Swimming to sleep.

Well, as predicted, I couldn't wait until post-Internet Librarian to paint the bedroom, so Friday night Doug and I went to Home Despot to get our painting supplies (my mother had taken all of her stuff home with her - rollers, brushes, paint trays, etc., probably thinking that we were done with them for at least 5 years), and then Saturday morning, after Curves, a little housework and a snack, went to this awesome hardware store in Newton to get our paint. I really think that we got the colors in Chris's picture very close to right, or at least one of the colors (the accent wall color, the darker blue). What I am not sure about is whether the picture was quite as nautical looking as our room now looks. Doug and I really do like the color combo, and we LOVE that it is much brighter. The space feels happier, more youthful (though we will need new accessories, like a new blanket for the bed, some new art for the walls, and possibly a new rug, in order to keep the new look consistent), but the space also feels like we're living in an aquarium, or that we're on some kind of pirate ship, looking out across the open ocean, sailing off on the blue seas. I doubt the pictures below will do the shades justice, but trust me, the colors are very... blue.

The below is the accent wall pre-painting. It's a very earthy green color, one I think would be fine in a dining room but for our bedroom was just not working.

This is another view of our bedroom. All the walls save the accent wall were this buttery off-white color, which a) reminded me too much of our bedroom in Newton, and b) was too non-descript for me. We like color, we like punch (we have a purple dining room!), and this color was not punching us. We tried to make it work, but really, why try that hard? Just repaint.

Here are a few photos of the painting process. Really, when you think about it, it didn't take us long to paint the room. We even did two coats! We started around 2pm and we were washing our brushes out and putting the room back together by around 7pm. That's not that bad! We're like pros now.

So, on to the final product, or almost the final product. The painting is done, but the room, as mentioned, still needs some accessorizing. In the meantime, though, we can dream about sailing the high seas in search of treasure as we stare at our Caribbean Blue Water and Baby Boy Blue walls. Thanks, Benjamin Moore! You've done good.