Another step toward completion of the nursery! BJ had a couple days off and decided that he would begin by painting the ceiling and accent walls white, which were previously a cream color. We had gone to Home Depot and used their color match system to make a funky green that was found in one of the dots of our bedding. I'd also found a diamond pattern I wanted to add to the wall.
Interestingly, the same day BJ started painting, my parents called (1/23) to ask if we wanted help painting the room. I wasn't going to pass up on the opportunity for some help. From what I've read in the bible (a.k.a., What to Expect When You're Expecting) it stated that most paints are safe for pregnant women to be around, but you never know when new research will be found linking some type of concern. So, I didn't want to paint the room myself, and BJ can't stand to paint!
Nana and Papa Jennings arrived later that night and we talked about the plan for completing the room. Fortunately, Amanda's hubby (Chris) has a system at work that allowed him to put in the dimensions of our room and tell us the measurements for taping off the diamonds with painter's tape. We discovered the only new concern was keeping the tape straight and ran out to purchase a laser to assist with the process.
It was late by the time we arrived home, and decided it best to leave the activity until the next morning. It took quite some time and all four of us working together to tape off the diamonds. I was so glad when they could finally start painting, but it was killing me that I couldn't help out. My mom painted a small area with the green paint and it was hideous!!! I started crying immediately (thank you pregnancy hormones), and became more frustrated as nobody else seemed to understand my concerns. BJ kept saying, "it's fine" and that he just wanted it finished. I couldn't believe it...it looked like a combination of poo and vomit! There was no way our baby was going to have a nursery with poo colored walls!
As we're still unsure of the gender of the baby, this sent us back to the drawing board to choose a color. We were left with pale yellow, bright yellow, pale blue, red, or brown...BJ had said he didn't want to use blue, as he felt it was not gender neutral if we had a girl. So...considering red and brown would probably darken the room, we decided on pale yellow. We hopped in the car (again) and went to the local Ace Hardware to see what they had to offer. BJ giggled a little and said, "it did sort of look like baby poo on the wall" in reference to the green. Lovely. We had great customer service at Ace and they helped us make a yellow. It was a bit brighter than I had anticipated, and thus the room was given the name, "my future's so bright, I gotta wear shades."
It was not the most relaxing day and there was some argument involved, but the room is painted and it looks great. I can't wait to put the curtains up, put the bedding in the crib, and start putting things on the walls. It's all coming together. I hope Baby T loves their room some day!
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