My Mix of 6

As you saw yesterday , I am redoing Hotrod's room.  It is long overdue, that is for sure.  When he left for his trip, I was shocked at the work we had to do in his room.  Since I had asked him to clean it, which he did do a few days before; however while, he was packing for his trip, it was right back to where it began before he cleaned it.   I'll let the pictures do the talking.   I had a long road ahead, that's for sure, and only 4 days to get it done!!  Typical teen boy room...or so I'm told...I just think my teen happens to be highly allergic to a garbage can. I knew that I wanted a paint that had a primer built into it.  Also, Hotrod and I had previously discussed colors for his room should I ever redo it.  Which was grey.  So I went to my local Home Depot, at 7 o'clock on a Monday night of course (perfect time to start a major project, right?), and bought the Behr Premium Plus Ultra and had it color ...

I love surprises!   I especially LOVE to give surprises!   Whether it’s a birthday party, a Disneyland trip for the kids, or redoing my teenage son’s room while he is gone on a backpacking trip with the Boy Scouts.   I had 4 days…4 days people…to redo my son’s room.     When we moved into our home 8 years ago, we I allowed the kids to picked out their own paint colors and decorate their own rooms.   So needless to say Hotrod’s room was long overdue for a redo. He picked out the border and then picked out the two colors based off two of the cars in the border.   Not bad for an 8 year old, if I say so myself.  The red, because it was like Daddy's Chevelle and the blue...well, I think he just liked the blue. I wanted to spruce up his room.   Brighten it up a little bit.   Here are my thoughts for his room. **Notice, I just want to do subtle stripes on the wall, similar to the ones in the upper left hand corner, not th...