You're Not Going to Believe This

I happen to be the kind of person who starts a project and then doesn't finish it for years.
Yep, I'm one of those.

Enter the kid's room project 2010.

But first, let's take a walk down memory lane.
Kid's room project 2008. (gulp!)

I wanted to take the "perfectly fine" original paint color we had painted 1 year previous and "aqua" it up a bit.
And of course I was justified because "I" added a wall of board and batten. (By "I" I mean my Dad, brother, and husband. I was a supervisor.) So it was natural that it got a fresh new coat of paint.

Pleased as punch with the results.


Until... Well we got new bunk beds, and it became quickly apparent that placing the bunk beds in front of the window was unacceptable. However, after spending so much time caulking and painting that one wall it just would not do to have the bunk beds cover it up. (now I might not have installed the woodwork but I definitely carried my weight doing all the prep and paint work)

So, naturally....
Kid's Bedroom Project 2010:

In July I ripped off all the trim around the window and doors and the baseboards.I've been wanting a certain type of molding for my house since... forever... and so, because I was putting up board and batten on the other two walls, it just fit that they should get new trim.Problem is... I knew how to install the board and batten but not the trim. I needed my Dad. (and more of his tools) So the room sat like this for a month. Until my Dad came up with his mad carpentry skills.

So, now we are in August when this happened.
Yep, that's me with a nail gun.


And, no, I didn't really let Brandon touch it much. (He was slightly "adamant" that it was my project. Something about it not being necessary... Men don't understand sometimes.)


So I did an amazing job installing all the trim that my Dad and Brandon measured and cut. (He didn't have qualms about helping my Dad. They must have been leaning on each other for emotional support)


Except.. I didn't have much foresight on the window and so I needed help.


And then the trim was up and the room looked like this. (Mostly, this picture is missing some trim. But you get the idea. Brown wood, blue top, white background. It's a growing trend)

And then it sat... like this... until November (hey that's this month!)

Well, technically, in my defense I did putty all the nail holes (and we are talking ALL the nail holes; like four billion) back in the beginning of October or so. And then my brother sanded it all down for me around the same time. And, I caulked one wall (the one you are partially looking at) in the middle of October.

(Am I making it worse or better? Probably worse.)

Well, then came the time that I just had to tell Brandon enough was enough. This project would be finished before Thanksgiving OR ELSE (sometimes you have to put your foot down with Brandon)

So, on Tuesday I spent 4 or so hours caulking trim. (whoosh, this stuff is gorgeous but it is a lot, and I mean A LOT of work.)

On Wednesday I had kidney stones. So I kind of took a break.

Thursday I started painting at 10:30. At 4:30 I had to quit because my brush was too gummy to continue.
Today, at 10:30 I picked back up where I started and at 12:30 precisely I put down my paint brush.

Then the boys took me out for lunch because I deserved it.

And now I sit, in a completely trashed home, with dishes spilling out of the sink, children running around like maniacs, and a thumb that won't stop pulsating (I kind of smashed it. Hard. and then I cried.)

But, guess what my kid's room looks like?

Oh, only amazing I guess!

2 hours of prep painting.
3 hours to install the board and batten.


3 or 4 hours to cut and install the trim.
1 hour to putty nail holes.
1 hour to sand.

6 hours to caulk.
and last, but not least, 8+ hours of painting.

You better believe it was worth it!

Even the kids are pleased.
(Side note: When Mommy's too exhausted to wake up in the morning to get little girl ready for school, she'll end up going like this. And no one will stop her. But they will feed her fried eggs and that's what really matters)

Cute stories:
Cooper came in yesterday when I was painting "Oh Mom! This looks so beautiful! ... and it smells good too."

And then later that same day when Brandon and Landon went out doing man stuff Cooper declined his invitation telling me "Mom, you're staying here and you are going to need a cute boy to keep you company so you won't be lonely. So I'm going to stay and be your cute boy."

Isn't he hilarious!