So here is my dilema..... I have told my girls that when Luke starts sleeping through the night they can have their room back. All four oldest kids have been sleeping in the same bedroom for over a year. We call it the orphanage because all that fits in the room is the 2 sets of bunk beds stacked on each wall. Luke is now 17 months old and still is NOT sleeping through the night. I was getting impatient and envisioning all these fun things we could do in their new room! So we booted his little body to the guest bedroom and went to the paint store to pick out paint. I wanted the girls to have a say in their room color. Two almost eight year olds idea of paint color was MUCH different than what I had in mind. I spent many hours painting in there room today and every time they would come in and check on the progress they squeal with excitement. "I can't believe this is our room! I looooove this pink room! I NEVER would have thought we would have such a cool room!" Honestly..... I really don't like it! It reminds me of the pink frosting on those sugar cookies you can buy at the store. Ya know, those soft cookies, pink frosting and sprinkles?
So do you see my dilema? What is a mom to do? It is really something I can live with and I am a strong believer in giving my kids choices so they can learn from them. Will it be better when I get the shelves on the wall and their beds in the room? Will it grow on me and I will learn to love it? Or should I go get some different, lighter pink paint at the store tomarrow and paint it while they are at school. Then I can tell them my true feelings and hope they agree? Am I over reacting? Please share your thoughts, ideas, and/or feelings with me!
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Hey Sid! When we moved into the house in Hockinson (which my parents still live in) I was in 6th grade. My room was painted pink on the bottom half with wallpaper covered in pink hearts on the top half. I loved it! It had pink mini blinds, pink curtains, a pink beadspread AND a pink lamp. It wasn't quite as bright as that pink but very close. Pink is still my favorite color, but I prefer a much, much lighter shade these days :)
I LOVE how excited they are about their new pink room! You are so lucky to have girls. I have three boys who are wonderful, but want nothing to do with pink. My advice would be to NOT change the color. They love it exactly how it is and I have a feeling, from their reaction so far, that they would be disappointed if you changed it. It will not look so pink when you put the beds back in and hang shelves etc. on the wall. It will be easier on the eyes. Eventually they are going to grow out of that bright pink and want to change it. So for now I say let them keep the coolest pink room ever!
I agree. I think once you get it finished and decorated it won't be so bad. And maybe it is because I am a girly girl, but I don't think the pink looks bad. ha ha. I am not helping am I? But I would for sure leave it since they loved it so much! You can tone it down with accessories and all that fun stuff!
move their stuff in and it will tone it down tremendously. it might still bother you for a while, but they love it. i would do almost anything for happy kids, and if it's a simple thing like paint color...all the easier to do for them. they will remember this time fondly..."remember when mom painted our room that cool pink color?" they love you!!
It's hard to tell just from the pics, but I kinda like the color, too. lol And I bet it will look better when you put the furniture, bedding, accessories in. You won't even see half of the pink anymore. You'll have to keep us updated and show us what it looks like when it's all done. :)
You are a great mom! The color fits your girls' personalities, bright, cheerful, happy! I say leave it and accessories like crazy! Get some light colored curtains and hang their shelves and see what happens! You could do a border of a lighter pink around the top, just an idea. Can't wait to see the end product!
There are SO many cute, cheap things you could add to the wall to help tone it down. I had a friend come paint vines and flowers on Hailey's wall. I just bought acrylic paint and she LOVED it. Huge white daises and different colored centers would look cute on one wall. A white valance with cute little flowers on it (or whatever your girls are "into").
You're right about having the girls "live" with their choice, I would maybe just help them find ways to KEEP "loving" it. And in the end, if you do change it, then what a GREAT way to help them EARN the new paint color, or accessories, or whatever.
Good luck!
Now I want to paint something!!!
I see your dilemma! But my experience with all my painting jobs has been dislike then learn to love...I think it is overwhelming to look at a bare naked room, and the furniture and pictures always make the color look great! So, I'd say put everything together, live with it for a few months, and if you still hate it...then maybe do something then. But two happy little girls would be pretty bummed I think if they came home to a different color! That's my two cents :-)
Well, first of all, you could probably choose a lighter shade of pink, paint the room and they'd never know the difference. Just tell them it dried lighter. But that makes you a liar, so. . . I'm probably not much help. :)
I LOVE those cookies...and the room
Remember when mom and dad let us paint the downstairs room with jungle animals on it? I'm sure they didn't love it at first, but we have great memories of that. I still can't believe they let us do it.
When else in their whole lives will they get to live in a pink room? I think once things are up on the walls, it maybe won't feel as pepto-bismol to you. However, you are the one who has to walk by it everyday. Good luck with what you decide.
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