6 Girl Room Redo-the walls

When deciding what color to paint my daughter's room I knew I wanted something light. When I read Dana's blog...I knew I wanted a light blue of some sort. I got a sample from Valspar and it was a little too light...it just looked white to me. So I went over to Lowe's and picked out a new color...I chose the middle one, Fountain Mist.


So the painting began. Since we were painting over a light pink, I didn't bother priming and I'm glad I didn't. We also didn't bother taping...because we found the coolest gadget ever, the edger. Yeah, I've painted many a room in my day...but I finally decided to use it and I'm wondering whey I was so scared of it before! It was amazing and so fast!!


I wanted to add something a little extra to the walls...and since I have a brand new Silhouette, I broke it in and made a fun scalloped border. It was inspired by this room, although her's in contact paper and mine is vinyl.

I cut it all out of my vinyl, two scallops per sheet at 25" long. I wanted to put them up in small sections so it would be easier to handle. I thought I would need my hubby's help hanging it all, but since they were in such short pieces, I was able to put them up myself.


I just love how it turned out...and my daughter loves it, which is the most important!

1 Girl Room Redo

So I have slowly been redesigning my daughter's room. When we first moved into our home 2 1/2 years ago, I made the mistake of asking her what color she wanted her room painted. And of course, her three year old self said pink. I painted it pink and tried to make it work. About six months ago I decided to redesign her room. She just turned six and I wanted something that she could grow into as she gets older. So as I'm working on things in her room, I'll be sharing them here on my blog...and at the end I'll post her cute new room! :)

So here's the before pictures...(by this point I had already changed out the hardware on her dresser and updated the metal anchors on her bed):


And here are the inspiration colors for her room...with accents of silver and dark wood. I love it!


So join me as I redesign my daughter's room...first up, a new wall color!!