The Bedroom Make-Over

As I mentioned on my Stamping Blog , this past week was spent giving my 8 year old son's room a much needed make-over. The beauty of this make-over was that very little was required (and therefore very little cost was involved!). Three gallons of paint, some new roller brushes and a few hours each day was all that was needed to transform it!

James helped me paint the light blue wall....he was an awesome painter! Of course his arms got tired after doing one wall, so he let himself have a "20 minute break" haha. So cute!

We ended up moving the bed around so that now there isn't a big huge empty space in the middle of the room....and I like the way the new colors work with his existing furniture.

Jem's favorite color is red, and he desperately wanted a red wall! We gave it to him...one SMALL red wall behind his dresser, where eventually a tv will go....but let me tell you, FOUR coats of paint for this wall! UGH! I will never, ever, EVA paint red again. I just won't do it. It takes too many coats of paint to make it look decent, and I refuse to ever paint more than two coats on a wall again. So there!

The dark blue color (called "Mariner Blue") was my favorite! I love love love it!!!! Overall, I have to say that I was very happy that on Saturday, August 7th, as I sat at my kitchen table {bored and needing some kind of new project}, I decided to re-do Jem's room. He is so happy with the outcome....and for $100 he has {what seems like} a whole new room!



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