When that little voice inside your head says "paint the bed"...you paint!

My parents gave us a King Sized Sleep Number adjustable mattress.  They decided they would be better off with another type of mattress and so they generously brought their sleep number up and delivered it to us.  Many thanks to my wonderful parents!  We also got brand new memory foam components from the Sleep Number company.

You have no idea how much we appreciate you and your generosity, Mom and Dad!!!

So here is how our Master bedroom looked on Friday night.  How's that for red and dated? (below)

We were so excited to be getting a dual adjustable bed, especially because Scott likes his bed FIRM and I like my bed SOFT.  Can you believe it?  On another note, it is our 13th wedding anniversary today!  And that's about how long we've had this knotty wooden bedroom set.  Actually, I think we bought it when I was pregnant with Alex so we would have room in our bed for Scott, Myself and my big belly!

Of course getting a new mattress fueled the fire to change our bedroom.  It was long overdue.  I've had the paint for months...many months.  Sometimes I get all 'painted out' for awhile.  But it was time for that decade old, dated red TO GO!  It sucked all the light out of our room.  Great for sleeping but not so good for anything else.  We needed calm and peaceful, BUT we also wanted light and cheerful.  And so I pulled out all the painting supplies and got busy Friday night after work painting the walls with my helper, Alex.  Best to get the walls painted while the old mattresses were off the bed and it would be easier to move, right?  So I pulled the bed out from the wall and got to painting.  But that little inner voice in my head just kept at me, saying "You know you want to paint the bed...you've wanted to for a long time."  And I knew it was true but darn, painting the entire room:  the walls, the trim, PLUS the bed, was a lot of work in one busy weekend!  And I really did not want to take that bed frame apart and carry it downstairs by myself while Scott was away at tennis championships.  NO WAY!  And the thought of not finishing and being left without a bed for any number of nights...NOT GOOD.  It is our anniversary today...did I mention that!?  ;)

But late Friday night while Alex was sleeping and Scott was away, that inner voice started whispering to me again..."Now's your chance!  There's no mattress in the way, you've cleared the room and you've already got all of the painting supplies up here."  And so I grabbed a little roller and started painting the bed with some white paint...right there in the middle of the night...in the middle of the room...

Turns out a bed CAN be painted right where it sits.  Some cardboard under each leg so I could paint all the way down without getting paint on the floor was all it took.  Being extra careful not to paint the carpet or anything else in the room was important.  I just went with white because that's what I had and I'm very happy with the decision.  Even Alex and Scott like the white.  Yes, those men that are forever teasing me that I paint EVERYTHING white, said they really like it.  And so do I.  It is a nice, subtle contrast with the soft blue/grey of the walls.  And I like that the wall color makes it feel like we are floating on a cloud.

And the bed can be set to the perfect firmness for Scott AND me.  We feel like we are in heaven!  Thanks again Mom & Dad.

There's still much left to be done in this room, but for now we are loving the changes and taking our time deciding what color to paint the other furniture in the room.  If we decide to paint it.  Although the changes feel pretty good.

We still have an end table...

A big dresser with a mirror...

And the secretary desk (that came from my sweet grandma) I use as a side table to possibly paint....

A few more details and we might have an entire room makeover to share.  I think I just wore myself out thinking about all the things that still need to be finished...shwew...it may be awhile now!  Haha.  Let's hope not.  :)

Thanks for stopping by today to see what we've been up to!

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Putting paintbrush to canvas...finally.

I've been suffering from painter's block.  For a VERY LONG TIME.

Not to confuse you ~ I don't have a problem slapping some paint onto an old chair, or spray painting a "roadkill rescue" endtable.  I love that stuff.  How could you go wrong?  You're taking something old and tired, or even better - free, and breathing new life into it.  That's not the type of painting that's been evading me.

Every now and then I'm able to pick up a pencil and sketch something.  Nothing extravagant...just something that has caught my eye.



But today I was determined to get out a canvas and paints and actually create some ART.  So I spent about an hour locating all of my painting supplies.  At least another hour went by with me staring at a blank canvas.  Just. Staring.  Blankly.  Finally I began sketching onto my canvas. 

AND PAINTING...

 First the backgrounds...

 Next working on some of the details...

And tomorrow maybe I can do the finishing touches.

It still needs a lot of cleaning up.  More shadows, highlights and some "sharpening" of lines and details.  There are quite a few items that need to be tweaked until they're just right.

BUT,

I painted today!!! 

Paints were squeezed into the indents of my lonely old pallet,
Colors were mixed and mingled,
Brushes caressed canvas,
Tears and laughter made an appearance,
An image took shape.

This canvas may not become a masterpiece.  It may never hang in anyone's home other than my own.  It's doubtful Museums will ever bid on it at Sothebys.

Do you see that cute little puppy in the picture?  That's our Sadie when she was just a couple of months old.  And that little boy?  That's my son, Alex, at the age of three.  He came home from a visit with his grandma to find he had a puppy waiting!  He would sit with his arm around her and tell her all kinds of things.  Things a little boy tells his best friend.  And, to top it off I was able to get past my fear of painting.   I dove in today...okay...I may have stood on the edge of the board a little too long and needed some coaxing from a friend, but I PAINTED. 

When it's done I'll post a picture of it hanging in our home...those museums will be so jealous!

Sherry

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Craft Room Chaos

There is no garage space (it's been converted) or shop space here at Pondered Primed Perfected.  That might explain why my craft room looks like this right now:

Even the "Little Guy" loves to help paint!

The Boys are painting over that awful, bright blue color on those under-the-bed drawers.  We got them for free off of Craigslist, along with a whole pickup truck load of wonderful stuff.  So we won't run out of projects to makeover or upcycle any time soon.

The drawers will go up into the "Little Guy's" room once they are all done.  His bed sits on one of those metal mattress frames with wheels right now.   Not very fancy.  And there isn't much space for dressers or other storage type furniture in his room.  These cabinets will really help with his storage issues once they are done.

These two guys work so well together.  It warms my heart to see them bonding in this way and the little guy is learning so much from his Dad.  Okay, I'm gonna stop before I get all weepy.  Doesn't take much, really.

First coat of black is on and already they look so much better!

AND, while we had the black paint out I thought I would try out that homemade chalk paint recipe.  I'll fill you in on how it works out later...once it's had a chance to dry and I've had a chance to test it's worthiness.  Do you see what my boy does when I ask him to be careful not to get his food on my projects!?  Isn't he darling?  Little comedian is lucky he's so cute...


So many projects to finish!!!  We need a heated shop so I can have my craft room back.

Hope your weekend is filled with all that you enjoy!
Sherry

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