Well, not so much. DD and I painted her room on Sunday. I added some color around our place in April/May, and have the paint to do my bedroom, but haven't been motivated to do it. DD has been asking to paint her room for a long time, but I have been blowing her off because she kept asking for black. No way. If we were in our own place, I might let her do some accent walls, but we will have to prime every wall we paint when we move out of this place someday.
Anyway, Sunday morning, I just got the painting bug again and couldn't do my room as DH was going to be working on his paper all day. So I got DD up, and we went to Lowe's to see if we could agree on some colors. It actually went well! My only caveat was that she couldn't pick a color darker than our living room wall (a dusky gray/blue.) She thought for sure this would mean color she liked would come out to pale and babyish. We actually quickly agreed on not only a main color (dk lavendarish) but an accent color (light charcoal) with which to paint "casual" stars over her bed.
I had her help me, which doesn't always go well since I can be a perfectionist/control freak, and don't like to repeat myself to someone who is old enough to listen the first time. (I know, I know, I need to calm down already) She did a great job! I showed her how to mask, cut in the edges and roll. She rolled the main wall all by herself while I cut in ahead of her! We haven't gotten to the stars yet, which will be my challenge as I have to force myself into asymmetrical work, but will post pics when it is done. Hopefully I can get some good shots-I was having a hard time getting good shots of just the main color...
Look for the pics soon- aka
