In recent years, J's bedroom was nicknamed a "museum" by members of his family. Essentially, J hadn't changed or cleaned out his room since he left for college. And on top of that, his room became the storage area for extra guitars and recording equipment. It was starting to get difficult to walk around. It took us several days to wade through all of J's old stuff and decide what needed to be thrown away and donated to charity.
Finally, though, we're done! After this MASSIVE cleanup and new paint job, I give you Sam's new room:
I really have to give credit to my friend Ixoj for the green paint idea. A day or two before I moved she mentioned seeing an "awesome!" paint job that was done in kelly green. Although this isn't quite kelly green, I became fixated on using green in Sam's room because of that conversation. Thanks for the inspiration, friend!
Phew. This battle is over. One room down, three to go.
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The paint job looks so good! I love green in kid's rooms. Kirsten's room is a green shade too, just a bit lighter than that. I wish you had a picture of the old wallpaper that used to be there. I'm trying to imagine it, but it's a little hard to do!
The room looks great. I like the shades of green and blue you selected. I hope this becomes the Magic Sleeping Room for Sam.
You've all worked hard!
PS Wallpaper disclaimer: Jeremy selected his own wallpaper way back when. He has refined his design tastes.
Great job! What a great view from the window!
Hurrah for green paint!!
Old skool Seahawks colors! Maybe he can put up the poster of Kenny Easley sacking Ron Jaworski that N used to have.
very cute! you guys are fast! i hope you can get the other rooms done soon as well.
Hooray-- it's done and looks great! I'm glad you like the blanket. AND this may sound brutal, but I've heard that it only takes a couple of nights of letting your child scream before they finally learn to soothe themselves. Having him cry it out will be harder for you to take, but I've heard it works. You'll figure it out, and hopefully Sam will as well before he moves out :)
I like the colors...what makes it even more fun is because those colors are very trendy right now....in ten or twenty years it will feel just like the old room....But I hope it does not feel as icky as the plaid did :) Maybe by then they will have magic paint that will change color to fit you mood or you can changes at any time with a magic computer thing....
True story: Just the other day a friend and I were talking about how we couldn't understand why all tv shows/movies always show the adult child's room as frozen in time -- after all, when someone grows up and goes to college, they pack up their belongings, right? I'm so excited that Jeremy's room has proven me wrong and made all movies (partially) authentic. I honestly find that so cool. :)
And the paint job looks really good!
Coolies!
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