Fresh New Coat

Fresh new coat of paint, that is. I was feeling overwhelmed by everything and all the colours in my son's room, so I decided a fresh new coat of paint would clean and freshen things up a bit. It has been over two years that we last painted his room and the walls were looking kinda bad. I wanted a clean new look for a little boy, who has a few too many colorful toys, if you ask me. I absolutely love this room, with white walls with bright and fun pops of colour.

Skonahem

I decided to go the white paint colour route this time and did a little research on the many options of white paint. One thinks, (my husband) that white paint is white paint, but that is not true. If you are looking for white paint option ideas, Style at Home has a great article on their favorite white paint choices here.

Not only do they share their top 15 white paint colour choices, but they also show you sample rooms on how the white looks in different rooms. Great tool for picking the right shade of white for your space.

I chose Debbie Travis white, from the Debbie Travis paint collection. There were a couple of other options, but I chose this one, since I wanted the white furniture in his room to pop out a tiny little bit and this white has a little green/yellow hint to it. If you want a white, white paint colour, I would recommend Chantilly White by Benjamin Moore. Love it.

Here is the before 

and here is the after

So much better, don't you think? Even my son went, ahhh, when he walked into the room. Sorry, its just a sneak peek and his room is a mess all the time, even though I clean up several times a day. Argg.

Let me just say that I won't be painting my son's room any time soon again and won't be painting it while he is at home. I was nervous about the smell, so he slept in our room for a couple of weeks and just now the smell seems to be gone. I also learned that putting a bowl with water and squeezed lemons helps get rid of the smell. And boy, did it work.

Now I am off to find some large art ideas to go above the crib. I was getting overwhelmed by the gallery wall and I am thinking of something big and maybe a map or two.

Have you done any painting lately? Also, have you used white paint and which one is your favorite?

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead!

B

I did it, I finally did it

I did it, I finally did it. I am so excited to share this project with you. This will be a Christmas present for my little munchkin. I hope he likes it. At times, I am undecided about a project or to be honest, don't have enough faith in myself to do. This particular sewing project, was especially one of those 'maybe' projects, since I have less than 6 months since I own my sewing machine. But, I figured I should give it a try, since Christmas is fast approaching and if I failed miserably, I could always buy one.  What am I talking? This is it.

Last week, I shared a tp roundup post here, so I guess you aren't too surprised when I show you what I have been up to.  I don't know about you, but it took me a while to figure out how I wanted to go about making it and the length of the sides etc. I am extremely happy with how it turned out and now that I have finished it, I will be spending some time this weekend writing up the how to. I am off to finish some more projects and make some french toast with my munchkin.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and see you soon! B

TP Roundup

Good morning, everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend and got to enjoy a nice hot cup of cocoa. My munchkin and I are unfortunately sick, he is worst though and it breaks my heart to hear him cough. We are taking it easy now and watching fun cartoons. Whatever would we do without a tv?

Seeing that the weather is getting colder and I have a little boy running around our home, I have been researching teepees. Teepees are dear to children of so many ages and who wouldn't love to be playing and hiding in one. My memories of a teepee is of a blanket that we threw over a couple of chairs. Well, you could still do that or you can invest time or money or both into a more sophisticated teepee, like this one below.

Moozlehome

Since I am on the lookout for one, I figured I would do a little teepee round-up for you. As always, since I am addicted to diy, I will start with the diy possibilities. I have come across a great teepee made by Rachel, from Smile and Wave. How awesome is this? I would love to hang out there. You can find all the instructions, here.

Another great diy tutorial is this one from Sew, Mama, Sew. So adorable. For full instructions, read more here. 

Here are a couple of teepees, that I have come across that you can buy already made. Aren't they so cute?

1. Dexton Teepee, 2. An Angel at my table, 3. Cowboy Teepee, 4. Etsy, 5. Moozle Home-Etsy

I am thinking of making one for my little guy for Christmas, but my sewing skills are really basic, so we'll have to see about that. Have a great week everyone!