saturday night

Jay went to Stillwater for basketball, took the little girl her birthday gift.

I had to stay home because we had this situation going on.   Julia asked to re-do her room.  Maria did, back in the day.   Kari re-painted hers this winter, could she also?

So last weekend we went shopping and started with the bedspread. Then sheets and rugs, and finally paint.

 She's thirteen. She's never painted before, and it was a bit overwhelming. The color is unforgiving regarding the edges, and edges are difficult on these old plaster walls and ceilings. She bumped the roller on the ceiling and splattered it on the woodwork and floor.  I saw all this, and rubbed my temples and then bitched. She was wiping tears.  This was a way worse job than we expected.

 But late  yesterday afternoon I got in there with a little tiny brush from a water color set and did the edging. She'd already rollered on two coats on the walls.  I painted the ceiling and baseboards, and she did the radiator cover.  It started coming together.

Here they are late at night, doing nails:

 Here's Kari's peaceful mint green. She did all the edging and is going to do the ceiling eventually.  She's begun looking for a bedspread and rug to finish it up, pull it all together.

  I love these funny decals:

There's the finished product, Voila.

Love, Val, Kari and Julia