I’m sitting at the kitchen table, writing this post with my beautiful neighbor, who is 9. We’re going to tell you about the transformation of my daughter’s bedroom, which is being turned into a garden room this week. The first step was to pick a new color. Ten years ago, when my husband and I bought our home, we painted this particular room a cheery yellow. Now it is leafish, as my neighbor says.
Here’s the masking and early cutting-in…
As always, the prep work takes WAY too much time. But we had fun – two solid days of prep and painting, and we had a lovely new green room. Then we thought it would be pretty to paint some leafy shadows on the wall. A little hard to capture with the camera, but here are some attempts:
My friend says that with a little bit of work, it’s getting prettier! She thinks that “transforming it into a beautiful garden room is a great idea,” and that “it does work.” Hooray!
More updates to come…