Thankfully, I had a three day weekend - because I needed every single second of it to get Emma and Owen's room back to a livable state. I really, really, really wish I would have decided to paint their room BEFORE we moved the bunk beds in. It wouldn't have been a big deal to move the beds out for the weekend if the frames fit through the bedroom door, but they don't, which means we would have had to spend a few extra hours taking them apart and relocating to the living room. I knew we could work around them but it got preeeeetttttyyyy tight.
I went back and forth about whether or not to paint the ceiling...in the end, I knew I would kick myself for not doing it so I stopped pouting long enough to get it done. And I never thought I would have such a tough time choosing a shade of white for this room! Pinterest makes it way too easy to become indecisive. Benjamin Moore White Dove seemed to be a no-fail white from the things I read, so ended up doing one coat of that color in a flat finish on the ceiling. It was very apparent right away that it was the right decision. You can see from the photo below how dingy the ceiling had become.
The great part about Benjamin Moore White Dove is that it is also a great shade of white to use for trim and doors, so we also picked up a gallon of semi-gloss in White Dove. Emma scrubbed all of the little cracks of the windows with an old toothbrush while we were painting.
All of the trim and doors received two coats of semi-gloss.
For the walls, I picked Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter. It's the same color we have in the living room/dining room and adjoining hallway to the kids room. I think its going to be a great backdrop for the other things we have planned for their room!
It was a little tough to get a good photo of the room below...we can't put the bunk beds back into the recessed area yet because that wall will be getting some special treatment. So just pretend that portion of the beds isn't blocking the view :)
You can really tell in this next photo how crisp and clean the doors and trim feel with the new paint color. There were a lot of little fingerprints on the old paint that momma couldn't scrub off anymore!
The blue wall at the back of this photo is normally where the beds would scooch into - but we're not done back there yet so the beds have to stay in the middle of the room for another week.
Next, we'll be addressing the biggest problem of this bedroom - the lack of lighting. We went back and forth with several different options to add lighting and we think we've come up with a great solution. Hopefully we'll have that done by next Monday! At this point, I'm just relieved the kids can sleep in their own beds again tonight. All weekend they have been sleeping on a second bed we have upstairs in our master bedroom while we were painting. I know it was fun for Emma and Owen because it has felt like a big sleepover - but mom and dad are ready to move them out :)
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