Painting done - now the fight is on

Who will get the room?

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 Well this is what I have been doing in my spare time - hahaha - spare time, what is that!!! Well I asked this myself but managed to juggle work so that I completed my paperwork before the kids went to school, did the practical stuff in the morning and that left two afternoons this week to paint.

Dawn had a room in her house that had a mouldy wall and the floor had sunk in the corner. So she got in Longsilver Construction to lift the floor, remove the wall, pink bat it and re gib. I said that I would paint it to save her the money. So the builders etc finished it on Tuesday morning.

Over Tuesday and Wednesday I got the undercoat/ sealer on and two coats of paint plus painted the trim. Boy I went hard out to get it done as I am leaving today for Wearable Arts Awards in Wellington (so so so thrilled as I have always wanted to go).

No, It's MY room!!

Anyway all the girls LOVE the room and they are now trying to work out who gets the room. Dawn said she should have been in the photo pushing the girls out of the room and claiming it for her. (my boys even got in the mix and said they would have the room!)

Linking to these parties

The new room

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I have one big tip for everyone wanting to renovate an entire room - Don't do it by yourself!!! Now I tend to do these things when Aaron is away because, to be honest, he can be more hindrance than help. But if he is dressed in the right clothes etc then he is good at the muscle stuff - lots of rollering on the walls, taking furniture in and out etc.

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This project almost became too much for me and halfway through I wanted to give up. I cleaned, sanded and prepped the room on Friday night till 11pm, Saturday I just finished painting at 11.30pm and Sunday the entire project was finished, in between going to church - seeing Pop for fathers day, at 10.15pm.

The pictures do not show the black curtain up. I now still have to put up new shelving etc and redo the foam pad on the blanket box and make a pin board. So I have two rooms half done!!

Paint drying

Paint drying

Eli chose the colours months ago and has been pretty strong about that choice being a good one. So I went with it. Why not give him what he wants? He is now also asking for a new quilt to go with his room!
Linking up here

Bedroom makeover - stage 3

Well I am now down to the fine tuning of the room. The Black curtain is up - just need a hook on the wall to hook it back during the day. The blue, with yellow and orange flecks, sofa has been recovered using a black fitted sheet. The base of the bed has also been recovered using a black fitted sheet instead of a valance. The white duvets I made from old sheets - here- look great on top of the bed.
So - hook for curtain, New quilt to match the room, and fix the storage issue - the bookcase is so shallow that everything falls out of it, and then it will be done.

Teddy enjoys the new sofa