Ch-Ch-Ch Changes!

Happy Friday Folks!
For being a short week this past week sure went by slow.
If you follow me on Instagram you’ve noticed that we’ve been up to quite a few projects around here.
Let me get you up to speed…

First up the master bedroom.  It’s almost done.

If you remember I fell in love with a wallpaper very similar to this but at $600. to do just one wall I knew that option was out.  So instead I had a custom stencil made.  You guys know I know how to stencil…I’ve used several of them in my projects. I tried rolling it, stippling it with a brush and even using a sharpie to fill in each one of the almost 100 dots on each triangle but the design was so intricate that the dots kept bleeding together.  I just couldn’t get a consistent look.  After 6 tries I threw in the towel.

I don’t accept defeat well.
On the flip side, I’ve learned if you keep forcing something that wasn’t meant to be it just backfires.
So I painted over the whole darn thing and went back to the drawing board.

Using a Sharpie marker to draw on your walls is becoming hugely popular all over the internet so I decided to give that a try.
Inspired by the tile design we did in our basement bath I decided to see if I could give that a try.

Time consuming yes.

This is where I die.
When I re-painted the wall prior to marking it up with a Sharpie I got the white paint wrong.
The shade was slightly more yellow than the other three walls.
Not noticeable in these pictures.
But noticeable enough for the Mr. to point it out.
If the Mr. can recognize a white paint shade variance then that’s noticeable enough to bug the critters outta me.
The creamy, yellow-y wall amongst three clean, white walls just wasn’t gonna cut it.

So I got the right paint and painted over the whole darn wall…design and all.
I’m a little insane.
I prefer to call it “particular, perfectionist or detailed.”
This morning I’m starting all over again and should have a final reveal soon.

In other news the leather sofa arrived!

We ended up going with the Darrin from JC Penny.  I love, love, love it.  But there’s a problem.  Cue eye roll. The style doesn’t fit right with our living room.  As I looked at it I realized I was going to have to change everything else in the room (curtains, ottoman, chaise, side tables) to create a cohesive look.  I’m not up for that challenge right now.

I knew however, it would look perfect in the new basement living room.  So we schlepped  the thing down the stairs and tried every which way to make it fit through our small, 1970’s door opening.  $%#@! The dang thing wouldn’t fit!

So we’re sending it back…unless someone would like to buy it.  We actually got a “special” deal on and paid less than it was listed for.  But sending it back means we’ll have to pay a re-stocking fee, argh.  It’s currently listed for $2037. plus tax.  It’s yours for $1500.
*Update: Sofa sold.*

Last but not least…this wall is getting 5 new shelves.

Change is good.  Change is stressful. Change is usually worth it in the end. (Most of the time).

Stay tuned!