Emma's Wing

Before I was even pregnant with Emma, I wanted to paint her room. Everyone thought I was jumping the gun a little given that I wanted to paint it blue. I kept hearing, "but how do you know you will have a boy?" To which I would respond, "I'm not, I'm having a girl. But blue will be her favorite color too!" Some found my response odd, but I was excited about having a baby and wanted the room blue no matter the gender. So I went to Home Depot and bought two different paints - same color, but one was a flat and the other a semi gloss finish. I did vertical stripes alternating between the two and absolutely loved the results. The project was a big pain in the ... but it was more than worth it. However, that was the only room in my last house that was a different color. When Emma began to show signs of sight around a year old, I noticed that she loved to feel the wall in her room when I had her laying on the changing table. She always loved to feel the wall and would always reach for it each night when I'd carry her into her bedroom to put her down. I realized she knew where she was based on the color. It made the hours of taping and painting (and colorful language) even more worth it.

Emma's First Room

When we moved, I thought about painting her room again like her last room. I kept thinking about how she could recognize her room from the color, but it wasn't as high of a priority as unpacking and getting everything out of my storage unit. Then I realized, during my ex's first week of summer visitation in July, that the perfect time to do it would be during his other week of summer visitation in August since the storage unit was now empty. This meant I needed to pick out paint and decide what I was going to do so I could get everything ready to paint the morning after she left. That way, it would have plenty of time to dry and air out before I put everything back and she came home. Or at least that was my plan...

Once I started looking at paint colors, I looked at the colors of her furniture, bedding, and bathroom accessories for ideas. I knew I was planning on painting her bedroom, bathroom, and playroom in a matching color scheme... but I wasn't a fan of how her bedding clashed with the colors I was leaning toward. So I started looking for bedding and found a set I adored!!! And to my surprise, it even included PINK! When I went to buy it, I found out that it was on clearance - EVERYWHERE. My excitement turned into disappointment quickly when I realized it was because the set was sold out and only a few accessories were still available. I checked everywhere, but no luck. I then started a search for something similar and found something that I still liked in the same color scheme, it just didn't have elephants on all of it like the first one (but there was still one elephant). Now her room would be the blue from her furniture and bathroom accessories, the white that was the trim color in the house, and the pink and grey from her new bedding. Now that the colors were chosen, it was time to decide what color would go where and get the supplies!

The colors:

Top --> Bottom: Summit Gray, Childlike, Stream, Pure White (Sherwin-Williams)

I decided to go a bit more extravagant with the painting simply because I like to make things special for Emma. This is why the project took longer than anticipated... even with plenty of help. So, without further ado, here are Emma's new playroom, bathroom, and bedroom (before/after):

Playroom:

Before

After

Bathroom:

Before 

After

Bedroom:

Before

After

Now that this project is over, I think it's time to finish unpacking. Maybe by the end of this month, I'll be done. Until then, I have three beautiful rooms for my baby girl that I'm proud of cause they make her smile.