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Thursday, February 4, 2010

A room of many colors!

This room has seen many colors over the years. When we moved into this house it was my older son's room. His favorite color at the time was red. I couldn't see painting it all red so I painted just the bottom half red and a red strip across the top. The top half of the room was a peachy tan. I painted native American Indian symbols in black and white. This color scheme lasted a few years.

Next, this room became a room for two, my two boys(the other room was turned into a play room for a while, which has a whole different color story!). The bedroom was painted green (my older son's new favorite color ) and brown.

After a while, my older son moved to the other room ( the play room). His room is painted in a faux metallic silver finish with a blue base. (his new favorite colors!)

The green and brown room belongs to my younger son now. His current favorite colors are black and gold!! I couldn't see painting a whole wall black. Knowing how many times I paint a room, I thought black would be too difficult to cover up. I decided to paint the top part gold(flat finish) and the bottom white(semi gloss) and added a chair rail. Black came in with the bedding. We will buy a new bed and some wall art, shelving and of course I'll make a beautiful black chalkboard with a gold frame!

Here is the room of many colors
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My post title is a spin off of a song that I love by Dolly Parton. I don't sew and we are not poor but when times are tight paint works magic!!
I hope you'll take a few minutes to listen to this sweet song. Even if you've heard it before, you might like to hear it again:)

8 comments:

Unknown said...

Actually, you've done a lovely job of combining colors. Will be anxious to see the rooms when totally decorated.

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Jayde said...

I'm going to have to invest in some paint pretty soon myself. I have quite a few rooms that need some new life.

elvira pajarola said...

Carissima Cindy...THIS IS FANTASTIC......What a marvellous interior have you created....
The warm yellow with the soft beige-white.....PRO-like......
the gorgeous bed linen in all the black shades and patterns!!!!!!
Oh...I am certain your sweet boy just did fall in your arms of joy.....right!!!!!!!??????

BRAVISSIMA!!!!!!!
ciao ciao elvira

Mammatalk said...

It's really lovely...a really clean look!

I Love Pretty Little Things said...

I love Dolly!!!
I like your chalk boards too. I have been experimenting with making them. So fun!

Paloma said...

You are definitely an artist!!!

Thanks for sharing!

Happy Friday!

Paloma.

Kat @ www.TodaysCliche.com said...

Just loved this post... coming from SITS. Random, but are you going to Bloggy Boot Camp in Baltimore?

Sew Can Do said...

Isn't it funny how different things look with just a color change? Stopping by from SITS:)