When my daughter graduated from middle school, our gift to her was to
update her room. To replace the sky blue ceiling with the cloud
cut-outs and the bright green walls. The room was decorated that way
when we purchased our home, and she so excitedly allowed the room to
stay as it was. Until heading into high school, when we all realized
she needed something a bit more mature. Sounds easy, right? Not
really. It took two years to chose the perfect shade of gray to
compliment the perfect shade of pink. And then it took time to
coordinate the replacing of all of the switches and outlets (that had
been painted bright green!). The new painted covers finally were
installed this January, and the poor windows are still waiting for
curtains. Overall, we were fortunate, the biggest obstacle we have run
into is a teenagers inability to make up her mind on window treatments
and lamp shades.
At least in the bedroom. I made the decision to
strip the wallpaper in my daughter's bathroom, because the custom made
coordinating print shower curtain was falling apart, and paint it the
same gray as the bedroom. Seemed like a great idea, until the painter
dropped the towel bar on the tile floor, cracking 3 tiles. No
replacements anywhere. I am now looking at new flooring, which has
exposed me to hundreds of bathroom pictures that I just ohhh and ahhh
over. I have an undeniable urge to replace the vanity top, frame the
mirror, update the lighting and plumbing fixtures, and paint the
vanity. Thanks to Pinterest, I think I can pull it off with a
reasonable budget. And I have plenty of time to look for decor ideas.
My daughter has kindly asked me to wait until she leaves for college to
redo the bathroom.
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