Bedroom under construction

Joe and I have been redecorating our bedroom. I painted one wall when we moved in six years ago. It coordinated with our comforter. I have not had that comforter out in over a year. I wanted to get a new one and that is what started it all. I bought a new comforter. Joe and I have exact opposite taste. He thought we should paint the room first and then buy the comforter. I thought the other way around. We did it my way, sort of. I asked Joe, in exasperation, what color did he want to paint our room. He told me purple. I wanted to take back my question. I could not imagine painting my room purple. It was not a color that I would have ever picked. Well, since he does live here too, I decided I should share the color selection, and let him have a say in the color choice. Then I started looking around at the comforters and found one that was gray, purple and blue. All in gray tones. We agreed we both liked it. Then we headed out to buy paint. I picked a gray-purple color for three walls and wanted to a treatment on the fourth wall. We also rearranged our mismatched furniture.

When we first painted the three walls they looked lilac, and not like the stingray color on the color chip card. I was a little worried. Then I was put a glaze treatment on the fourth wall and it looked terrible. I then painted big areas on the wall and did little experiments to see what would look good and even bought more paint and nothing looked right. Joe kept on wanting to paint stripes and I said no. Well, I got so tired of messing with it, I told him to paint it however he wanted. I had lost my objectivity. I went to met my family for lunch and returned and he had painted the wall in 3 horizontal stripes in different colors. It looked great! It also made the lilac in the walls mellow out and look more gray. Joe is an excellent painter. He never gets paint on him. I have paint everywhere just by picking up the roller.

Now I have to get curtains and we have a lot of wall space to fill in. I am going to make it my Labor Day weekend project to finish it up. I bought a great hammered texture spray paint and sprayed the light switch and plug covers and the mirror and trashcan. I got a little carried away with the trashcan. I also think I lost some brain cells standing over the little trash can and spraying the inside.

I will post pictures when I am done. I goal is to keep all the clothes picked up, hung up and put away. Also, George will not be able to get on my new comforter. He is a little sad about that!