Map Room: Before and After

Well, the room is not "finished," but the painting is and we are definitely enjoying it for school! I still need to make curtains and pillows and hang up wall art, but that will have to wait until the summer. Unless some free time opens up! ha!

 BEFORE

AFTER

Darin added the molding around the map, changed the paint color and put up the scripture. 

I love this verse above the map. It looks even better in person. 

BEFORE

AFTER:

We decided to have the blue be the accent wall and painted all the other walls "Gobi Desert." Appropriate, huh? 

BEFORE

AFTER

When I was a little girl, I used to sit in the little school desk in my dad's art studio 

and color pictures while he did real paintings. It's very special to me!

 BEFORE - Lots of patching, sanding and priming!

AFTER : We sit climb all over this futon to do lots of "Exploring Countries and Cultures" reading. 

It's pretty plain for now, but someday there will be time to jazz it up. 

We love the new colors!

Map Room

We have a terrific room in our house that is unused. Since the boys are happy sharing a room, we use the "map room" as our guest bedroom. With minimal overnight guests, it has occurred to me to take advantage of the full wall map for our upcoming unit exploring countries and cultures. I am very excited to have a vision for this room. (There will still be space for guests... don't worry!)

You'll see in the pictures below that there is a lot of work to do. Lots of patching, sanding, 

priming and painting. Again, work for Darin and work for me to be patient. I'm willing to help, 

but it's better for both of us if I watch the transformation from the sidelines. 

(He's the painting perfectionist and I'm the "hurry, let's get it done" girl.)

 Isn't this a great map! Darin is going to add picture molding around the edges of the map. 

We're going to change the wall color. I don't care for the gold. Any ideas? 

I welcome all suggestions. Anyone want to come over and be our color consultant? :)

Darin's almost done with all the patching and priming. He's getting ready to paint the ceiling, moldings and prime the walls before he does the top coat. I'm thankful for my hard working hubby. 

Can't wait to show you the final results! Don't forget to share your color suggestions.