Ta-Dah!

Finally! Violet's room is done.  Well... it's 98% done, there is still one thing left I want to do.  Violet had originally wanted an "Angry Birds" room.  Call me horrible, but no.  not going to happen. So this is my version of angry birds. They aren't terribly angry but they are beautiful!

The yellow bed came out perfectly.  It went beautifully with the bedding Violet and I agreed on, which is Spring Sparrow by Pottery Barn. I found the quilt which was just the right rusty red I was looking for at Target.  I thought I was never going to find anything that would work, but there it was, just waiting for me last weekend.

The other side of the room.  Violet's room is extremely small, only 8x10 so we did a few things to maximize the space we do have.  The boxes on the side of the dresser are part of that.

I've had these boxes kicking around the house forever, not knowing exactly what to do with them as we don't really have a great space on the wall for them.  They were absolutely perfect for this project.  One holds library books, one holds hair brushes and accessories and the one attached to her desk is basically a stand in for a night stand.  In such a small space there was no room for both (believe me, we tried!) so a sconce above the bed and this box are just right as as a "stand" in.

 Last thing the ruler growth chart! There are a million tutorials out there on how to do this, and it really couldn't be simpler.  Pick up a piece of wood at the lumber yard, stain it, and add numbers with a sharpie. I absolutely LOVE how it came out.  It's a really fun piece to have to measure everyone that comes over, even adults!


That's it! I'm hoping to take a few better pictures this weekend, but in the Pacific Northwest, who knows when we'll get enough sun to improve them so bear with me!

Sneak Peak

I'm almost done with Violet's room, but I wanted to show how the bed turned out before I do the whole room. It's beautiful! It was so so worth the work.

It really goes with the bedding she chose perfectly.  It is beautifully set off by the wall color.  Hurrah! All that work paid off!

 Close up of what the brush strokes ended up looking like. Not bad.

Couple tips if you decided to do this project.
1. Sand the brass well
2. Spray the primer evenly
3. Painstaking, thin even coats is the only way to go
4. You only need about a teaspoon of paint when it's all said and done.  I bought a gallon and you can't even tell I used some.
5.Make sure your lighting is good so the coverage is even

That's it! Stayed tuned for the final reveal and how to make the most of an 8x10 bedroom.

Cheers!

9th day of Boozemas

"On the 9th day of Boozemas my true love gave to me, 9 angry birds!"

One of them even made it into the picture. He's angry he can't drink some of this delicious concoction, which I'm going to call a Chocolate Orange. Nothing says Christmas like a chocolate orange in your stocking and here we have it in a cup. 1 oz of Grand Marnier and 4 oz of hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and some orange zest for color. This would be an amazing thing to have to have after a day of sledding or building snowmen, but since we have no sign of snow here in Seattle we enjoyed it after a long day at work.

Cheers!