blue color and I am completely into the blue/brown trend, you know..a trend I will probably be less enamored with in 3 years. I am NOT repainting in 3 years. Painting with a one year old is nearly impossible, as you have to paint at night when they are in bed.
We also replaced our horrible looking, builder grade ceiling fan. I am not a designer, I don’t need some fancy light fixture, I need something functional. Plus my husband insists that the ceiling fan run 365 days a year.
This is my favorite part of the new room, my home made curtains! I used Premier Prints Amsterdam in Brown that I bought from J Caroline creative. I didn’t use one certain pattern, but several different tutorials I found online. Trust me, there’s at least 100 different tutorials telling you how to make tab top curtains. I originally bought enough fabric to make 4 panels, but then my husband changed his mind and decided he wanted two panels and sheers in the middle. It’s much cheaper to buy sheers than make them, you could argue that about curtains too I suppose, but we bought the curtains at Ikea. I love how this print looks against the wall.
Finally, my husband has decided he wants a sitting area of sorts in our bedroom. So far there is this wonderful bookcase, and a chair (not pictured). The chair is a piece of our couch that we moved into our bedroom. We can’t come to an agreement about what sort of chair(s) should occupy this space, hence the space filling piece of couch. I also hope to add a quilt for our bed and use some of my left over curtain fabric to make some throw pillows for those imaginary chairs we’re getting. We’re also adding a flat screen tv to the wall. Don’t judge us for watching tv in the bedroom, we love a Friday night movie (Monty Python & the Holy Grail or Spaceballs to be exact), plus I work nights and Aaron enjoys falling asleep to Sunday Night/Monday Night Football.
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