I probably wont’ have a whole lot of time over the next couple of weeks to get very many books read and reviews written because it is closing in on my summer project time. I am in the middle of one book that I will, hopefully, have time to sit down and finish later today. After that, it might be a bit hit or miss.
Summer seems to be major project time for me, especially since my kids are home for the summer. The last couple of years, the focus was on my boys’ rooms. This year it is Baby Girl’s turn. I’m going to be doing a full on re-do of her room starting with getting all of her furniture either cleaned up enough to be good or even repainted in a few cases where there are too many scuffs and scratches or even just had the paint wear off.
The next part of the project is going to be to repaint the walls. As usual, I’m feeling a bit ambitious and won’t be doing just a simple paint the walls a new color. No, we are doing two different colors with a new piece of trim about 2/3 of the way up the wall and a tree silhouette in one corner with a couple of cat silhouettes (’cause we can’t do a project in her room without including at least one cat), 3D flowers and butterflies (which I think we are going to have to make) in and around the tree, new bedding and curtains and a whole lot of rearranging of the stuff that is already on the walls so that the pretty new design doesn’t get overwhelmed.
I’m kind of in a hold patter with starting as I can’t get the paint colors until her comforter comes in. I’ll be starting on getting the furniture ready and painted first. One piece I even have to take to my Dad to get him to repair a small crack. Since he will be fixing it in his spare time and everyone in the family is always demanding to take up every bit of that time with their own projects, he may not be able to get to it right away.
Even though this is probably going to be my biggest painting project yet, it will be well worth it when I’m done. I absolutely love how a room looks when it has a fresh coat of paint, even more so when it is is a new color. When we moved into this house over 11 years ago, all the walls were a very bland beige for the express purpose of me getting to repaint them all. It was my blank canvas. It has taken a while, but Baby Girl’s room is the last major room to get painted. The only rooms that will be left will be the part of the kitchen over the cabinets and the laundry room. Since I could care less about the laundry room and I’m not thrilled with trying to crawl around on top of my cabinets, I’m not certain I’ll ever do those rooms. More than likely, I’ll start back at the beginning with new colors. Not any time soon though. This project will be more than enough to run my creative juices low enough I won’t feel the need for another paint project for quite some time.
TJ Fox: Sharing the Experience 