Hello M’dears!!
I know that sometimes we need to see something to feel the inspiration for our own spaces. So here is a peek at a room in my home that has had many makeovers!! Perhaps one of them will inspire your space!
I know pictures do all the talking, so I won’t go into greeeaaaat detail. Also, I am at home with 3 children and its almost dinner time. So, if you have a question, leave it in the comments below!!
This room was green with a golf-themed border when we moved in.
I painted the walls gray, moved my painting studio in and used the back wall as my wallpaper wall (wall where I test wallpaper ideas). Wasn’t it so cute!?!? The pattern shown on this wall is one I turned into a wallpaper. The two options are Studio Walls (small) and Studio Grande (large). They are fab!
Fast forward 2 years and my art studio moved, once again, into the Copper Corners Art Gallery (you can visit us HERE!). After moving into the new gallery… this room was abandoned. Chernobyl-style. It looked like I left in a hurry and never came back. Paint stains on the floors, old paint brushes all over, random pieces of art hanging on the walls… and the worst part… it stayed like that for about a year. Ever heard the saying ‘The cobbler’s children have no shoes’? Yes, same here. I am so busy making sure that your spaces are stunning and beautiful, that mine sometimes get left behind. For a year. Ha!
Here is a peek at what this room looked like for year. And this is right off of our foyer, guys! Which means that everyone who came over... saw my room of shame. I did manage to wallpaper the hallway though and it is STUNNING! It is the Slow Dance - Night wallpaper.
Chernobyl art studio
Since I was sick of living like a complete degenerate, the first thing we did was tear out the carpet and install hardwood floors. These floors are stunning in person and not nearly as expensive as I thought hardwoods would be! You can find what I used HERE. Since the stain was a tad different than our existing floors, we laid them horizontally (in a different direction).
Once the floors were installed I started doing the really fun stuff. Nailing boards to the wall. Ok, not fun. But DEFINITELY worth it in the end!
Here is a lovely photo of me, from a fascinating angle (taken by my daughter). I bought a whole bunch of these thin strips of wood from Lowes. They are about an inch wide and 1/4 inch thick, I spaced them 1.5 feet apart. Always have a level to make sure you are nailing them straight.
The strips only came in 8ft lengths and I have 9 ft ceilings. So, if you look at the bottom of the photo you will see a horizontal strip of wood, a few inches above the floor trim. I did this so that the 8ft lengths would work. Also, it beefs up the floor trim making it look better and giving the trim a richer feel..
Next up, testing paint. When painting more than one wall pinkl, my rule of thumb is to go a few shades more muted than you originally wanted. Once pink is on all 4 walls, it bounces off of each other, reflecting and making the room even more pink than you imagined. Tone it down.
I bought a few samples, tested them on all walls and decided that LoveBug by Valspar was the winner!
I also bought THIS RUG which I love, but decided that it would do much better in our upcoming Margarita/coffee/reading/adult room, because Barbie shoes and legos disappeared into the rug within the first hour that is was out. More on that upcoming room soon!!!!!
Lovebug Valspar will be on three walls. The fourth wall will be the tv wall, which will have the wallpaper CHEERIO BLUSH behind it. I am giddy with excitement to get to that part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once the first coat of paint was on the wall, I COULD NOT CONTROL MYSELF OR WAIT ANY LONGER. I immediately unrolled THIS RUG, put THIS TABLE together and pulled out some of my FAVORITE ARTWORK. The kids couldn’t wait either. They moved their dinosaur collection in ;).
Once the paint was actually finished, we moved everything in! The WALLPAPER still needs to be in installed, so that will be coming up soon in another blog post :). But, boy oh boy, I freaking love it!!! Today the kids told me that it is their favorite room in the house! Even my son, who was skeptical about the blush, says he loves it :).
I really wanted to have a sleek look that would showcase the CHEERIO WALLPAPER, so I painted the crown moulding as well as the floor trim the same Lovebug color as the walls.
Ok, I know you want to know ALL THE THINGS, so here are a few inks for the CHANDELIER , PIG ARTWORK, RUG, SOFA, FIG TREE and the CONSOLE TABLE..
And just because it is SO MUCH FUN to see before and afters…. here is one for you!
Next up will be installing the Cheerio wallpaper and then we will move on to the Margarita room!!!! Cheers to that!!!!!
Xo
M-C
P.S. UPDATE: Click HERE to see the wallpaper installed :).
