Playtime and Projects

The boys have been playing on their playset as much as possible this weekend. I keep reminding them that it has to stay at our old house when we move to our new one and they have definitely taken that to heart. (The date on the picture is wrong: it was taken on 10/6/12. That capability has since been shut off on my camera)

In other news, I painted a bookshelf before our house went on the market and thought I would share the transformation.

My mom gave me a white bookshelf a couple of years ago that has been languishing in the office; stuffed full of books.

The white paint was getting pretty scuffed and worn, so I brought it out to the garage, wiped it down and gave it a fresh coat of white on the shelves, top and sides.

Then, I painted the back blue (Peacock Blue from Glidden or Behr, I think).

I put it back in the office under the blue snow goose and it looks quite nice, if I do say so myself.

I love how the white shelves and white trim go so well with the gray walls and the bright blue.

It has definitely inspired me to give the pink room in our new house the same treatment.

What do you think?

Should I paint the walls gray, leave the trim white, and then paint the same peacock blue color behind the shelves? I have most of a gallon of paint left over as our original plan was to build bookcases and a window seat around the window in the office of the house we are currently in and then paint the wall blue behind everything.

Any other ideas for the pink room? Anything other than pink will be considered. I am an unimaginative, non-pink loving woman in a house full of boys. This room will be my new office as the boys both want to share the bedroom that has the climbing wall (yay for me!)