Theme rooms

I thought I would do a quick post so that everyone can see some of the changes we have done to our new house. We love our house, but at 20 some years old, it needed some updating. Luckily the people before us, who had been here 6 years, put in all new carpet a few years ago, and had taken down most of the wallpaper.

The upstairs kids bathroom, was the worst of all of the rooms. It had light pink and grey 80's wallpaper, that was peeling off the wall around the shower. It was a very dark depressing bathroom. Every night when I would give Isaac a bath, I would pick at the wallpaper, and eventually one night, I couldn't take it anymore and I ripped it all down. That forced me to actually paint. We took down a cabinet that was not needed, painted all of the trim white to brighten it up and replaced the light fixture and faucet. Because it was the kids bathroom, I made it into a fun Fish,/ underwater theme. It turned out so cool. Here is a before and after photo. You can see that we are still stuck with pink tile on the sink, but at least our toilet, bath and sink are white. (I still need to paint the rest of the cabinet. Hopefully we will replace the linoleum soon as it is pink as well.) Gotta wonder about the 80's love of decorating with Pink!

I then decided to do Isaac's room, so that we could get him all settled before baby #2 arrives. This was really fun, though as you can see it took a lot of work. I decided to do a car theme complete with a mural. The woodwork on the trim and the window seat, along with the closet doors was pretty beat up, so I decided to paint it white. I hope to over the years paint all of our trim/ woodwork white. This is one of my favorite rooms that I have done, and I am looking to do another. It was really fun to be so creative with the painting, and not just paint it a single color.

I thank my mom and my mother in law for their painting assistance. Isaac loves his new room and points to the airplane and the cars and says "plane...car" over and over. He likes to jump on his bed and loves his slide. Thanks to mom and Mother in Law for the sheets and the quilt and a big thanks to Shawna Hoffman at church for the hand-me down bed. Nothing like free stuff!!!

My next project is going to be getting the nursery painted, hopefully before the baby comes. (I better do it soon, as that could happen any day) Once that is done, I am doing something for ME..I will paint our family room/ dining room, hopefully this winter. My goal for this summer is to get the kitchen cabinets painted white and paint the walls. Once that is done, I won't want to do anything for awhile!!