Read the sequence from the top before cutting, painting, or moving pieces.
I know, I couldn’t help myself with the title, sometimes the cheese just comes out.
The other day I told you all about my plans for Etta’s room, then I told you I wasn’t planning on working on it, but I guess in some ways I am like the princess and the pea. Even if that pea is 20 mattresses down, it bugs me until I fix it. SO…. I started working on her room. I know I have no self control. If something is bothering me, I have to change it, so I guess I am more of a re-act kind of girl rather than and act before you have to, I guess at least when it comes to projects around my house.
I started by looking for a rug on Wayfair. I really wanted a big graphic pattern, but I also need it to be big for the space, but clearly affordable. At first, I was hoping to find a rug with both pink and blue in it. Well, actually with only pink and blue would have been ideal, but I couldn’t find anything. But I did find some beauties. Like these navy rugs:
Navy Rugs
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Chelsea Majestic |
Chelsea Chevron |
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Trellis Navy |
Matilda Rug |
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Pura Vida Navy rug |
Pura Vida Deep |
After checking out all the navy rugs, looked for some pink rugs, which had either too many other colors or not quite enough, but are clearly cute:
Pink Rugs
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Bajrang Pink Rug |
Back Bay Pink and Orange Hook |
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Printed Area Rug |
Woven Yacht Pink and White Stripe |
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Romantic Lace Rosa |
Zinnia Rose Rug |
The biggest problem for me was not finding a striking rug that would have worked, but finding one in my modest-cost that was big enough to fill the room. a 7’ by 10’ foot rug.
Finally I saw this rug, an indoor outdoor rug that would be tough enough to withstand my kids (And I can take it out in the backyard and hose it off if I ever want, since it is an indoor outdoor rug after all) Plus, the shape of the design in the rug lends itself to some straightforward Handmade projects(more on that next week). But wanna hear the best part?
I was able to get 6’7” x 9’6” for only $124 with free shipping. memorable DEAL! I bought it the minute I saw it, I kid you not.
Oriental Weavers, Caspian Ivory and Blue Rug
Once I had the rug, I ran to a local fabric store to look for fabric. Since I didn’t find a pink and navy rug, I was hoping to find a pink and navy combo fabric, but still no luck! So I guess another Handmade project is in the works for that… hint hint. But I did find these cute fabrics, and matched the fabric with some great paint swatches.
The paint colors I decided to go with are below. I got gallons of Satin paint from Sherwin Williams in their Emerald line of paints! Although I will tell you more about this in a week or two as I wrap that part of the project up.
Sherwin Williams – SW 6582 Impatiens Pink (walls)
with accents of SW 6584 Cheery and SW 6586 Heart Felt (rug and other places yet to show you!)
For the blue I chose SW 6804 Dignity Blue
and the White was SW 7566 Westhighland White.
Next week, I will show you what Handmade mischief got into me when the rug arrived, and I am totally loving it!
