Mission Accomplished (Almost)

Last weekend Ben and I shipped our young ones off to Grandma and Grandpas' for a night. We intended to use our kid-free time to redecorate the boys' bedroom. We figured it was a two-day project, tops.

Right.

Why do home renovation projects always take longer than you plan for them to?

We finally moved the boys into their newly decorated bedroom last night (as in nine days after we started). They temporarily shared the baby's bedroom last week, and we had random toys and books stored all over the hallway. To tell the truth, it was not as chaotic as it sounds. All the same, I am very glad to have our everything back to normal today.

Here is what I have learned from our little home improvement project:

Yellow is a very transparent paint colour. When the instructions say tinted primer recommended, use the tinted primer!

Paint needs to cure for at least three days before you can paste wallpaper over it.

Don't let a toddler help you to pull the masking tape off of the base boards.

Finally, buy more wallpaper border than you think you will need. I bought two rolls of border that should have just covered the perimeter of the room. I overlooked one tiny detail, though. We needed to match the pattern going around the corners. Needless to say, I've ordered a third roll of wallpaper. It will arrive in a couple of weeks, and until then I will have to ignore the 20" gap in the border beside the window.

Live and learn, live and learn.

(Otherwise, the room looks very cute).