Three years ago, my parents began remodeling our house. I remember the day when I walked up the stairs to the second floor and there was nothing up there but the wooden frame. You might be wondering why it's taken three years for our house to be finished, well it's because my father, who's an architect, also thinks he is a contractor. After paying the hired contractor to build, he redid most of the work (windows/doors/etc), because it wasn't perfect in his eyes. So since he came to the conclusion that others are incompetent, he decided to do it all himself - minus the plumbing and electrical. So three years later, we're finally beginning to paint - and my room is next on the agenda.


I've chosen a shade of pinkish grey for my walls called French Castle and a very light light pink for my ceiling called Quartz White, both made by Behr Paints. I was on the verge of painting my room a light and bright pink, but opted for a neutral toned down shade -because well, I don't want to go blind in there. But I still couldn't let go of the vibrant pink shade, so I decided to have one accent wall of a more vibrant pink. I want a wallpapery design, something along the lines of Jocelyn Warner's Work.

She's got this same Kaleideskope pattern in pink, but it's a little too bright. I liked the dual tones in this design, but the pattern is not for me. I want something soft, girly like this pattern from Romo Textiles.

But I can't exactly substitute textiles for wallpaper, so it was only fate that I stumbled across this painting tool.

It's a pattern roller, where you choose a pattern, and then paint it along your wall giving the effect of wallpaper/faux finishes/stencils/hand painted, etc.

Oh man, I'm bursting with ideas right now and can't wait to get started. After having no room to call my own for the past three years, I'm uber grateful that I can finally have my own space - and I wanna make it as beautiful, relaxing, and unique as I possibly can.