Paint Baby Paint

The time is finally here... We've signed the papers, got the keys and its time to make our house "Our Home". After closing on the house Tuesday morning, we swung in and scoped it out. The owners before took great pride in the home and left it very clean, but they didn't have the best taste in style. So I had big plans to get the whole upstairs painted before we moved in. Everyone doubted me along the way, but after busting my ass for 4 straight days it paid off. Even though I put in about 12 hours a day, I didn't do it all on my own... God NO! Brad's parents are down visiting and have been working to death all week too. And although Brad was held up at work, he still did his share in the evenings. I think that we've gone through 15 gallons of paint and primer this week? That's first priming every wall and then painting 2 coats of color on over 1300 square feet of house.
Dylan and Riley's room was a little girls room before with bright purple walls. So that was a MUST, to make it live able for them. I did 2 walls dark gray, 2 walls light gray, and then put a big Hockey guy shadow (decal) up on one wall. Obviously they will have a cool hockey room when all is said and done. We've got lots of other hockey paraphernalia to put up, including hockey stick curtains and jersey's but that'll come once we get unpacked.
Brady's room was the MONSTER of a room. The smallest of our bedrooms, and it took the most work. It started with blue wallpaper half way up the wall, topped with a chair rail that wrapped around the room. Then a stripe of Choo-Choo train boarder at the ceiling. Sounds cute, but it wasn't it... It was dated! So we pulled off the chair rail... that was freakin' GLUED to the wall, and pulled the drywall paper right off all the way around the room. And because they didn't size (prepare the wall) before papering, the wall paper came off in 1 inch strips. What a bitch!! It took 2 days to get all the wall paper and glue backing off the wall. We used every technique imaginable to get this crap off the wall. Finally it came off. Ron then had to go around and repair the ripped up wall from the chair rail, with plaster mud, then sand it, and spray texture, before we could prime. Once we got the wall ready for paint, I did 3 walls a light baby blue, and the 4th wall a dark navy blue. Further down the road when I've got some time, I'm going to paint a border of Bright Green and Orange circles on the dark wall. Hard to describe and visualize, so I'll post pictures when I get to it.
The rest of the upstairs got lightened up (from country blue) to a light beige... white as Brad would say. I have to admit I was going for a nice open airy look, and was too cautious with the color. So yes it is light, just a shade too light, but there's no way in hell I'm climbing a ladder to re-paint these 15 ft walls for at least the next year. I'm hoping it'll come together once we get all our stuff in. This beige went into our bedroom, for now, as I didn't want to live with the green that was in there, and I haven't found a new bedspread that I love yet to pull together a room.
The master bath also got a tinting of the light beige/tan whatever it is... but then half the walls are a mocha brown. I also did this brown on a few accent walls in the living room/hallway area.
The kitchen is scoped out to be a 2 toned green, but we are planning to tackle that after we get moved in.
Really I've just set the foundation for what's to come with new furniture, art, and fabrics. I just wish I could do it all at once, and get it just perfect. But I know Perfection takes time ;-)