A work in progress…

One of the many things that my daughter Emily and I have in common is that we don’t do bored very well.  This weekend after doing most of the things that every weekend holds she found herself bored and in need of something to do, little did she know that I was bored and wishing to release a little creativity.  When she asked if we could purchase the paint for her room at 4pm on Saturday we quickly loaded into the car and set off for the home improvement stores paint section.  After looking at rows and rows of purple color choices we managed to pick two that we agreed on, purchased the paint and returned home to begin our “little” project.  How to accomplish an unplanned painting of a child’s bedroom in one (half) of a weekend, clear half of the room by piling it onto the un-empty side of the room, pour paint for your roller and begin.   Emily has been helping me roll her room since she was about 4, drop cloths were very important then but not as needed now, she rolls while I cut in around the room and when I’m finished I complete whatever rolling still needs to be done (mostly the top half of the walls).  By Saturday night half of the room was complete and we decided there was not enough light or energy to move everything again until the next day.  I took advantage of the clear side of the room with its freshly painted walls and began chalking out her new feature wall, Purple on Purple Zebra Stripes!  I usually like to look at some form of inspiration when I chalk out a design.  Sometimes it’s a small picture of what is wanted that I free hand and enlarge, this time I pulled the black and white zebra rug out of the girls bathroom and chalk in hand began drawing out the zebra design.  Finding the center of the wall was key for this design and while my wall is not an exact copy of the rugs design it was the perfect jumping off point so that the wall looked planned yet random and other than the fact that it is purple, like a real zebra might look.  Sunday afternoon we moved all the contents of the room to the dry freshly painted side and repeated the painting process and then the only thing left to do was put the room back together.  Lucky for me Emily is the daughter who thrives on order and she was very helpful in quickly returning the room to its previous tidy state.  While the painting is finished and we are VERY pleased with how the zebra wall turned out we are not entirely finished with this room redo.  Next we will begin changing out the window treatments, refinishing a shelving piece and eventually deciding on a grand headboard treatment and replacing the light fixture, I will as always keep you posted with our progress and hope you enjoy the journey with me.