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March 5, 2007
It was just like on the TV shows, I swear....
.... Except there was no camera crew....
......or budget paid for by advertisers......
........or team of professionals doing all the work....
..........or sending the homeowner to a spa for three days.
So on Friday I decided this was THE weekend, the weekend to makeover my bedroom. I went to Lowe's and bought the paint I've been obsessing over for the past two months. Pink, just a whisper of pink. The truth is I hated the paint chip, but I figured when I got it on the wall it would be just the color I was looking for.
I brought it home, emptied the room (in otherwords threw all my clothes in a basket and deflated the air mattress I've been sleeping on for three months), washed all the crud off the walls, and started painting. It was 1:00 am before I finished the walls, and I wasn't sure about the color, it didn't seem dark enough.
On Saturday I took the ceiling and trim on. I HATE painting ceilings, and trim, and for some reason doing them took twice as long as the walls, and used up more paint too. Getting the trim done brought out the pink in the walls and now I was worried it was too dark. I was up until almost 3:00 am.
Sunday morning, just a few more things to take care of. Like electrical work, I put three new outlets in and installed a dimmer switch, crossed my fingers and turned the breaker back on. Nothing buzzed or popped or smoked, so I went back upstairs to test my work, everything was fine, I was elated. Then I took on the door knobs, they don't make those things like they used to. Now the hardware is smaller, and the screw holes just barely don't line up with the old ones. I split the difference and somehow it worked. Except the door won't lock, it was locked just fine when I installed it. I turned the knob to unlock it and now it won't relock. Even after I took it off and did it again. I hid the pin just outside the door though, in case some preschooler who is smarter than me stops by for a visit.
Putting the window treatments up went better than I expected, and the smoke detector went up well too. I wish I could say the same for the $5.00 full length mirror. If you ever spend the night in my room, please be careful opening the closet. And then there were the PERFECT baskets, an incredible TJ Maxx find, and too big for the shelf I intended to put them on.
But in the end, I wound up with a bedroom any princess would be happy to sleep in!
Posted by Anna at March 5, 2007 12:14 AM
Comments
next time you're at ikea, pick up one of their tape measures.... or talk one of your lucky siblings that lives near ikea into mailing one. they are very handy to keep with you while shopping... of course, "eye-balling-it" is so much more adventurous! good job on your room!
Posted by: sarah at March 5, 2007 10:37 PM
I like it!
Posted by: Leatha at March 10, 2007 6:45 PM