The Room That I've Never Shared Before

Hello everyone!

I must warn you first and foremost, this post is not pretty.  In fact, it pains me to even post these pics because now you're going to KNOW what has been lurking in my house all these years!  What is it that I'm talking about?  Well.................it's this.

Gosh, isn't it hard to look at??????!!!!!!!

I feel like someone that just had to admit that they're an addict or something before a lot of people and now they're ALL in judgement of me.  LOL!

This is my oldest son's room.  And why am I sharing it with you now?  Well, it's because we are FINALLY redoing his room.  It has been neglected much too long.  He is away at Marines boot camp right now so we decided it was the perfect time to get started on it.  

So, please go take an aspirin or something that will help you digest these unsightly "before" pics that I'm sharing with you now.  

Notice what a pack rat he is!  This is after I picked up all the clothes on his floor and stripped his bed and moved a big ugly blue sofa out that left an even uglier blue mark on the wall and all the way out the front door where it will soon reside in a big ugly dump (where it belongs)!  Can you tell I hated that sofa?

Whew!  Now that the ugliest part of these photos are over, here are the "progress" pictures.

The first order of business was to paint over the light blue walls which included patching the hundreds of thousands of holes that my son made by hanging crap things on them. We painted the walls in BM Linen White.  I had to repaint all of the trim and closet doors too!  It was THAT bad.

Then we started placing the furniture where I wanted it to go. (That is a drop cloth under the desk.)

He had so much stuff, that I had to put a lot of it on top of his bed and out in the hallway while we worked on his room.  Remember all of this used to be on his floor! (His favorite dumping spot.)

Now, things are starting to look a little bit better since I'm painting all of his furniture in BM Chelsea Gray.  I like the look of painted furniture and he had ruined this furniture with scratches etc.  So, I had no choice but to paint it really.  It was once in perfect condition if you can believe it.

This is the bedding that I've ordered from H&M.  I think it will look nice with the other colors in the room.

I plan on introducing some burlap in his room as well.

So................I have faith that his room is going to turn out great!  We hope that he is getting more organized and disciplined in boot camp so that when he comes home, he will KEEP his room clean!  

I am still working on his room as I write this, so the full room reveal will have to wait.  I hope to have it done very soon though!  Anyone want to come over and help me finish painting???  

(Oh, and I didn't watermark my photos, because I was pretty sure noone would want to pin them!)

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Kelly ~