Rachael's Yellow Room

The first color that Rachael could identify was yellow. Yellow has always been her favorite color. When she was three she said that she wanted her room to be yellow. I told her that if she still liked yellow when she turned four we would paint her room yellow as part of her birthday present. Well it still is yellow. Finding the right shade of yellow turned out to be harder than I thought. It took three paint stores and of course expensive paint but we found Rachael's ideal yellow. For some people it may be bright but to Rachael "it is perfect" (her actual words.) Her room is full of odd angles. When we bought the house it was a dark blue and cave like. The yellow really brightens up the room. In fact for me it would keep me from going to sleep.

In July we painted the room with a little help from the girls. I have found with every project we take on we learn an important lesson. The lesson on this project is primer is important no matter what the paint store guy says and no matter how light you think the color is that you are painting over. Primer is your friend, eight coats of paint is the enemy. Also, brown tinted caulk can help with edge problems.

When we went to put it the room back together I found out I was like Bambam from the Flintstones - stronger than I thought. I put a hole in the wall while trying to put up a shelf. Fast forward four months and the hole is fixed and the room is finally picture worthy. Note the curtains and bed skirt. Nana worked her magic when I couldn't find anything pre-made.