Finished Room #2

In case you had no idea what my last post title was talking about, you are not the only one. :)

Here are the before pictures of the foster care room:

Okay.... couldn't find any!  Ha!  I vaguely remember taking pictures of all the rooms in our house a day or two after we moved in and having my camera die.  For some reason, I do have a close up of the wallpaper, very Texas Tech-y. 

 

The during:

Yessiree, that's sheetrock. 

Most of my wall paper removal jobs thus far have been a headache, because the walls have always had wallpaper.  This bad boy needed to be primed, texturized, primed again, and finally painted.  This is probably why I feel like we have been working hard, but only have a very few rooms that show it!

 

And the after:

 

We set up three beds in this room, hoping we are ready for whatever gets thrown our way!

Oh, and seeing the light fixture reminds me that we would like to eventually change out the light fixtures in both this room and the boys' room.  They are crazy low, and we are always running into them. 

 

I got this quilt from craigslist, and I love it.  I'm also a big fan of the curtains in this room, navy velvet.  They were another instance of buying one and cutting in half.  Gotta love saving a buck!

This is one of the beds the boys slept in at our old house.  Hard to believe Seth used to fit in there!

I would really love it if it were white, like the other furniture in the room, but there's no way I would paint all those rails.  Ain't no one got time for that. 

This is actually a shower curtain I bought from Urban Outfitters to use as wall art.  Jon, my peach as ever, cut some different sizes of paneling (ripped from the front entry) and I hot glued the fabric around it.  I'm smitten with how bright and fun it is!  Plus, I've got lots left to use for other projects around the house. 

 

And how about a foster care update, since this is the foster care room?  I'm guessing we will have a little one(s) filling this room shortly.  We told our caseworker that we were good (enough) to go about a week or so ago, and have actually said yes to a placement or two that we didn't end up receiving because another family with another placing agency got back to CPS first.  I'm glad this room is ready, because I would guess it would be any day now. 

 

And that ladies and gentlemen, is finished room number two!