Before & After: The Bedrooms

One of the "fun" things about moving to a new "old" house is all the "projects" that we get to work on. Almost every weekend, we work on some sort of house project. This past weekend was no exception. We worked on new baseboards in the guest room. The baseboards in the guest room, Kate's room and Claire's room were about 30 years old and only about 1/2 inch high. We finally put in the new 4 inch baseboards in the guest room and it looks SO much better. Wow!

So, I thought I would share some Before & After pictures of the Guest Room, Kate's Room & Claire's Room. We still have a few things we want to finish in these rooms, but for the most part, they are done!

Here is the Before of the Guest Room
We were NOT a fan of this color.....it was a gray/navy/purple color.
It was really, really dark.
Here is the AFTER:
We painted it Fig Cookie (Kelly Moore)
And, here are the new baseboards:
This dresser used to be in Kate's room at our old house, but because the bedrooms are smaller in this house, I had to put it in the guest room.
I got this bedding at Target! I LOVE it!
The only thing left we have to do in the Guest Room is add crown molding, hopefully next year!

Here is Kate's room BEFORE:
It was a REALLY, REALLY, REALLY bright yellow.
We had the whole house painted before we moved in (the woman who lived here before smoked inside the house & the house reeked). Before we moved in, I just decided to paint it the same color as her old room (a buttery yellow color)

I wanted to make the transition from our old house to our new house smooth for Kate, that is why I painted it the same color as her old room (and plus, all of bedding matched it)

I didn't even think of asking Kate what color she wanted her new bedroom....but I should have.
The very first day we moved in, she told me she wanted a purple room, not the color of her old room. DOH!

Kate has asked me at least once a week for the past few months if we can paint her room purple.
If you know me, you know I am NOT a fan of the color purple (but, it is Kate's favorite color)

Kate told us that she is going to ask her Grandma to paint her room for her birthday.
And, I am going to let her. *sigh*

We are going to paint it a light lavender, to make the very small amount of lavender she has in her bedding. Can you see that small lavender stripe?

I think the lavender will still look okay with her bedding & all her pink accents in her room.
(Kate is the only one who has a walk in closet...lucky!)

So, this January, I will show you Kate's new lavender room (and we are going to wait to put her new baseboards in at that time...and possibly her crown molding)
UPDATE on 1/19/11 : Here is Kate's new purple room

Here is the BEFORE of Claire's room:

And, here is the AFTER:

I love this paint color! I tested out so many different pink colors and I am really happy with how it turned out!

View of her dresser:

(Here is Claire's room at our old house.)

We are going to put Claire's new baseboards this weekend or next.

UPDATE on 4/16/11: Here is Claire's new bedroom with her Big Girl Bed.

So, that is the tour of 3 of the bedrooms at our new house.
We haven't done anything to the Master Bedroom or Office yet. It is going to require punching out walls & putting up new walls. Hopefully next summer we will start that project!

P.S Does anyone have a good shade of lavender paint they they recommend?