From Blue to Yellow: Paint Pictures

I'm finally getting around to posting these painting pictures from last month.  Here's a before picture of what the nursery looked like for the past 6 1/2 years.  It served as guestroom #2- not that we ever had many guests.  You can see the blue walls, ceiling, trim, etc.  We just worked with it even though it didn't match the decor in the room.  This was my furniture from when I was a little girl.  The comforter set is new though, and one we fell in love with years ago and purchased from the clearance rack with the hopes that someday we would have our own little girl.  I'd often sit at my desk and work on Bible study, bring in my card making supplies, and just dream/wonder/pray about if we would ever have a child for this room.  It was definitely "my room."

Here's proof the closet doors were even blue!  I told you my DH was color blind.  Can you imagine your whole house this color?  It was when we first got married in 2005.

And here we have the nursery cleared out and DH and dad are getting ready to prime it.  Look at all the paint samples on the wall.  It took 5 yellows and 5 trim colors before we choose one we liked!

Yep- even the inside of the closet was blue.  This is the other room next door that DH is working on.  We decided to do both rooms the same color scheme, so that they would at least be painted.  The only blue room we have left in the house is the guest bathroom/baby's bathroom.  Neither DH nor dad had the energy left to even attempt to paint the ceiling or trim white.  Oh well.  That will come some day.

And the other room is all primed.  This used to be guestroom #1.  I don't have any before pictures of it, but basically we had a queen bed and some book shelves in it.  It's where our parents would stay mainly when they came to visit.  Maybe some day it will be nursery #2??

And the ceiling and trim are white and the walls are yellow!

Doesn't the nursery closet look nice?  No more blue.

And by the time dad left, this is what the nursery looked like.  He and I assembled the crib and he and DH did the armoire and combo dresser.  Such a change from what used to be "my room."

A friend came over last week and helped hang some room decorations.  The Noah's Ark blanket is our main focal point in the room.  The animals around the window are just removable decals that match the blanket and crib sheet.  The rocking chair is one we got from our honeymoon trip to Costa Rica.  It's made of leather and wood, and while it's not as comfortable as one of the traditional gliders with footstools, it has a ton of memories.  And plus, we don't have a lot of extra space in the room.  We still need to get some cordless shades for the window and a small footstool for the chair.  Otherwise, the room is ready for a baby!  So crazy.

And here we have the other room.  We just moved all the furniture that was in the nursery next door, so this becomes a small guestroom.  I love that I can still use it as a study/reading/crafting space if I want.  Anyone want to come and visit?  We're waiting to see who our first guests will be!!

We're also still waiting for our basement project to be finished.  Once that is completed (probably after Baby arrives), we'll have our main guestroom down there and another bathroom.  We do have family and friends coming in June for the baptism, but so far no one before that.  Any bloggers need a mountain getaway?