Nursery Room - Paint and Fan

When I left off on Monday, we had installed a new window, painted the ceiling, removed the old carpet, and primed the walls.  I normally would not waste the effort at all to prime a wall.  In the paint world, I'm the kind of gal that gets anxious to get the second coat on before the first coat has really fully dried.  By the way, I don't recommend this!  But I wanted to go a light neutral color, and I wanted it to be it's purest, truest color.

Most of the walls in my house are beige.  I have a beige that I've found that I love, so I stick with it.  I like to add color to the rooms with accessories because I really don't enjoy re-painting walls.  I love the way a freshly painted room looks, but the process itself?!?!  No thanks!

The nursery though, I wanted to be a little bit different.  Still relatively neutral walls that I can pair with whatever colors I'd like, but not beige.

So we went gray.

And we installed a new fan!  Woo Hoo!!

The closet was the part I was the most excited about.  I have big plans for in there (I really hope they all work out!!!).  It's the first time I've ever picked out a color from a swatch, and fell in love instantly.  No tester needed for me.  I was really nervous putting it all on the walls, but I absolutely love the way it looks!

Chris was gone on Sunday when I painted the closet.  When he got home he said "wow, bold.  I LOVE it!"  Yay!

And just because I love to see how much progress we've made in here over such little time, here's where the nursery started out two weeks ago:

Junk Room, Before

Here's where it was before we started this weekend :

Primed walls, empty room

And here's where it stands today :

New window, ceiling painted, walls painted, new fan, carpet removed

Next up on this list is getting the trim painted a bright and shiny white so that we can install flooring.  What flooring?  We have no idea...that's also on the to-do list!

I know these colors aren't typical 'girl' room colors, but I'm not a typical girl.  I do plan on accenting the room with pops of a bright, deep pink...almost like a purplish pink, to add a little more feminineness to the space.  I've got big plans...if only I can keep up my energy level!

Hope everyone's having a fantastic week!  Happy Wednesday!

Oh...paint colors...the gray is Benjamin Moore's Moonshine, and the blue is Benjamin Moore's Lucerne.  Love, love, love!

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