Painting Round 2

 Unlike the Zoomlians, who redo their rooms frequently, we haven't painted our room in a decade.  It was time for a change!

So, armed with anniversary money from Mumpy and Pa, the Emperor and I set out to find a bedspread that we both loved.

We've noticed that when we pick things out together, it takes 3 times as long, but we end up with something we like 10 times as much.

We found this chocolate, cream and dusky turquoise bed in a bag at Anna's.  We picked out matching curtains while we were at it, and a paint that was a slightly lighter shade of the turquoise .

It was very nice...but we both felt something was missing. How about a stenciled border that matched the vining flowers on the bed spread?


That was great!  Although Blogger is still stretching the photos.  And I can't find a way to get actual help past their FAQs.

But I wanted to do something special above the bed. The Emperor has a morbid fear of things hanging over him at night just because of that thing that happened that time when I said it wouldn't prefers not to have anything hanging over the bed.

 What about a painted headboard?  We looked through a few pages of ideas, and found that we were both drawn to the tree motifs.

Trees, I can do!  I freehand painted the trees, then added leaves, flowers, and birds from the stencil kit (just using a bit here and there).

We love it!

I'm thinking of painting a nest with six eggs in one of the trees.