House projects

We got an apartment up in Montana so we decided to take the bunk-beds that were in Claire's room up there, and get her a new bed. She is constantly getting hand me down's, so we thought it would be fun for her to have a new room. We went and bought her a new bed, nightstand and dresser for her room. I found the most adorable pottery barn kids quilt on clearance at DownEast, and decided to paint her room a light blue to match her "star" ceiling and also tie into the colors on her new quilt. I still want to find some decor for her walls, but so far it is darling! I love it, and it is so her. I will post pictures once her room is done. While I was painting, the girls wanted to help so I had them strip down to undies and help me paint. It didn't last long. Paint was dripping and going everywhere, and my patience was little to none...so all they got to paint was one little section. I love to paint, and had her room finished in just a few hours. There was very little prep, which made the whole process so much easier. 

This project has been the VERY WORST EVER. I can't even begin to describe my frustration with this stupid project. I wanted to paint the cabinets because they were looking a little rough. At first I thought I would paint them white like the other cabinets, but decided to just do black again. Anton had convinced me to not just sand them and repaint, but to strip the paint and then repaint after the several layers were stripped off. He was out of town when I began stripping the paint, and I sent him a picture of it and said "I hate you so much right now". I was so mad I let him convince to do that!! The paint will not come off, and the paint stripper is a pain to get off. It is just gummy, messy and just plain awful. It doesn't look bad in pictures, but when you see it in person and feel how rough they are, you can get an idea of how awful it is. Ugh. The joys of being a homeowner. The good thing is, I completely learned my lesson. Never again will I try to do that!! Another project I will post pictures of once it is completely done....which will hopefully be soon!