A while back I took on the job of rearranging pretty much our entire house. I decided that I wanted the kids to share a room. Why you ask? I talked to a lot of people and it confirmed my thoughts that kids' relationships can grow when they share a closer space. Why not then!? I know that EVENTUALLY our kids won't be able to share a room, when they are older....so why not do it now while we could. So I approached my hubby about it and much to my surprise, he agreed! First thing first...the "girlie room" that was Georgia's was going to be the room that they would be sharing and we can't have it be girlie...so I had to come up with a theme. Here is a photo of the room as it was...well, as the walls and border were....

So once I decided on a theme from a border I picked, I spent a lot of time trying to decide a color for the walls. I decided that if the border came down easily then I would do TWO colors and put the new border at "chair rail height". If the border didn't come down easily, the new border would cover up the mess. Much to my surprise, the border came down SUPER easily, with no problems. Took me only a couple of hours.
Next was the primer. This actually took two coats to cover up the bright yellow but it wasn't too bad. For this job though a friend of mine wonderfully took the kids for the day so I could get it done all in one day! YEA!
Now was the fun part...the colors! This I did a little at a time. The top color that was some sort of "wheat" color, only needed one coat. The bottom dark brown though, required two. After the painting, we waited a LOOOONG time to do the border. My hubby and I had never put a border up before (my MIL had done the last one for us) so we were a little intimidated by the idea, especially with it not being up against the ceiling. BUT we finally went for it and it wasn't bad at all! We even got the entire border to wrap around, matching up PERFECTLY! It was shocking! (there are a few little areas between doors, closets, etc which we thought would make it a bit trickier). Anyway, I LOVE it! It looks great and I love the colors that are in it that we can bring out with decorating. So far I'm bringing out the red, blue, and some green.

I thought I was going to wait and post this photos when I was completely finished with the room...as in decorating, putting up shelves, etc. Right now the walls are bare. BUT I decided not to wait. With as long as it took me to do this much, who knows when I'll finish AND post!
:0)

Oh, as far as the rest of the house, Caleb's old room has been remade into a guest room with my computer desk and such. Our bedroom has been COMPLETELY rearranged with different furniture (ones we bought last summer for Georgia to use but ...well...it's too nice!). And the playroom was rearranged when we took out the twin bed for Caleb to now use! Lots of changes...and the only new purchases were the border and paints! :0) FUN FUN FUN!

6 comments

1. Dawn @ simply transparent on April 14, 2008 at 7:16 AM

   Nice!
   Come do mine next!
   
   BTW~ You've been tagged!
   
   Come to my blog to see w/what!
   
   Dawn :0)

    
2. Grateful for Grace on April 14, 2008 at 9:00 AM

   Such a good job, sis! You should post pics of *your* room, too. Everything looks great!!
   Help me remember those two things for the kiddos room.
   
   love ya TONS!

    
3. Unknown on April 14, 2008 at 5:17 PM

   oh my goodness, I love it. I've been trying to think of a theme for my boys room and I may steal your animal theme. LOVE LOVE LOVE it.

    
4. Chelsea on April 14, 2008 at 8:35 PM

   My room!!! I am going to miss my blindingly bright in the morning yellow walls and bumble bee border. So sad to see it go. :D

    
5. Chelsea on April 17, 2008 at 4:13 PM

   umm... its Thursday. That means yesterday was Wednesday. Just sayin' thats all :)

    
6. Anonymous on April 22, 2008 at 11:59 AM

   Really cute! I think the kids will both absolutely love it!