December 12, 2013
Paint For The Boys Room
chalk art by Kat Phillips, TheGrayAttic.com
I've got some goodness going in the girls room (coming soon), and I felt like I needed to show some love in my boys room, too. Before we moved into this house, I would come over at night and paint with a flashlight and go home when I got too tired. (we didn't have electricity here yet) You can see in this photo the chalkboard map wall I made for them.
This is the larger of the kids rooms, but it only has two windows so there is not a ton of natural light in there. I feel like the current wall color with the black wall in the same room just feels too dark. Therefore, I'm thinking I need to lighten up the other three walls.
When I'm trying to decide on a paint color, here's what I do. 
My brother often laughs at what my husband and I ask each other for Christmas. In the past, our wish lists have included things like first edition CS Lewis or classic books, antique watercolor paintings, and "a pair of old gates".
Then there was the year I got this.
In his defense, that was not my only gift. And we really did need it. And though it is a bit cliche that women do not want gifts like dustbusters, I really do love a practical gift!
