With the arrival of our fourth child just recently, our house seems to constantly be in full-time organizational and rearranging mode these days. Or maybe that is just me? My poor husband, what a good sport he is about all of my nesting. We need to change up the kids’ bedrooms as our house will be maxed out with the addition of Oliver. So far we have both decided that the room shift will occur like so:
1. Baby to go into nursery. Since baby is a boy, we’ll need to paint and redecorate once baby is moved into this room (which is currently in a very girlie state of being) which for us is usually around 6 months or so, since our babies camp out with us until then.
2. Eloise will move out of the nursery and into “Noah’s room,” which is currently shared by Noah and Penelope but still decorated as a boy’s room in shades of green. Eloise and Penelope will share this room and it will need to be redecorated to fit the girls’ personalities. Yay! I am getting so sick of the green color we picked out when we moved in to our house 5 years ago.
3. Noah will move into our guest bedroom/office/catchall room, which means no more guest bedroom. Yikes! We will be at maximum capacity in our house! This room is a major disaster. Floral wallpaper everywhere!!!!! Anyone want to come over and strip it for me?
Right now my focus has been redecorating Noah’s new bedroom first. It seems the easiest one to tackle right now, since once the wallpaper is gone it will be more or less an empty slate (once we get all the odds and ends out), and we can move furniture around and into it as we see fit. Plus, since he won’t really move into it until the baby is around 6 months old, it will be nice to have a newly decorated guest room for my family to stay in while they visit and not the hodgepodge of a guest room it is currently.
{Before Picture: Disaster of a Guest Bedroom. No laughing, please!}
I am slightly embarrassed to show you this picture, but it is what it is. It’s a guest bedroom only due to the fact that it has a bed in it! We have used it as a guest bedroom/office in the past, but within the last month or so we moved the office to another area of the house so it’s easier for my husband to do notes at night in preparation for baby, although there is still a printer and desk chair floating around in there. I also use this room to store some of my partyware (left-hand corner), since I hate going down to our basement to get anything.
Do you see that wallpaper? It’s so awful. I hate it, but since we’ve already taken down wallpaper in our family room, powder room, and one other bedroom, I have just been too sick of wallpaper to tackle this room too! We did take the trim down around the window just to prep for the process, but that’s about all we could handle. LOL!
Need a close-up of that wallpaper mayhem?
I have been scrounging the internet and Pinterest late at night to look for various color schemes. Oh, the choices there are for boys! I knew right off the bat that I didn’t want the typical dark blue/tan that many boy rooms are decorated in. Instead I wanted something more neutral, so if I ever have to redo this room in the future it will just be (hopefully) a matter of changing out decor. I really want this room to grow with Noah and to be easy to add or take away decor as his tastes change.
I love light blues and light greys, as I think they are really calming colors, which will be nice for Noah as he will be starting kindergarten in the fall, and I think having cool, calming colors will be nice for focusing on reading, writing, and other homework fun. Noah loves orange and green, so my thoughts were along the lines of a light blue or grey wall color with pops of orange, green and blue in accent decor and bedding. Here are a couple of inspiration pictures that have caught my eye so far:
I just love the color combos in this picture. It’s right up my alley! With this picture I used Sherwin-Williams’s new Chip It! button, which lets you use any picture you find online and turns it into a perfect palette for inspiration. It is seriously so cool.
You can get the Chip It! button just like the Pin It button for Pinterest. First you drag the Chip It! button below to your toolbar:
Whenever you spot a photo you like online, just click the Chip It! button and then click the photo itself. And voila–you get the picture’s paint colors. So easy! It’s awesome.
I have been using the Chip It! button on every single inspiration picture I have found so far, and they are all easily saved into the program as a ChipBook called “Noah’s Room.” That way all the color options are right there where I can easily access them and compare colors too. Love it!
I love the wall color here (it is a bit darker than I usually go for, though…) and the splash of aqua blue and orange. I showed this to Noah and he really liked it too. †He is a definite sucker for anything orange. 🙂
You’ve got to check out the Chip It! video and add the Chip It! button to your bookmarks bar now. You will fall completely in love with what this new program does for your decorating mojo.
Okay, so ya ready for the giveaway?
Chip the last image in this post and then guess which photo I’m going to use in my room makeover and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a $1000 Visa gift card and a $200 Sherwin-Williams gift card!
Rules:
No duplicate comments.
You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
b) Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry.
Entries from all participating blogs will be pooled for winner selection; only two entries per household.
This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
The Official Rules are available here.
This sweepstakes runs from 6/18/2012 to 7/6/2012.
Be sure to visit the Sherwin-Williams brand page on†BlogHer.com, where you can read other bloggers reviews and find more chances to win!
XOXO,
Heidi V says
I think you’ll go with the first picture!
Amorette says
i’m guessing you will go for the grey walled room with aqua, just to get out of your comfort zone a bit!
Amorette says
tweeted! https://twitter.com/amidrex/status/215449414699991041
sayer13 says
The first picture………that’s my choice I think you are using.
Wylie says
I love Chip It! Thanks so much for introducing me to it! I think you will go with the second image. I love Summit Gray!
B Greene says
What a great tool – I love Chip It!! It would be great for creating quilt palettes, too!!!! I think you will choose the last photo – with the zebra rug.
hollymade says
What a cool tool! I will definitely be making use of that, already added to my tool bar. I think the first picture-with a some really bold orange accents. Love the idea of gray walls, so many options for color accents.
B Greene says
Tweeted the giveaway, too.
https://twitter.com/AlphaBecky/status/215458649584316416
Tansy Dolls says
Neat. I think you’ll go with the first picture. Those orange curtains really pop against the gray walls. 😀
Shelley says
I think you’ll use the first picture! 🙂
Pat Hoffmeister says
I think you’ll use the first picture.
Jessica @Blessings in the Country says
I think the first picture!
Jessica @Blessings in the Country says
https://twitter.com/JTalstein/status/215472258511147008
Emily says
I think you’ll use the first picture. What a cool tool!! 🙂
Chaotic Crafting says
I really love the light grey and bright orange in the first picture! So lovely! Now I am getting the itch to go paint something…thanks a lot! JK-LOL!
Sandy says
This is an awesome idea! I’m currently decorating a whole half of house- including our bedroom, nursery for girl, boys’ room, and bathroom! Yeeehhhaaaaa!
likeschocolate says
We have been using Sherwin Williams paint for years and love their color palettes. Would love to win because we have a couple rooms that need repainting.
dancin' momma says
I think you went with the first picture! I love the pop of color in it!
Sara G says
Love the first pic…what did you decide? Would also love to win this prize…we are gearing up (i.e. finding free/cheap things) to redo our falling apart kitchen and this prize would be perfect!
Marissa@ Momma Rake says
I “chipped” it and I think you will go with photo #1! 🙂 Such a fab idea. Thanks for sharing! <3
kitty crafter says
I too, think you will pick the first room inspiration photo. The orange curtains look amazing against the gray walls. I’m on my way to check out ChipIt!
TheVegan says
I think you’ll definitely be using the first picture!
TheVegan says
https://twitter.com/TheSuperVegan/status/215535468094304257
Allison C says
I think you will go with the first picture. Gray, orange, and aqua is my favorite color combination right now.
The Boojes says
I think you’ll use the first picture, with its great contrast of grey with the orange.
And congrats on the arrival of Oliver!! =)
Sarah O says
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Sarah O says
I’m going to guess the orange and grey – a great color for a boy’s room!
Tara B says
I think you’ll go with the first picture!
JoEllen says
Love the second pic!
Anonymous says
I think you are going to go with the first picture.
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julianne says
I’m going to say the first picture!
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julianne says
tweeted https://twitter.com/juliannerosenau/status/215628642766688256
Lavidafranco says
I say: The blue and white…so beach like and calming! so the second one!
Cool
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Michele Ortiguerra says
Chip It is totally fun! I’m going with thte first picture!
barneyn says
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Staci says
I am really loving the color palette on the first picture. Congrats on the newest baby!
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Jen L says
Definitely the first pic! My son is starting Kindergarten in the fall also, and we’re thinking he needs his room updated too!
jena916 says
tweeted! https://twitter.com/jena916/status/215762148616437761
April @ PolkaDots n' PinkySwears says
I’m going w/ the 1st picture!!
Tammy says
I think you will pick the light blue color in the 1st picture.
robin says
I think you’ll go with the second photo, with the blue. But when I did Chip It, the blue didn’t show up as a chip. Not sure why…
Kandice says
I think you’ll go with the second one with a bit more orange thrown in.
Reb Thack says
The second… Grey with aqua, but I’d do pops of red. But that’s just me 🙂 I really like the grey idea and hearing about your plans makes me want to re-paint my daughter’s hot pink room!
As to the wallpaper – use a steamer. Forget the chemicals. The steam gets it right off. I did about 1000 square feet in our old house. Took me two days.
Debbie says
the dark grey wall color is awesome — go for it!
Renee Carter says
I think the first picture. The orange curtains are just too cool too pass up, especially with the gray walls!
mom to LaLu says
I love the gray wall with pops of colors! Might have to do that for my office or the boys room.
Brooke says
My guess is Photo #! for sure!
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mrswaddleduck says
I’m thinking photo #1. Great giveaway. I desperately need to change the asparagus green in my living room…. Maybe gray would be really lovely.
~Cassie~ says
I think you’ll use the picture where it’s just the tree and the crib. That picture only incorporates the colors of the room (the grey, orange, and white) and none of the yellow’s and brown’s from the lighting that some of the others use.
~Cassie~ says
I tweeted about the giveaway at this link:
https://twitter.com/Dolfenblueys/status/216388742418673666
Jessica says
I think you will use the last picture!
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Jessica says
I tweeted too
https://twitter.com/jrwarfield/status/217010093202481152
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Melanie says
I can’t figure out how to see other pictures, I must be doing something wrong!
Beth says
I’m thinking you’re going to go with the grey room. I love it myself! Thanks, and good luck everyone!
Beth says
I tweeted about it here:
https://twitter.com/shadechick/status/217655699667292160
Pepper says
I think you’ll go with the first picture!
Pepper says
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/Pehpurr/status/218030696395051008
Sharon Greenthal says
I am guessing the last picture in your post. Love it!
Carolyn G says
the second one
slehan says
First pic.
Thanks for the contest.
slehan says
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peep says
I’m going to guess the first picture. There is so much you can do with it! Can’t wait to see the results! olygal@gmail.com
peep says
I’m going to guess the first picture. There is so much you can do with it! Can’t wait to see the results! olygal@gmail.com
peep says
I think the first one. I love the tree mural! Can’t wait to see what you do! olygal at gmail dot com
cw says
I think you will go for the third one with the serious grey and tree
MCantu1019 says
I like the color scheme from the first one.
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Heather@ Creative Family Moments says
the first one. Fun feature!