Question. Have you ever nearly finished a DIY project only to realize at the last minute that you did something wrong in the process? Do you start completely over or just live with it?
On occasion, despite my prep and research and the ‘vision’ in my head, this happens to me. And it just happened. I’ll tell you about it but first, I finally finished painting my daughter’s room.
Not a mistake: We’re Benjamin Moore fans, but for her room I used Mythic paint . I was so impressed and not disappointed! The quality was just as awesome! The consistency was just the way I like it and I do a lot of painting!
Here is her room before. When we bought our house, I gave the girls permission to pick out their own paint color (after all – it’s only paint) and they painted the rooms themselves (mistake! What a messy job!). She chose a pretty bold turquoise color and we paired it with hot pink and black accessories. It didn’t take long for her to outgrow it and my eye would twitch (DIY OCD) when I went in there because of the teen-paint-job which you can’t see in pictures…but there are accidental turquoise brush strokes on the white trim and door and drips on the floor and…you get the idea. I managed to snap a quick picture before painting.
She has pretty French Provincial furniture.
This chandelier (free):
got a makeover:
In the guest room, we have this Pinecone Hill Genevieve bedding (celery):
I want to give the guest bedroom more of a farmhouse look or maybe even move it downstairs and use the existing guest room as a dressing room (future DIY!), anyway – this pretty bedding goes to her.
I chose wall color to match the bedding. It’s called ‘Lamorna’. The Mythic paint covered the turquoise in two coats! It was pretty bright and when painting over the turquoise, I kept thinking it was the same color as that “glow in the dark” color. I was scared! After all of the walls were painted, it still seemed a little bold, but with drying and the bedding and creamy white accessories, she loves it. Feminine but still a little crazy for her teenage taste. (Seriously – if you saw the picture I took with my cell phone – the name of the color would be ghost/plasma!) I used the color ‘Sweet Silence’ to freshen up the trim. It’s a nice creamy white. I’m considering painting her furniture with it too…but we’ll see if that works out. So many projects, so little time!
So, now my error. I have a damask stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils. It is amazing! It was so easy to use and my plan was to give the wall with the two windows a damask wallpaper-look. I used the same ‘Sweet Silence’ colored Mythic paint that I used on the trim.The damask stencil is almost identical to the damask pattern in the bedding and curtains. Here is a close up of the bedding:
Frog tape kept the stencil in place.
I just dipped my foam roller into the paint then used an empty paint tray lined with foil to get the paint on the roller evenly and applied it to the stencil. Easy!
A lot of measuring/centering and leveling and I got the base of 3 vertical lines on the wall. THEN I discovered that the stencil has a “built in” guide for overlapping a finished stenciled area in order to create a wallpaper-look easily. Oops! WHY didn’t it click before I was to this point?! I swear I read the tutorial! Perhaps just too much on my mind. So, I painted over and started again for the center part of the wall and did it properly. I painted the ‘guides’ on the stencil for the vertical lines towards the corners of the wall to give it more detail.
See here how the top of the stencil overlaps a finished stencil area? It keeps things lined up! How cool!
If you’re looking for a stencil – I highly recommend Cutting Edge Stencils. It’s a really nice size and so easy to use (learn from my mistake!). I will be using it again. I love it and it made the entire project less overwhelming. I’m going to use it in another upcoming project too!
So here is the back wall of her room. My little DIY helper is going to Germany for a few weeks (foreign exchange program) and I’ll be working to get the rest of the room done before her return so more to come!
Love the free chandelier in here…
Pillow on clearance at TJMaxx..
Frame from estate sale – future project. 🙂
What do you think? We still have to get lamps, wall art, frame a mirror, pick up a thrift store chair she likes, work on the estate sale frame project and turn the bifold closet doors into French doors for the side of the room you don’t see in pictures.
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So...that’s what I’ve been up to. What about you? Feel free to link up!
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your daughters room is stunning. I don't have a room that nice and I am a mom. HA! love it and the colors too. BEAUTIFUL! Jenn
The room is off to a beautiful start. I love that stencil. I'm sure she's going to be so excited to come home to her new room. Thanks for hosting evey week.
That stenciled wall is so beautiful! I love the idea of accenting over the bed – perfect. And the colors – amazing!
It's already stunning, imagine how beautiful it will be when you are done. She will be such a happy teen when she see's it. Excellent execution!
Very beautiful! great choice of color and furniture! love the Chandelier!
Frenchy
I LOVE the turquoise! I know, it was the "before" color but I am all about bright colors and that one is gorgeous! The new green room is beautifully done, however, so great job!
Hey, girl! How've you been? Wow, what a big change, the room is looking awesome!! Love the new green and white/ivory palette, very light and refreshing. That sucks you had to start over on the stencil, but it was worth it;) That little TJ Maxx pillow was a great find, perfect touch for the new bedding. Yikes, sounds like you still plan to do alot and its already looking amazing! You're a good mom!
The room is looking so great! I really love that stencil and the colors you've chosen. It's going to be gorgeous when you finish.
Seriously a great room!
Omg, so beautiful! I love the stencil that you used. It goes great with the bedding. Great combo of feminine with pop!
Absolutely beautiful!! I LOVE that stencil!
Just GORGEOUS. I so love that chandy! The colors are beautiful. A lot of work, but it's worth it!
You have done a great job with your daughters room. The stencil gives it that extra punch of elegance.
This is my dream guest bedroom, you did such an awesome job! Hope you have a great week! ~Andrea @ Life in Dawleywood
I hate when I realize I've made a mistake. I usually pine over it for a few hours and then depending on how much work it takes to fix it, I'll decide to redo it. That room looks effing FANTASTIC! I'm jealous.
I don't even feel worthy linking up to your party… That room looks amazing!! Like, I want to go re-do my bedroom to match!
Seriously impressed!
Love the stencil and the colors you choose, and I am coveting that chandy!
Great job!
LOVE that wall color!! And that makes me want to try a stencil … maybe in a closet incase I mess up? 🙂
The stencil is gorgeous! The chandy is to die for. Love the room!!! Thanks for hosting.
~Lori@live,laugh,love,create 🙂
Thanks for hosting, this is my first time linking up here! Love all the changes you made in your daughter's room!
Tracey
The room is great and in my fave color too!
Thank you for hosting the link party!
I think that room looks like something out of a magazine! It is stunning. I love the stencil trick. I have never thought about just painting over it with a roller. I will feature this post at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com on Tuesday! Great work!
Love the guest room! Especially the chandelier!
Beautiful! I'm lovin' all the new (old) green paint colors of today.
The wall paint color reminds me of the green paint I just used to paint the chair I linked up.
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it looks great already! love the calming color & sophisticated bedding. 🙂
What a beautiful space! Love the stencil and that chandelier is gorgeous. Thanks for hosting.
-Rene
That room is full of inspirational ideas! This is magazine worthy! Thanks for letting us show off our projects at your party! Rory
YOU have done amazingly well with your wall painting stencil.
We've done/seen lots of project but your stenciling work is good. Very elegant and not over the top.
Our compliments.
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Her room is looking fab! I'm loving the new color and that stencil.
And YAY! I'm so excited to win! Woohoo! Those transfers were so awesome – now I need to find a pillow or some fabric to use the transfer on!
Thanks so MUCH!
~Chelsea
The room is dreamy, I love it! I am not a stencil fan, but this has changed my mind. Cudos!
Beautiful!
Can you be my mommy?
Hugs,
~me
Hi! I usually do a post on the day I link up letting my readers know where I am by featuring the buttons. That way, if I'm submitting an older project like this one, my folks will still be able to discover you! If that's not acceptable just let me know, and thanks for hosting!
Oh, and that huge stencil is just stunning!
The room looks amazing. 😉 Great job!
I love, love, love the room. It's fabulicious!!! Much better than the turquoise. I'll bet she will sleep better too. Love the colors. Love the damask stencil. Love the bedding. Love everything. I do think you should paint all the furniture white too. It will make it look much fresher.
This room is absolutely wonderful! I just can't get over how well everything goes together! You did a wonderful job with the stencil!
And thanks for hosting another wonderful link party! 🙂
Just GORGEOUS! Your daughter is one lucky girl!
I absolutely LOVE the celery, what an unusual, but beautiful color for a room, and that stencil is gorgeous.
You did a wonderful job on your room. I especially love the stenciling. Awesome job!
The room looks great. I love doing it all when the kids are gone…then they don;t remember what you took away. It's so much easier! Lisa~
Roeshel – This is simply stunning. The color and the wall stencil is gorgeous. This is a fairy tale room – you did an amazing job! Thanks so much for joining the Sunday Showcase Party! I greatly apprecite it. Hope you are enjoying your week. ~ Stephanie Lynn
Oh my goodness wow!!! I love what you did with the room and that stencil is too amazing!! LOVE IT!
~Morgan
Meet Virginia!
Meet Virginia!!
Meet Virginia!!!
I think I wish you were my mom! Gorgeous room!
Gorgeous!!!!!! Janell
What a gorgeous room! The color is just beautiful. I am hosting a giveaway and I'd love it if you stopped by!
Laura @ along for the ride
Roeshel, I'll be featuring your room makeover today! Stop by and grab a featured button if you like. Thanks so much for linking to the Sunday Showcase Party! ~ Stephanie Lynn
It is gorgeous!!! Love it!
~ Julie
REALLY pretty!
Roeshel,
That is so beautiful. I love it. I will be adding it to my cont favs list (posted this morning) and I will be featuring it on my Saturday- Its So Very WOWZERS. (grab a new button)
Cheri
What a beautiful room – all of our rooms are in need of a redo- That stencil is fantastic…it is on my wish list…so is a free chandelier – I am on the hunt!
Embarrassingly enough, I'm just now checking this out from DIY club. I absolutely love this room. I really like the trim cornices with the "dream" plates above. The chandelier – ab fab!