My painting marathon....

I always have these ideas...I always have.  Now that I am older, its harder to keep up with them.  I have been wanting to paint my guest room for quite awhile now, so when I saw this picture of a bedroom painted this beautiful green color, I couldn't get it out of my head.  I decided, that was the color I wanted.  I started looking for a new bed quilt and ended up finding the perfect thing on Amazon and everything just fell into place.  I went to Mennards to get my paint.  I brought in my accent pillow to match the green and found the perfect green...it's called "Green Giggle".  Loved the name and loved the color...I bought Dutch Boy paint because it was on sale.  I couldn't wait to get started.  I got all the taping done and decided I would get the trimming done so I could paint it on Saturday.  Well, that proved to be alot more involved than what I ever thought possible.  When I started painting it, it almost looked like I was painting with watered down paint, but I was optimistic that when it dried, it would look ok.  Wrong, clearly one coat was not going to do it.  I was doing all the trimming accept for the ceiling.  After the second coat, I thought surely that would be good...wrong...it still was streaky.  At this point, I thought it was just the brand of paint, so knowing one coat was not gonna do it and one gallon wasn't going to do it, I went back for more paint.  This time I bought the most expensive paint they had.  I started trimming up by the ceiling, which are 9 ft. ceilings.  I quickly realized it WAS NOT THE BRAND OF PAINT, it was the COLOR.  My "Green Giggle" will forever be known to me as "Sh#% Green" to me.  I bet I climbed up and down that ladder a million times.  It was clearly going to take 3 coats.  Trimming is always the most dreaded part of painting a room.  Doing it once is bad enough, but doing it three times is RIDICULOUS!!!!   I finally got it done and was ready to roll on the paint...which I got to do TWO times.  When it was done, I was completely exhausted, but so proud of what I accomplished.

   Now it was time to decorate...I knew I wanted to use all black and white pictures on the walls.  I had quite a few already, but still needed to print a few more.  I love the details of a room.  Little things that make a big difference.  I found a lampshade at Lowes that was absolutely perfect for the room.  I have discovered Pinterest and love the ideas I get from it.  I saw a picture treatment that I fell in love with.  I knew I had to do it.  I combined two ways to achieve it.  Instead of using scrapbook paper and wood or styrofoam and fabric, I combined it and used wood with fabric.  I had some old shelving boards that I wasn't using, so I took them to Lowes to have them cut into 11 inch squares.  Next, I went to Hobby Lobby to find the fabric.  I was lucky, they had little bundles of fabric squares in the black and white that I was looking for.  It was $9.99 for 5 squares.  I figured it was cheaper than buying it separately.  I decided a spray adhesive would be just the thing to adhere the fabric to the wood.  It worked beautifully.  I was going to staple it to the back of the square like you do when you cover a chair cusion, but found that the spray adhesive worked well on the back too.  It gave a more finished look.  I attached a hanger to the back when I was done and was ready to hang my creation.  I hung them over the bed, four in a row, for a really nice statement look.  It really became the vocal point of the room, since everything else was black and white pictures.  I decorated everything else in the room with things that I already had.  I just love how everything just came together.  We are hosting the Montague ThanksChristmas this year and expecting overnight guests.  I'm thinking I may have to have a lottery to see who gets to sleep in the "Sh#% Green" room.