weekend projects and an under the weather kiddo

We spent this last weekend with a sick kiddo.  He got bitten by a little flu bug (which left him with a fever and yucky runny nose...) Do you like that official nursing terminology there?
So we stayed around the house and just tried to lay low.  Ryder was completely content to be in his jammies, on our laps, either reading, sleeping, or watching a movie.
So we decided to tackle a few little things for his room. (Or should I say the room that is going to be his...)
We gave the fish tank to our neighbors and we sold the futon, two HUGE things that we wanted to happen in order to paint and prepare for new carpet.
Here are the before pictures:

Here are some of our progress pictures:
(It feels like we have so much room since we got rid of the big bulky pieces...)

Then, I got inspired to take things off the walls to prepare for paint:
(Now it is really feeling empty...)

 

Our next step was to tape off, prep walls, paint (I hate the cutting in...) Kit and I divided up the work so I taped off the walls and prepped for painting, and then Kit did all the hard work:

Here Ryder thought he would help out:

Here are some pictures of the finished walls:
(We still have to touch up the trim and put a boarder on the windows and hang the blinds...)

It's hard to see the difference, but the main change is it has more of a gray undertone to it.  We call it clay, when it's against brown, it looks gray, and when it's against gray it looks brown.  We love the dark furniture with it!
I am really exited to get his room all ready and getting him settled so that we can then start working on Miss Eden Marie's room.
We can't wait to share the progress with you!