Clinton's Room

When we bought our home two years ago, one of the major selling points was the interior paint job. All of the common areas - downstairs and the stair hallway, and the upstairs hall - are a lovely shade of green. Our room is some sort of textured-looking brown. Our bathroom is a tan color with leaves etched into the texturing of the wall - very creative. Lynda's room is a very pale yellow. Our powder bathroom downstairs is green with flor de lis designs painted on it, and the ceiling looks like the sky with scattered clouds.

Then there was the pink room.

I'm not a big fan of pink. It has its place, but I'm a purple girl. A soft pink might have been nice. This room was painted with Pepto Bismol. From downstairs, looking up, you would see an erie pink glow coming from the door.

I went out of town for the weekend to see Summer, and Craig conquered the Pink Beast.

We picked up a sample of the color we liked and tried it out on the wall a couple of weeks ago.

Before I left, we laid down paper to protect the laminate floor, and then Craig went to town! He had to prime the pink surfaces first so that color would not overpower the color we actually wanted in Clinton's room. There were also little flowers all around the bottom of the walls, so he had to prime that, too. He worked all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, taking short breaks to watch the paint dry in between coats. On Saturday, Ashlee and Parris came over for a little while to help.

Craig did a really good job. He taped off sections since we were using two different colors. The room has a chair rail all the way around, so we decided on a nice green for the top, and white for the bottom. He painted all of the trim, and both doors (to the room and to the closet). The door also had flowers on it.

Clinton's room looks SO good now!!! There are some places Craig wants to touch up, and then we'll pull up the paper and get all of the painting supplies out of the room. (Thanks, Dad, for the painting supplies and tips!!!)

Once we are completely finished with painting (after the touch-ups), we can move on to furniture and decorating. We have the crib in the garage, disassembled, from when Ashlee was a baby (thanks Stacey, Parris, and Ashlee!) and a brand new mattress (thanks Mom and Dad!). We'll also have to put together the dresser we got at Ikea (thanks Frankie and Becky!). Those are the big things. Stacey also has a glider rocking chair and ottoman for us, so we'll need to pick that up as soon as we have a place to put it.

I'll be glad to get the furniture assembled and in place, so we can start putting Clinton's clothes away. You wouldn't believe how much stuff he has accumulated already! We've bought a few things for him, as I suppose parents should, and he has also gotten lots of new stuff from friends and family. Besides that, when I went to see Summer in Fort Worth this past weekend, she gave me TONS of clothes for Clint!!! I'm honestly not sure if he will ever have time to wear them all. At least we'll have more time in between laundry days...or maybe laundry hours...

It is exciting to have a starting point now for our son's room! I can't wait to get it all finished!!!

Thanks, Craig, for all you hard work!!!!