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My 11-month project

LAST Christmas, I gave my kiddos the best gift ever.  I told them I would paint their rooms.



I quickly got Aliza's room painted the cutest color of blue and got it all put together with her purple and lime green accessories.

Over the next month, I got the boys' rooms painted in their base colors...U of U gray for Parker and Cowboys Gray for Tyler. 
And Santa brought them some Fatheads for their newly painted rooms. 
And then Maris and I taped off the stripes and I started Parker's and realized that it was harder to paint stripes than I had originally thought it would be. 

Argh.

Sooooo....11 months after I started this project, this last week I FINALLY finished the stripes.

So without further ado, I present Parker's room:





...and Tyler's room:





Yay!

Remind me that I NEVER want to paint stripes on a wall again.  Ever.

The kids all love their rooms though, so I guess it was all worth it!!  :)

5 friends are talking:

Susan November 21, 2010 at 3:56 PM  

The rooms look amazing!!

Gary Church November 22, 2010 at 9:34 AM  

Talk about the gift that keeps on taking ... and taking ... and taking. lol.

Rick November 22, 2010 at 10:26 AM  

They turned out great. You did a good job.

Lisa November 22, 2010 at 10:53 AM  

That looks soooo.... good! AMAZING job!

The Moose November 30, 2010 at 9:15 PM  

I can't believe I haven't been by to see this! I LOVE the way they all turned out!

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