Operation: Paint the Bedroom

I haven't posted in a while, I'm so sorry!  Sometimes life happens and I'm too busy.  However, I had to share the newest project at the house - painting the bedroom!

When I first moved into the house we discussed paint colors for the bedroom.  We had decided on a coffee-ish color and got a few samples to put on the wall.  UGLY.  The other decor in the bedroom is too bright for any brown and one of the colors we picked looked like we'd rubbed poop on the walls.  Big fail.  Then it turned into the holidays and painting was put on hold.  Yes, we still have a squared of poop colored paint on the wall.

This past weekend we did a major house cleaning and the bedroom was really cleaned nicely and we even put more stuff on the walls.  The room looks bigger already!  When the cleaning was done Stephen joked that now that all of that was clean I'd have nothing to stress over.  WRONG sir!  :)

I was flipping through a Better Homes & Gardens magazine, a bonus of my job, and I saw a paint color that I immediately fell in love with.  It was a True Value paint called Surfboard.  There isn't a True Value paint store anywhere convenient to the house, so I headed over to The Home Depot to see if there was a paint color similar.  Jackpot!

After playing with quite a few samples I narrowed it down to two samples and brought them home.  Paint on the wall always looks so different than in a can or on a sample card so I wanted to be sure.  What's 2 more random paint squares on the wall?

I spent about 10 min painting a section of the bedroom and I'm soooo happy with our color choice!  We don't have big plans this weekend so I have a feeling I'll start the bedroom painting.  Moving the furniture will stink, but that's why I have a big strong man to help me with the moving.

What do you think?

It's a nice blue-green color that works perfectly with our bright, Nice picture and the colorful bedding.  Our bathroom is an apple green and they work well together (it's similar to the green on the bed).  

Can't wait to share before and after pictures!

Calendar.... to Wall Decor

I hate blank walls.  They bother me.  A blank wall is yelling out to me, "fill my empty space!" and "you aren't creative enough to put something on the wall!"  Empty walls taunt me.

Above our couch we have a big, open wall.  I'd temporarily filled it with some paintings I'd done at Sips N Stokes, but they aren't big enough for the space and they aren't even framed yet.  They weren't working for me.


A year ago I bought a calendar of vintage travel posters with the plan that after the year was over, I'd cut out the pictures, frame them and make a collage on the wall.  That's right, I planned a year in advance.  And as fate would have it, I was planning months before I even met Stephen.

So that's what I did.  I picked my favorite posters, cut them out and put them in some cheap frames I found on super sale at an art supply store.  They look amazing.  

Stephen was great enough to hang them above the couch for me.  I'm so glad he did.  I would have spent 20 minutes measuring and adjusting and stressing out and he had them up in 5 minutes and they look perfect.  Exactly what I had in mind.  Now for some reason, I can't find the picture I took of them up on the wall.  

I have 4 pictures, all in 11 x 14 frames.  They are in a horizontal diamond, centered on the wall.  It was so easy to do and I still have 8 months remaining, I might try to find other, black frames (not matching) to fit the other pictures and add them to the wall.  We definitely have the space.  Such an easy project and they create such a focal point in the living room opposite the TV.  

UPDATE:  It took us a few months, but we bought a few more frames and also found a fun group of small, Italy pictures that we also added to the wall.  Here is the wall as it is now - before we leveled out all the pictures.  We were just so excited to take a picture!