Monday, May 9, 2011 at 10:15AM Is it too early for Coke Black?
Good god, I'm tired. Due to a suicidal ceiling fan, I'm back down in the guest room until Justin can make our new ceiling fan stop sounding like it's scraping paint off the side of a boat with a scythe. Egads. It's hot, I'm growing a baby, and try as I might, I just can't sleep without the ceiling fan.
The good news is that the bedroom is done, accessories and all, minus window coverings. I don't really mind - it's like living in a treehouse! - but Justin is a little more modest than I am. He just can't make himself put up the old blinds, though, so we're living like savages until he makes a decision.
Without further adieu, our new bedroom (in case you were wondering, here's what the paint job looked like before):
I'm a big fan of the stripe around the ceiling, and it's a good thing we decided to do that instead of putting up new crown molding (for those of you keeping track at home, the previous owners put door casing around the top of the room, which we stupidly put back up AGAIN after we painted five years ago) because it turns out our walls are all different heights, sometimes in the same wall!
This is my favorite part of the room. We'd always meant to have a little library up here, but the bedroom is always the last room you do, I guess. The bookshelf is the only new piece of furniture in the room; the couch and end table were in Justin's den, and the red chair was languishing in the basement, waiting for a good home. My dad and Justin were able to fix the window a few weeks ago, so now it has a screen again and is most useful. I read here every night before bed, and it's just lovely.
And yes, that would be an armadillo and a buffalo in Gracie's bed.
Reader Comments (5)
I am a BIG fan of the letters on the wall! Did you paint those yourself?
Ooo, love it! Really, really. Are you guys for hire? Oh well, I'm still going to steal that stripe around the top idea when we finally get around to painting our bedroom too, 'kay?
Great job you guys, it looks lovely even without window covering!
Looks fabulous! I'm very impressed. I love reading blogs. Fun to see where everybody lives!
That looks like a magazine! You guys are amazing! I love it!