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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2015 15:12:08 GMT -5
Yep, you can buy texture in an aerosol can. I thought about that, but I'm guessing getting it to match the existing would be a b*tch. I have found out that I blame my kids way too much for not being able to get things done. I pick up the 5 year old tomorrow afternoon and I haven't started painting at all! The huge list of things I was going to get done while they were gone...yeah...didn't happen. To be fair, it's only been 4 days and it's been a crazy week at work. I've been putting in 10 hour days and coming home and just chilling. I worked on prep work a couple nights and have 3+ hours of mowing to do tonight.
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Post by t-dog on Jul 31, 2015 13:42:34 GMT -5
MPL - I do the same thing! 12 year old was on a cruise with grandpa for 10 days - of my list of 16 things to get done, I accomplished all of 3.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 31, 2015 13:44:45 GMT -5
I think it's a side effect of all that quiet! You can finally hear yourself think and complete an entire thought without interruption and it confuses you so much that you forget how to work as hard as you do when the kids are home.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2015 19:40:54 GMT -5
Ok, it's a month later, but I'M PAINTING! LOL Kids left at noon to go camping with my parents until Wednesday and I decided I'd better do this so I can put the kids room back together again. I've had everything drug out since the end of June. I spent an hour with all these greens and coppers and bright colors ready to go crazy and at the last minute dumped the entire plan and went with a light taupe and blue. I'm going to do three of the walls in the taupe and one (the one behind the bunk beds) in the blue. These are the colors. Once I had paint, I hauled ass. Since I got home this afternoon, I taped all the woodwork and finished the three light colored walls. Tomorrow, I'll do a second coat wherever it needs it (hopefully not much since I'm almost out of paint) and move on to the blue. The blue is scaring me though! I got the three taupe walls done and thought, "oh, this looks nice and soothing, not blindingly bright like it was, but still pretty neutral. I painted a small area of the blue and...it's blue. Really blue.
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Post by Opti on Aug 23, 2015 19:49:54 GMT -5
Blue is good. One dark accent wall will work, and you can always put lots of Minions on it to brighten it up temporarily. One of my siblings had a dark maroon accent wall. It worked.
Look at your pretty first posted picture. If later its too much, you can always repaint it. Or hang a bunch of those nice light cork squares on it. It will brighten the wall and give him places to pin pictures, etc. up.
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Post by DagnyT on Aug 24, 2015 15:12:53 GMT -5
That is going to look nice. Hope the little guy likes it.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 24, 2015 15:18:48 GMT -5
Are you painting older son's room too? Now that you've got your painting groove on?
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 24, 2015 15:22:54 GMT -5
I like the blue!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 15:23:27 GMT -5
Are you painting older son's room too? Now that you've got your painting groove on? His room was just painted (actually just built when we finished the basement 3 years ago). It's a dark green. Then 6 months after that, the basement flooded. He's been sleeping in the family room since then. That's another thing on the list. Get his room back to useable.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2015 22:40:56 GMT -5
I need more Minions!
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Post by msventoux on Aug 26, 2015 22:44:09 GMT -5
Good job!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2015 22:50:56 GMT -5
I still need to do some things to tie it together with the rest of the room. Blue valance, maybe paint some shelves that blue and put them up on the light walls... I didn't think the minions would look good on the blue with the blue pants, but I like them there. I'm going to get more for the other walls.
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Post by msventoux on Aug 26, 2015 22:54:45 GMT -5
I'm a bit jealous. Love that blue color and the minions are cute. Too bad it's not age appropriate for a not quite 40 year old.
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Post by debthaven on Aug 27, 2015 0:13:00 GMT -5
Great job MPL!!!
You can get blue bedding, or even just blue bottom sheets / pillowcases. And / or some blue accessories: desk lamp, lampshade, curtains, etc.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Aug 27, 2015 9:25:58 GMT -5
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 27, 2015 9:28:28 GMT -5
I'm a bit jealous. Love that blue color and the minions are cute. T oo bad it's not age appropriate for a not quite 40 year old. Says who?! It's your room decorate it how you want I say put some peeking out from behind the couch in the living room though.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Aug 27, 2015 13:25:18 GMT -5
I love that blue! Great job!
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Post by kittensaver on Aug 27, 2015 13:36:21 GMT -5
Minion pillow cases . . . I keep sayin' . . .
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Post by Angel! on Aug 27, 2015 13:38:49 GMT -5
That is adorable!!!
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Post by DagnyT on Aug 27, 2015 17:08:36 GMT -5
I think it looks awesome, but the real question is, "What does the little guy think?"
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Post by Opti on Aug 27, 2015 19:56:49 GMT -5
Awww. Of course more Minions would be good.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 27, 2015 20:44:15 GMT -5
Hey, I'm OLD and I Love minions!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 22:00:04 GMT -5
I think it looks awesome, but the real question is, "What does the little guy think?" He loves it! I was a little apprehensive about the blue...it's the wall facing my bedroom door so every time I'd walk out of my room that big blue wall was staring at me, but as soon as I slapped a few minions up there, it was all good. That guy up on the bunk bed saying "Bello!" cracks me up every time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2015 7:47:20 GMT -5
I ordered this growth chart to put on one of the light walls.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Aug 28, 2015 9:39:17 GMT -5
That room looks fantastic! Great job MLP ETA: I meant MPL
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Aug 28, 2015 9:56:02 GMT -5
And the room is so friggen clean. How the heck does that happen?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2015 10:07:36 GMT -5
And the room is so friggen clean. How the heck does that happen? I just painted! Everything got cleared out to do that and DS was gone camping with his Grandparents all that time. We don't keep much for toys in there anyhow....you should see my 4 season porch...or his closet.
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Post by CCL on Aug 28, 2015 17:19:47 GMT -5
When my kids were young I bought sheet sets, but they never used the flat sheets, so I used the fabric to sew window coverings. It was easy and really cute. You could buy a Minion set then you would have the pillow case, fitted sheet and window coverings for the price of a set of sheets (Or 2 for bunk beds).
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Post by CCL on Aug 28, 2015 17:23:14 GMT -5
I think it looks awesome, but the real question is, "What does the little guy think?" He loves it! I was a little apprehensive about the blue...it's the wall facing my bedroom door so every time I'd walk out of my room that big blue wall was staring at me, but as soon as I slapped a few minions up there, it was all good. That guy up on the bunk bed saying "Bello!" cracks me up every time. That blue's a great color. You did a fantastic job!
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