My Son's Bedroom Makeover

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I'm happy to report that my teenage son's bedroom is finally done!  Unfortunately, I didn't take any "before" pics to show you though.  Bad blogger!  So, I'll just tell you how it looked before and then you can compare it to the pictures.

 It started out with light blue walls, red bed frame and dresser, and lots of Legos in bookcases. This was a difficult room to do.  He had a lot of furniture that we needed to use in a small space.  Luckily, he has a twin bed so it didn't take up too much room. 

 The first thing we did was get rid of the wall of bookcases FILLED with Lego creations!  We gave them to a friend of ours that has a seven year boy.  Then, we painted his walls in a Linen White (from Benjamin Moore).  The chalkboard had to stay where it was because it is painted on the wall with chalkboard paint and a wooden frame was mounted to the wall.  We didn't want to have to remove that since it would be so much work.  So, we worked around it.  

I took these pics at night, so unfortunately, you don't see the true wall color here. The last pic will show that though.

New Sofa and Chair

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How is your Friday going so far?  I thought I would share my new sofa and chair that just arrived yesterday.  I'm so glad to finally have a custom slip covered sofa to replace my 20+ year old sofa that had a ready made slipcover on it.  It is nice to no longer worry about having such a disheveled looking sofa all the time.  

Share Your Style Party #52

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So glad that you could join us for another week of great inspiration!  I'm Kelly from the Essence of Home and will be your host this week.

Yellow Accents in the Foyer

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I'm just popping in today to share a few more yellow accents I've added to my home.  I added some fun yellow pillows to my bench in the foyer.  

It's Cold Outside but Sunny Inside!

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Many years ago, I decorated with yellow.  I even had yellow walls!  After my love affair with lots of color was over, I transitioned to mostly neutrals, removing all hints of cheerful colors along the way.  But, recently, for some unexplained reason, I've come back to liking yellow again.  Only this time, not in heavy doses.  I'm using it in more purposeful ways just to bring some cheer into my spaces.  I'm also not mixing it with other bright colors.  I'm choosing to use it with my neutrals and lots of white.  So, now, it's not too much but just enough to liven up my spaces.  It's making me smile!  Yellow is a happy color, right?  Here are some photos of rooms around my house using this new happy color.

Share Your Style Party #51

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Welcome to the 51st Share Your Style party!  I am still knee deep in painting and trying to get my son's room completed.  It's hard to work all of this around my husband's work schedule.  I've injured my hip so he is having to do most of the work.  In the meantime, I'm enjoying seeing what everyone else has been able to accomplish!  This week, Lynn from The Vintage Nest is your host.  She will be sharing some exciting news about our party too!

My Son's Bedroom Progress and Other Changes

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What a busy weekend I had!  My husband painted our son's bedroom  and I painted his furniture.  We hung a new light fixture in there too.  That's about as far as we got!  I bought a new curtain rod, so we will hang drop cloths in there and we still have to put together his furniture (gaming desk and chair). Then we will arrange his furniture and can call it quits.  

Here are some progress pics.