Living Color!

Big, BIG, B I G THANK YOU to my lovely cousin, Serenity, and her daughter, Brecken, who volunteered to have Sammie come play for a day this week... so Sammie's mommy could paint! Sammie LOVED having a play date with Brecken and all Brecken's toys.

In the meantime, here at home, I spent the entire day painting (and occasionally patting Spencer's head or handing him a cracker, etc.). After our start-up painting experience (explained in my previous posts), I was afraid it would all be quite the fiasco. But once I got going, things actually came together much more quickly than I anticipated. So... in one day, I finished the trim in Sam's room, painted the wall in our bedroom, and painted the kitchen wall, as well. Here are the results...
Spence loves Sam's new room. Above, he waves hello while holding onto her bed (which he just learned to climb up on!). It looks purplish, here, but really it's pink pink pink. (Check out Spencer's darling little snaggle tooth. He's cutting the second front tooth now, so these one-tooth-smile dayse are almost at an end.)More of a full-room shot, below. It will look more complete (and even more pink) once we get her pink stripey curtains hung and the pink butterfly pictures on the wall. Eventually we'll add a white board to cut between the two pink colors... not yet, but sometime soon.
Here's the lovely kitchen wall... golden honey yellow. I love it, especially at night.
And a daytime view...Here's our new little "computer nook" in the corner, with my new cute little laptop sitting at it's new roll-top desk home.
This picture shows the colors best, I think. Plus, I love the "peaches" sign, and how well it matches the paint.
I also love the green hutch on the yellow wall. Brian laughs at how much I love it, but it just turned out sooo much better than I even expected. And it was easy and fast!
Here's a shot of our bedroom wall. It's the same color as the kitchen, but the lighting is totally different (darker) in our room, so it looks like a different color to me. I have big plans for decorating that wall. Stay tuned!!
And, last but not least, I thought I'd add some pictures of our new couches. These shots don't show the reddish-orange and gold accents in the couch, but they show the overall look of the room. A nice change and so fun to see things coming together like we want them to look!

Once more, big thanks to Reni for her help in our decorating projects!! And thanks to Brian for putting up with all my woes and frets as we got things organized. Next paint project -- Spencer's room. It might be awhile though. :)