Sydney's room

Here is Sydney's room makeover. We have very white walls in our house. And for years, Sydney has been asking us to paint her room--but since we have a habit of moving every few years we just haven't done it. So we told her that when we get to Shell we would paint her room. She held us to our promise and I (Heather) painted her room.
I've never painted before. Mike has been our resident painter since that was his summer job for years during college. So I just took it for granted that one day you had a white wall and the next it was a nice, pretty color.

Well, it was a bit harder than that. And I have great respect for all of you who love to paint and change the colors in your houses from time to time. Maybe it was the first day--when me and the kids decided to paint while Mike was on call. Painting with kids is not easy! We managed to keep most of the paint on the walls and not too much on each other or the furniture. Maybe it was the fact that I didn't have a ladder and kept climbing up on a chair to reach the ceiling. But after the first day/ the first coat--I was less than impressed. Streaky and messy looking. But look what a difference a second coat makes--and this time without help from the kids =)
Well, you know what's next. Sam's room. I'm taking a break for a day or two. Then we'll try and tackle that one.