White Washed

This morning when I woke up, I set three goals for my day:

1. Get all of the clean laundry hung up and put away.
2. Get Meagan's room cleaned up (with her help, of course)
3. Paint the pink wall.

Laundry is done.
Meagan's floor is clean.
And....

...The wall is primed.

Given that I am covering hot pink with white, I knew it would take more than one coat. I used the primer we already had and went over it with a first coat. I think tomorrow I will try to get the second coat of the actual color (a slightly different shade of white *lol*) put on while everyone is at school.

As you can see, today I had help. I figured it was going to be easier to let her paint than to try to fight to keep her out of it the whole time. So I gave her a paint brush, some simple pointers (like don't get so much paint that it drips), and let her have at it. She painted the smiley face. And she rolled some of the bottom chunk of the wall. Ultimately we ran out of time before we had to go get the boys, but we got it well enough to call it a good first coat.

I've had several people aske me why I am painting over the pink... "It's so cute in her room!" is the general consensus. Answer: When we decided to paint the wall pink, we did it knowing full well that if the day came that we had to sell the house, we would paint over it with a neutral color. While we might think the pink is 'cute,' not everyone can appreciate the cuteness of one bright pink wall. In fact, some might actually NOT enjoy it so much. Our goal is, and always has been, to get the colors in our house as neutral as possible for selling purposes. Why? Well, let's just say it is the result of a lesson learned from our last go-round. And I will never again go through a relocation process with a colorful wall. It's just not worth it. So, while I ADORE color, I will have to find ways to bring color into the home with decorations, fabrics, and other such items. It will not be found on the walls. And that's that.

Anyway....

I think I should be able to knock the rest of it out tomorrow. That will be one major project checked off the to-do list. I like that!!