paint my room

I had painted my room twice before. It’s always been fun to do it and made me happy in the end…

This time, I got bored of what I had painted (two colours of pink, and one tiny part with stripes even, I am SAD that it’s gonna get gone… :() but it got too dirty. Mom keeps saying that she’s gonna get painter to paint the whole house, but she has been saying that since last summer. So today was the time to buy the paint.

Lovely colours…

Tomorrow I’ll be packing most of my stuff, moving some out of my room so I can start to paint in the early morning next morning. Yay! I’m so happy!

ok soo im half way thru im changing it from really dark colour to white so i need a few coats so iv done two already and then i need to do one more doo the wood work and then the floors and ill be done with this and on to the fun bit of arranging my room how i like it and bying new things for it!!! btw loving the smell of fresh pain in my room p.s im not a glue sniffer btw i just like the smell of fresh paint!!!

When my family moved into our first house since my mom and dad’s divorce when I was little, I was excited about a whole lot of things, but probably one more than any other: I got to paint my room. Any. Color. I wanted.
After MUCH careful consideration and endless debates (with myself, mostly), I chose a gorgeous (in my opinion, of course) shade of dark, rich, almost jewel-toned, almost red, <3 pink <3. It’s official shade name was Bella.
Now, let me tell you, I am the first to admit that I can be a ridiculously indecisive person. If I buy a shirt and later decide I could’ve saved my money for something I’d like better, I’ll mourn it for a month. (I know, I’m crazy – but at least I’m honest :P). But this color – oh, I cannot even explain with words that exist how much I absolutely adored this color. I never ONCE regretted it (!!!) or even thought about what it would be like if I’d chosen something else. Basically, it was just… me.
So, of course, when we had to move a few months ago (and I had to paint over it beforehand), I was pretty devastated. Even more so when the apartments we moved to did not allow painting.
However, (as mentioned in my “Unpack my room!” goal), we have since moved again, and the place we now live DOES allow painting! :D Before we even began packing to move again, I bought the paint (...and guess which color I chose?) and all the supplies. I planned to paint (with the help of my best friend, Kelly) the night we got our keys – but this just so happened to also be the night before we moved in. I thought this was a GOOD reason to schedule the painting adventure on that particular day (so it would be all done and out of the way before having to deal with moving furniture and boxes around and having to sleep somewhere else for a few nights, etc.) – but alas, my mom disagreed, and was worried I wouldn’t get enough sleep before the move if I carried out my plan.
So now here I am, moved in (sort of – again, see “Unpack…” goal… skdjfhsjdkf) for probably about a month now, and… the paint remains contained in its can homes, inside my closet.

Must. Paint.

That’s all.

I am tired of boring bland white walls. I need color! and i want my room to reflect some of my personality. I have three colors in mind, purple, green or scarlet red.

my walls are in a state. I have no idea what this room was used for by our house’s previous owners but the paint has so many holes and the walls are covered in grubby black marks and scratches! i’m hoping to buy the things i need in time to paint it on valentines day when my boyfriend will be here to help (it gives us a nice excuse to go out for a romantic meal since the house will smell of paint fumes!) i want 3 walls in a neutral, cream colour, and one in a nice coffee brown, to match my amazing bargain curtains (i found them hidden in the stockroom at work – did a quick price check and found they were on sale nearly 2 years ago and reduced from £45 to £4!)

I know that, for me, this was supposed to be a “summer goal” and I didn’t exactly get around to it… but it’s going to have to be done soon… There’s one of those dampness stains coming up on my ceiling so I’ll have to attend to it some time or another… I think I’ll keep the colours I have now, however… My room’s super cool :D

i soooooo wanna do this. i want my room in four different colours. one’s red for sure. the others… maybe yellow, orange, purple, i don’t know, but warm ones. i really wanna do it these days, but it’s winter so it’s not the best time i think.

It shouldn’t be hard to paint, but the obstacles are OTHER things like replacing the air conditioner and cleaning it out.
It’s on the list now.
So one step at a time.

Because this Christmas was extremely hard without granddaddy here we did things differently. After opening presents and eating monkey bread mom and I painted my room. I love the new color and the room feels larger with darker paint on the walls. We also finished my shoe bench we were making and got it in my room. Things are starting to come together. New room, new year, new life!

Where can I read on-line instructions on how to paint my room. I want step by step instructions.