I must be crazy, but I am excitedly planning to paint my bedroom over the Christmas holiday. Surely I will have enough to do pertaining to the holidays but not having homework, I am planning on having a substantial amount of free time. For instance, I won’t be writing blogs.
We have lived in our home for four years and the master bedroom and bath are the only rooms that have not been painted. Parents’ bedrooms always seem to rate low on the list of decorating projects in most households. I think it is because we want our public rooms to look the best. These rooms, kitchen, living room, family room, guest bath, all take high priority. Then the children’s bedrooms get decorated. For one, they are generally fun and easy to design even for someone who doesn’t take a particular interest in decorating. Also, maybe it is a parent’s hope that by making the children’s bedrooms cute they will desire to spend more time in there playing rather than dragging all of their toys into the living room. It hasn’t worked in my home, but like I said, it is a hope.
Our master bedroom is the only bedroom on the first floor. I’m not sure if that is the reason, but somehow the master bedroom has often looked more like a dumping ground for uncatagorized items. The room for castoffs. Come two weeks from now, castoffs will be cast out. The bedroom will be reclaimed and the décor will be unified through design, and most significantly a beautiful new wall color.
My biggest decision is whether or not to go with a cool and contemporary gray or to go with a soothing, slightly warm but rich cream color. No matter what it is, I know it will look better than the builder white I have been looking at over these past years. Paint is the biggest bang for the buck in achieving impact in a room. Bring on the rollers and brushes.
