I've spent the better part of the last 2 weeks 'making over' my bedroom and Punkin's bedroom. It's been worth it, but it's oh-so-much work.

Punkin's room was easy compared to mine. I tore down the border in about 20 seconds (It was one of those sticker style borders), washed the walls and 2 coats of paint later, I was finished! Sort of. I also had to rehang her blinds and hang her new curtains. And then I rearranged her room and put toy bins in the closet (which she LOVES).

My room...

The border was real wallpaper, so I pulled off the vinyl part, and then soaked and removed the paper part. I thought my shoulders might never recover. I then scrubbed the walls with TSP and a scouring sponge 3 times (incidentally, I apparently didn't clean well enough around the trim, as I have paint peeling around both door jams and the window jam). Then I primed the walls, as the previous owner had used a semi gloss paint on the walls. Yuck.

I painted the first wall chocolate brown. Mmmm

Then I painted the other three walls a kind of mushroomy colour. I won't say Mmmm because I think mushrooms are disgusting, but it's so lovely. The next day, I painted the second coat and I love it even more. Then I hung my curtains, my Dad came and built some shelves for me in the closet and I started loading crap back into my room.

When Beaker gets home, we're changing out the light fixture in our room (we have a really yucky ceiling fan right now) and we might switch out the trim in around the doors and window and put in the new baseboard. We'll see.

I also finally have the inspiration required to know what to do in my disgusting mustard yellow ensuite. I am very pleased.