1st House Project by Ourselves!

As I was looking at the plans for the weekend, the calendar was BLANK! So.....I said to Shawn, "Let's paint our room!". You can imagine the look of angst he gave me! When we moved in almost 2 years ago we didn't have time to paint our room. It was painted a sage green and actually matched the bedspread we had at the time. Well, I am tired of the green! I found a 16 piece bed set for an incredible price at Linens-n-things and it definitely did not match the green. This is actually our Christmas present!
Our goal today was to get it primed and get the ceiling done. My dear husband is NOT a big fan of household projects. But because of his serving spirit and easy-going character, he helps out with most anything! (except dusting) We got the priming done during the girls' naps and it only took about 1 1/2 hours!
We thought we had enough ceiling stucco but alas...not enough.

Here a few things I have come to realize when doing a house project:
1. Take the amount of time you think it will take you and double it!
2. You have to be prepared to take AT LEAST 2 trips to Home Depot.
3. ALWAYS put a drop cloth down even if you think you can go slow and not spill.
4. ALWAYS give your hubby extra kisses and lovin because he is doing this for you!

Shawn has been working on the ceiling for about 2 hours now and is still only a 1/4 of the way done. He has already used a 5 gallon tub of stucco..(hmmm), and it not working so well. It is a slow, tedious task and I'm hoping he does not get TOO frustrated! This is going to be one expensive ceiling!
(Oh, where is my dad when we need him! I think he has helped with every big house project we have ever done. He is a super handy-man! Shawn and I have an understanding about this! He likes the challenge of doing it himself but actually prefers to have my dad's help!)

Here are pics of stage 1 and I am praying that we get the color done tomorrow! I'll post pics of our finished room.

My job is done! Adrianna walked in and said she liked our room!
I guess blotchy white primer looks good to an almost 4 year old!









Can you feel the enthusiasm?:)







Notice the lovely blob of white goo on his eyelid. Very attractive hunny! I think he's about done for the day. :)