DIY Art

Made this DIY artwork yesterday for the bedroom.  Initially I was going to paint the canvas red and do some stenciling on it, but I put this paint on it, and kinda like how it looked, so I left it! The hubby thinks it looks like real artwork!

Bedroom Re-do!

When we moved in this house I knew that the whole upstairs was going to have to be painted. The bedroom was this weird grey/green color and it had to go!  We also moved in with a collection of crappy furniture that each of us had acquired over the years.  That had to go to.  So began the makeover...

before

before

First we moved most of the furniture out and got rid of it!! For me that was awesome because I have had that dresser for about 10 years. it had to go. And As you can see our "bed" was simply a box spring and mattress on the floor. Awful!

So next step - the wall color had to go.  Notice a pattern here? A lot of things "had to go"!! 

So we chose a very dark Grey called charcoal troubled sky. I always start a paint job with the edges,  taping everything NOT to be painted with blue painters tape. Then I work my way around the ceiling, windows, doors and floors first using a small brush.    

Next comes the easy part rolling the rest on.  (I don't have pics of me rolling. The hubby wasn't home and I was on a roll (ha ha ha) and didn't want to stop to take pics)

So here is the finished result.  I absolutely love this color!  We wanted a bedroom that was dark and relaxing and I think we achieved that with this color and our new furniture.