Plotting and Scheming... Colors

I've finally decided the color scheme for the majority of the house. I still have to figure out the bathroom, the sun porch and the upstairs second bedroom. The colors below are the final choices for their appointed rooms. I'm going for beachy/earthy. Our bedroom is currently painted in Sherwin William's Sea Salt. I plan to keep it the same color when we head upstairs. Little G's room is done except for the trim. I have the paint for Little R and Baby K's room, it will be painted when we finally transition. I have painted the back entry and most of the hallway. I hope to finish the hallway in the next couple of days (I'll post pictures soon).

 

Speaking of the days to come... Baby K will be making her first appearance this Thursday! ... unless she decides to show sooner. So, lots to look forward to!

Sharing Spaces

Little R has been the proud owner of a big girl bed for a couple of weeks now. She loves it! We didn't have any problem transitioning her from her previous "bed" (the couch) to the new one. Notice the walls. Yep, she's in Little G's room... now their shared room. That change was made by necessity for the moment. We had an energy audit the week of Thanksgiving and found we have little, and in some areas, no insulation on the second floor. After talking out our options, we figured that the best solution would be room sharing until we can save up enough to properly insulate upstairs. So, as of this moment, we have baby K (due to arrive in less than three weeks) in our room and Little R and Little G in their shared room. Although it may be many months before the girls' mermaid room and little G's big boy room are realized, it is all working out for the time being.

Her first night in her big girl bed. (So cute!)

A Big Girl Bed For Little R

I just happened to be surfing the internet this morning and saw that there was an online sale for the bed I was planning on buying for Little R. The best part is, not only did I get it at 55% off the regular retail price, but I also got a $20 gift card for purchasing it, plus free shipping! How awesome is that!?

This super adorable bed is part of the At Home with Meijer Avery Collection. It looks very similar to the Anderson Bed from Pottery Barn Kids but is more than 5 times less expensive! 

 Here's a side by side comparison

                      Anderson                                                 Avery

Not too shabby, eh? I like that the Avery bed is more cottage styled and white rather than off-white. I think all-in-all I got the best deal possible... well, unless I could have gotten the bed for free.

"Moore" Paint Coming Soon

After narrowing 100+ blue Benjamin Moore paint swatches down to just three, I'm nearly ready to embark on another painting journey. It may be long and treacherous but in the end I know that it'll be worth it since it's for my girls. With so many choices I had to enlist some help. I grabbed one of every blue paint swatch from the local paint store and then asked Bran and Little R to pick out their very favorite. Bran chose Benjamin Moore's Bashful Blue (it looks paler in the room.) Little R chose Benjamin Moore's Blue Flower (it looks less green in the room.) I really liked both of their choices but chose Benjamin Moore's Ocean Breeze. I felt it was brighter and maybe more of a "kid" color, if there is such a thing. With the final three chosen, I put them up in the room for the week to see how they would look at different times of the day—on a sunny day, a cloudy day, morning, noon and night. I have to say, I still like them all. I was going to see what other people thought about them but then decided to ask the one person that mattered, Little R (seeing as how it will be her room.) When they're all together in the room they look similar. I wanted to see which of the colors she would choose. The results were unanimous... each time she chose Blue Flower. I was amazed! I set them in different parts of the room and in a different order each time. She's a girl who knows what she likes. So, the winner is Blue Flower. The blue walls are going to look great with the pink plaid bedding. I'll get started this next week... and judging from my current pace in Little G's room,  I should be posting pictures by January. Hopefully I can get done a little sooner.

* The color looks more like this.

* I want to thank my hubby for making the really cool paint blotches for me!
   Love you, honey.