Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Our weekend project

On Saturday Cameron and I finally painting one wall in our living room. We have been meaning to do it for a few months, but you know how the holidays are. After finally deciding on which two colors to do for foux painting and watchig a video on the "raggin" technique, we felt ready to try it out. THe base coat is called "Thyme" and the top coat that we "ragged" on is called "parsley." Neither one of us really enjoy painting, and we did have some difficult moments. But overall, the weekend was a success and we love how it turned out. It's amazing how a little paint can transform a room.

The Base coat

We used cheese cloth to dab the top coat onto the dried base coat. It was a lot faster than rolling the rag onto the wall, which was our original plan.


Cameron doing some touch-ups to the trim. We had a lot of touch-ups to do!


The finished room. Since we do not have pictures of kids to post, this is exciting as our lives get!

9 comments:

boyerz said...

wow wow wow that is really beautiful Vanessa and Cameron. You did a great job. I love your window treatment. What a home desiner you are. I am very impressed. Cant wait to come and see it. Love MOM

Brittnee said...

Hey that looks so good! You guys should go into business ;) Your house is beautiful.
It sounds like you had a short and sweet Christmas. I'm glad you were safe on the roads. Love ya gal, take care.

ebudd said...

I LOVE it! That looks so great. You and Cameron are a fantastic team!

Emily said...

Looks awesome! So...
When are you coming to Pocatello? I need to paint, but sounds like we are about the same with the level of enjoyment. Maybe when Spring rolls around...Glad you guys are doing well!

Audra said...

Love it! It looks awesome!

Reed, Julie , Macie, Branson & Allie said...

It looks beautiful! You're house is so cute.

Linds said...

Aaa! I've missed your face! I've been searching for you on the web for awhile! And what the pooh are you doing in Burley?!! I'm in Jerome!!! Right outside of Twin! We should go on a double temple date together!

bstoddard said...

It looks so great. I can't wait to see it next time we come by. Now you are all practice you can come and do mine!

Anonymous said...

Vanessa, your home looks so good. I love it! You are so creative. I miss running (well mostly talking)with your every morning...it just isn't the same. You think I'd be used to it now 2+ years later, but you are so fun. I wish we lived closer now so we could fall on the ice at 5 in the morning. Ha!
Love,

Kristen