A One Day Project

In search of a project that I could work on and actually FINISH quickly, we took a rainy day and turned to Meg's room. Other than the long-term projects which are on the "someday" list (more effecient windows, and eventually tearing out the carpet when we take the whole upstairs back to hardwood), the only thing which needed to be done in her room was painting. The whole room was a baby blue (including the trim and wainscotting), ahd she had her heart set on a Hannah Montanna room with various shades of purple. We had one shade in the curtains, and her bedding was another shade, so she just needed the walls to complete her perfect room.

It was quite the challange, painting without removing the furniture. Considering her room is 8 feet by 7 feet, and that we had to work around a loft bed, dresser, desk, chair, and book shelf, I think we did a good job. It's a good thing she's tiny though, or we would have missed a LOT of spots.

And the best thing about this project... it was done by bedtime. YAY!!


Before (pardon the mess- she's allowed to keep it as messy as she wants, as long as the door is closed and I don't have to see it)


We bought several different "Oops paints" from Home Depot (wrongly mixed colors- they mark them down to between $3 and $5 a gallon) and allowed Meg to mix them to her heart's content, until she got the perfect "Hannah Montana" shade of purple that she wanted.



The deal was that Meg had to do most of the painting herself. I tried not to step in and correct her too much, since she'd be the one living in the room, not me :-P


Repainting the wainscotting back to white. Who on EARTH thought it looked good in blue?!


An example of the finished room. I need to take a pic of the whole thing, but you get the idea at least for now :-)


PROJECT COSTS

Oops paints $9.50
Roller cover $1.07
White trim paint $5.00
(we already had the painters tape and paintbrush, as those had previously been charged to the "general house" project budget, so I'm not counting them here)

TOTAL COST: $15.57