Rachel asked to have her room updated for her birthday. She still has the baby pink walls that I painted before she was born. I love the color but she says it is too "babyish" looking. We worked for several days boxing up everything in her room and finding places to put the boxes in other rooms upstairs. Oh what a mess our upstairs is!
She wants her new room to be turquoise. She picked a medium shade but Stuart and I were concerned that the dark walls might make her already small room feel even smaller. We encouraged her to at least try the lighter shade on the same paint chip card and then decide. We bought small sample sizes of both paint colors and I painted a swatch of each on each wall. You have to do this on different walls because the lighting will be different in different parts of the room so you want to be sure you like the color on all four walls.
I let the paint dry then told her that it was about time to paint the second coat on the sample spots. When I made it up to her room, I found that she had just finished painting the second coat all on her own. She was quite proud of herself! Notice she is wearing her cute little Gymboree t-shirt and skirt (NOT painting clothes!). Oh that girl!
Of course, it took me a moment but I soon noticed that she made hand prints in the paint too. She actually didn't make a mess with the paint so all is well and I'm glad she is having fun.
She decided to go with the lighter color turquoise. It is a really pretty color. She has been a great helper and she has done a lot of the painting herself.
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