nesting...

CAS contacted me and they have a sibling set they would like me to meet and consider....
So, I've been in nesting mode...cleaning, sorting, getting rid of the last of the wallpaper and finally transforming the spare bedroom from a catch all crap space into a bedroom. I am SO happy to report that there is no longer blinding bright blue paint to be found in my house, nor is there wallpaper :)
When I purchased my house the two kid bedrooms were the brightest pink and blue possible! And each were two toned. The pink one got transformed into the boy's bedroom and was painted the same colour blue that they had in the last house. (I actually painted most of the rooms in the new house the exact same colours I had in the old house). It was hard to paint, as the was one wall covered in bright pink handprints and if you look at the wall still you can see the outline of them as they painted the handprints very thick.
Mom and I had planned a month ago that this week we would set up the spare bedroom anyway so it has worked out with good timing. The walls are a lovely sage green. I just need to get a couple of coats of white onto the woodwork (it may take three as the woodwork was also bright blue and even with a coat of primer, they still are very blue) then the floor is ready to paint, and then the bedroom will be ready to be setup.
CO has mixed emotions about this whole process. He is missing J so so much and just wants to have J back. He was totally acting up yesterday morning and I was totally not realising what the root of the problem was. He didn't want the spare bedroom set up because that means new kids rather than J back. He does want new kids. But overall he just wants his brother back.
If I get the spare bedroom done, I want to paint the downstairs bathroom and back entrance way as well. They are the last of the spaces to be painted.

The bathroom and back entrance are going to be grey. I wanted something that wouldn't show the dirt as easily as the boys used to come in from out back and head into the bathroom and there is a trail of dirt along the walls as they went. Plus the fixtures in the bathroom are yellow. Hard to find a wall colour that goes well with that :)
In the above photo you can see that the floor is two different colours...nothing surprises me when it comes to this house anymore...by the end of the week, it will be one colour...the same as the rest of the upstairs.