As you follow along on my journey, maybe looking for ideas, curious how others address change; here is just a quick update to our guest room renovation.... a forced change that worked out beautifully!
I shared with you the images of the final room - here is what I did:
• tore out the wall to wall carpet and cleaned the "almost new" wood floors underneath. Not sure they ever saw the light of day, they were is such good condition, we got lucky!
• kept the furniture and moved it around
• added new neutral bedding with pops of color in the decorative pillows
• took everything off the walls, including the shelving (sold them on FB Marketplace)....
However this is where my journey ran into a hurdle
I could not for the life of me find the color I painted this room!
My daughter loved this color and I was determined to keep this one room with "color". It was fun, bohemian in a way with all the decorative items I added and I wanted a custom look to at least one room.
I guess we were destined to paint almost the entire house though...
so after getting a sample of the color I was sure it was, matching it back to the Ben Moore fan deck- it did not match : (
Granted, I only put on one coat, over white spackle, but it was no way dark enough so I knew that I was going to have to paint the entire wall. At that point "handy husband" said, we might as well give in and paint this room neutral ( as the real estate agent who saw the house said we should for best look, when we are ready to out the house on the market).
I went kicking and screaming and finally gave in...
Here are the final results of the renovation - the room does look bigger, brighter and I am sure that someone looking at the room will like it, or at least be able to see "their" potential for it. Sometimes you have to be open to change; even when you are holding on for sentimental reasons! (my daughter loved that color!)
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