It’s been years since we bought this house, and we are in a constant state of renovation (or non-renovation, depending on how long ago you looked at any particular project and saw how little progress has been made). We have multiple projects in a state of semi-completion, and an arm’s length list of projects that need doing, some desperately.

So, what do you do when you already have half a dozen old projects lingering on, getting smelly and old, like a block of limberger under the living room couch? Start a NEW PROJECT, of course! After much discussion, debate and procrastination, we finally aborted the idea of gutting little A’s bedroom (and my fears of dispersing a cloud of lead dust into the house from old plaster with old paint). Instead, we finally just broke down and painted it. Who needs insulation, right? After 3+ years of having a primer-white bedroom, the girl finally gets a girly room, complete with fluorescent green and bright purple walls. I primed the baseboard trim and window frames two weeks ago, we bought some brighty-bright, low VOC paint, and this past weekend, we painted the room…with amazing results:

Then, last night, Craig installed brand spankin’ new baseboard covers over the heaters–the old ones were just nasty. Next is the wall border that I hope to do from a roll of wrapping paper I’ve been saving–if I can figure out how to adhere it without trashing the paper. I already bought the girl some sheets in matching purple and green, and need to figure out some other accessories like a bedspread, new curtains vs. some rit dye (orange, of course) on the old cream ones? A new light fixture and bedside lamp, another area rug. And I’ve also started browsing the catalogs, and am thinking about buying a ,Fairy Bower–the green or purple one–and maybe getting a small comfy reading chair, and bookcase, or putting her play kitchen stuff in it, or something like that…just thinking out loud here…ideas anyone? All she has is a very nice antique bed–dark wood, a $5 yard sale cabinet with clothes and some books in it, and a hand-me-down dresser my Mom got at a Church sale., so we’re looking to step things up a bit, though I have no real wish to stray far from the ‘eclectic-yard sale-chic’ style I’ve come to love, heh.

Anyhow, it’s a step in the right direction. It puts the other projects on hold for longer, but I feel good that my little girl has a decent room to sleep and play in, instead of whitey-white oblivion. It was so depressingly dreary, and now you need your sunglasses to go in there! Sweet colors…sweet progress.