Redecorating part 1

I know it's been awhile since I posted. No I haven't died or gone into labor. At least not labor that results in a baby. We have been laboring over Maya's room however. We are in the process of redecorating...which of course I had to make as complicated as possible. I think it's the art major in me.

Step 1: Chad painted everything purple. And then it had to dry.















Step 2: I spent 4 hours measuring and marking off harlequin diamonds on the lower portion of the walls.

Step 3: I spent the next 3 hours taping and cutting away the excess to perfectly mask off the said diamonds. After 7 hours my back could handle no more...I quit.
















Step 4: Chad painted the walls I had taped. Once again, drying time was needed.

Step 5: Remove tape and peel off several large patches of old paint that revealed the plaster beneath. (Needless to say step 14 and 15 will probably be repairing of the wall and touch up paint)















Stay tuned for Steps 6 through 6 million which will involve taping of the remaining walls, repair and touch ups, hand stamping of accent colors and designs and the application of the adorable wallpaper border which will bring it all together. Maya picked it out, it's pink with fairies and potted flowers.

Yes, I know...most people would have been content with the purple. Possibly some would have ventured onto the wall paper border. But what kind of psychopath would spend days putting hundreds of diamonds on the walls of a 3 year old that asked for a purple room?

Yeah...that would be me.