Erica's Room

Erica's room was formerly known as "the chocolate room" for its deep brown color.  She had been wanting it painted for awhile so the Saturday after school started we tackled that project.  Her original choice of color was pink.  Due to her hot pink dresser and quilt, I suggested another color would be best.  Charles brought home color swatches and she chose this pale bright green.

Even with help from Adam, Allison, Ethan and Eli this was an all-day project.  The chocolate brown had to be covered with a primer.  When this room was originally painted we extended the brown color under the stairs and around the storage room door.  That, and the built-in shelves, all had to be covered in primer and then painted.  It took two cans so we had to run to the store for the second cans.  We painted the walls outside her room the same color as the rest of the basement.  (We had to finish up the next week when we got more paint in that color.)  After the paint dried we put her room back together, just in time for bed.

The boys have also been wanting their rooms painted, but after this project we took a break, from painting.  Since then we did take down the swingset, slide and shed and get a puppy.  So we have been busy.