From Purple Dragon to Dragon Slayer!

Remember when I first started this blog and we first started redoing our home...we started in the back in our master bedroom. I really wanted a purple bedroom (See this post) and I got one! (See below photo) I liked it and it was OK for a while...but then I started to kind of feel like it was a kids room. So our plan was to paint it something different after we finished everything else in our house.

So this past weekend we painted over the purple color and transformed it into a light grey. We also got the grey on super clearance at Home Depot. It was a color that someone made and didn't like so it was in their clearance bin. The great thing about it was that it was a high quality paint called Behr Premium Plus Ultra its one of those primer and paint all in one cans. I must say I was very impressed with this product. It went on very well! The first time we painted it we used the cheap Olympic paint and barely got by with one can and we really needed two gallon cans! On the Behr product we only used about half of a gallon can and only needed one coat! The other awesome thing is since we got it on clearance we got it for 35% off! So around $21. That made me very happy. Since the color was a made up light grey color, we don't know what its called....but I have decided to name it the "Dragon Slayer" Yes, I know I am a nerd! Anyways here is our bedroom now!!!

We really do like this color so much more. Its very calming and the best thing is that it feels more like an adult room now. :)

New Bedding

Since Terry travels so much he looked at all of his hotel points and realized that he had a ton and turned them all in to Amazon.com gift cards. So with that money we ended up getting some new bedding to match the new Purple Dragon room ;) Now we just need to get something up on the walls. Especially the wall behind the bed. Have not decided what will go there...but when we do we will let you know. Anyone have any ideas for us?

Welcome the Purple Dragon!

Just finished up another project on our checklist. Ever since I was a little girl my favorite color was purple. I have always wanted to have a purple bedroom and now that we have a house it was time to make that dream a reality! It took a lot of convincing to get Terry to agree having a purple bedroom....BUT when I finally did pick out the paint color and told him it was called "Purple Dragon" he was on board because it sounded a bit more manly! I will admit while we were putting it on we started to get a bit concerned because it was looking a little like I love Barny-ish. Since we had the green Frog Tape on all the molding but after it dried and we took off all the tape and added everything back into the room we absolutely loved it. Even Terry! Just love how the black furniture, white molding and doors look with the lavender. We are extremely pleased with this transformation.

The next thing we need to do is eventually purchase new bedding and add a few more photos to the walls and we will be all set.

Here are the before and after shots.

We also got the approval of old Jo. He jumped right on the bed as soon as we were finished setting it up and proceeded sleep there the remainder of the evening :)