Room Redo:: Twins

When we first bought this house almost 5 years ago, every wall was white. Or beige. No joke. I have been soooo overwhelmed at the thought of decorating, painting, or anything else. So much that I have done pretty much nothing until this year! Bit by bit, things have been coming together, walls have been getting painted, projects have been completed.

Back in 2007, I did add some vinyl decal-thingies to the twins’ walls, along with some red and blue striped vinyl. It was not bad, especially for their 4-year-old selves. But they aren’t four anymore. Time for an update.

For the past two weeks, I have been slaving away tearing decorations and posters off of the walls. We have been organizing toys, giving away boxes of stuff, and throwing away bags and bags of trash.

The colors (darker turquoise, limish-green, and orange-butterscotch trim) are totally wild, but they work GREAT together. Seriously!

Before (ignore the child-labor and jammies, please):

twinsroom-before

twins-before-2

After:

twins-room-after

twins-after-2

Not too bad for an amateur, huh? I must say the twins have NEVER played in their room this much and this nicely before. It’s well worth all the work I put into it!

from bold and bright to beautifully distressed

One day a few weeks ago when I was in a bit of a grumpy mood, my husband stole me away and forced me to go to Pier 1 with him. {hello, instant mood-lift!} We found this {extremely heavy} mirror on clearance for $45. You guys KNOW I can’t turn down a bargain, and apparently neither can Justin, because he snatched it up and loaded it into the back of Wally.

The mirror sat propped against the wall ever since. I would stare at it and try to decide where it’s place should be and it just didn’t fit. It’s just not ME! The mirror screamed makeover.

Before:

Two layers of the base coat:

I painted on a base coat of gray, then ran to Lowe’s and picked up a shade of turquoise, along with some glitter crystals. The color + glitter layer went on, and then I used some silver-ish paint I already had to “distress” it.

Voila!

What do you think?

 

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All my 8-year-old wants for Christmas is clean water for 500 people.

did somebody say makeover?

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