Transforming....SLOOOOOOOWLY

At first there was the great ugliness. tulia's room rated 2nd ugliest in the house. due all to the blue and medium blue and dark blue and then the blue sponge paint. it had to go. but not at first. only over time.

at first we lived with it. then made modifications along the way. such as a bunk bed and some furniture rearranging. but who were we kidding? we needed paint.

but which paint? at first i was dead set on aqua. then mustard, then this two tone thing. but the set up wasn't right. should the "juicy fruit" color go on top? (ps- after giving in and letting tulia choose a pink, she went against it and refused pink, this juicy fruit was our compromise).


or should the juicy go on the bottom? should edgar jump up on the sill? oh yes he did. was it wet? oh yes it was.

Should there be any yellow at all? Oh lordy. so yeah after playing around with colors for three days, i ended up getting rid of the yellow. the juicy fruit basically rules. it's feminine and it's playful. i think it ended up great. EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT I'M NOT DONE YET!!!! that's right. it needs a second coat. that blue was torture to cover up. so yeah, tomorrow i start again.

but i needed to set things up and feel like things got accomplished.

and they did. i like it. i even pinched pennies and cut her old comforter in half making two covers for her bunk beds. i think i might be satisfied.