What A Project!

This week's homeschooling project is painting the house. The first room we did was the dining room. The color was way too bright. I can never pick the right orange. Hey, that's almost punny. Pick the right orange. Heehee.

The orange I choose was darker than the previous orange that we used at the old house. But still too bright! So we sponged over it with chocolatey brown, left over from the old house. We also used it to cover up the too bright orange at the old house.

Getting the dining room right took 3 days. We did Annika's bedroom [pink] in a couple of hours, and today we're starting Chloe's room.

Oh boy.

She doesn't just want one color. She wants a meadow scene on a sky blue background. With horses & squirrels & flowers & grass & a big tree. And a sun wearing sunglasses. On the ceiling, she wants deep, dark blue with a moon & stars. Drawing is NOT my talent, but I'm going to try.

We've spent about $150 on paint & supplies. Troy thinks we can do up the whole house on under $1000, I'm not so sure. That's counting curtains [we have 29 windows[, or at least fabric for curtains, bookcases, shelves, and all the other stuff we need for the house...