Weekend Painting Projects

This last weekend we had a long weekend. D had a couple of days off at the end of last week, so we decided to tackle several painting projects. We painted the girls' room and all the livable rooms in the basement. I was sick for several of the days, and wasn't able to help as much as I would have liked. D's parents were here, however, and so we were able to get everything accomplished that we had set out to do.

One of the bedrooms in the basement before it was painted. The other bedroom is very similar, it only had a different color of paint. We didn't actually mind the colors, but they were so banged up they needed some help.

The same bedroom after it was painted and had the furniture back in it. Right now the basement is all the same color. Eventually we may paint a wall in each of the bedrooms to dress it up a bit.

The girls' bedroom before. The picture is a bit dark, but the room was painted gray and dark blue with a horse border that was partially torn off.

Now their room is pink and purple (just a little bit girly). On this wall we did pink stripes on the top portion. They are very subtle because the pinks are the same color, we just used a different gloss in the paint. We also replaced the horrible light fixture and hung some of the girls' wall hangings.

Over by Bria's bed we hung the letters we had painted for her when she was born.

Both girls seem to be enjoying their newly painted room. And I am very happy with how everything turned out. It is nice to walk into a room that has nice, fresh paint.