We had been talking about getting new couches for over a year. We had only ever had second hand couches and wanted to finally buy brand new ones. We finally found a set we liked at the end of January.
They arrived the day before Sean's trip to Mexico. He was excited to see them before he left.
While he was gone, I decided to do a room make over and surprise him!
I told Sean that I found a set of end tables for sale on Facebook Marketplace and that I was going to get some lamps for them but that's all I told him about. He didn't know about anything else I was doing.
I got them lamps on clearance and then painted them white.
That weekend my friend was getting rid of her tv stand.
It need s a little work but was a total upgrade for us and would add to the surprise of the transformation.
We had been talking about redoing the accent wall for a while now. I was over the bright aqua. When we moved into this house after 8 years of renting and having white walls I just wanted color. Now that I've been in the house several years I've decided what color palette I really want and am ready for some changes. I had been thinking about doing Nimbus Gray. I finally bought decided to go for it.
My kids watched a lot of tv that weekend while I painted but no one complained.
The next big change I made was switching all the light bulbs in the room from warm to daylight. I actually had been thinking about making the change for a while, ever since I did during the bathroom make over. Sean was against it though. But since he was out of town, I decided to go for it.
I will admit that I think warm light is more cozy but it casts a yellow glow that makes it hard to pick paint colors. When I wanted to pick a paint color for the room. I painted several poster boards. I like several blue ones during the day. But I didn't like them at night in the yellow lights because they all looked green. I like the daylight bulbs keep colors their more natural hues.
Here's warm light...
Here's a daylight bulb...
Here's a look at the room all finished and ready to surprise Sean.
He was surprised and loved it. He loved it all in the daylight. Once the lamps turned on, he was surprised and not excited. But after a few days he was completely used to it and now likes it.
I also took down the boards with clips that held the kids artwork in the dinning room.
It was always cluttered and looked busy. I was ready for a change.
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