So Long Teens, Hello Twenties!

I had a birthday last week.

And said goodbye to my teens and hello to my twenties! 

I decided that I wanted to re-do my bedroom for my birthday. 

I should also mention that my sister and I share a bedroom and that she was conveniently away at camp for two weeks when I made this decision.

Madeline was never crazy about the brown & pink theme even when we moved into this house 4 years ago, so I was sure she'd be OK with me painting over it without her permission. 

Mom and I found new quilts on clearance at Bed, Bath, and Beyond and decided to design the rest of the room around those. 

 I told Mom that I wanted to paint the walls an antique bluish green color. 

 After three trips to Lowes, we came home with these paint samples.

 On the wall, they all looked too much like a beach house or too green for our furniture. 

We finally decided to go with a light grey called Silver Threads (that just sounds romantic, right?) 

Saying goodbye to the brown & pink:

 the primer went up on Wednesday night

Michael Buble makes priming a whole lot better :) 

it was a bit of a mess with all the furniture shoved into the middle of the room

 

My grandparents had come down on Tuesday for my birthday, but ended up staying for the whole week. 

Nanny LOVES to paint, so on Thursday night she helped me put up the grey. 

Did I mention that this was at eight or nine that night after we'd been blueberry picking in the crazy Southern heat? 

 My grandma is awesome!

 This was taken around 11:30 and we were just a little bit loopy at this point ... 

Everything finally started coming together after a frantic trip to Bluffton for sheets, curtains, and throw pillows on Friday.

I haven't taken pictures of the finished room yet, so those will have to be for another post :) 

To be continued ...