Stripes!!

I’m back!  I’ve been devoting all my blogging energy to HerStory About History, my classroom blog, but now that it’s summer (and I have a new house), I plan on devoting much more time to Crafty Teacher Lady!

The house is getting her last minute finishing details in order to get the occupancy permit and I’m schedule to move in THIS weekend.  I’ve been scrambling to finish the last few painting projects that I wanted to get done before moving the furniture in.  One of the projects was adding a little somethin’ somethin’ to what will be the office/craft room.

I had originally painted it Light French Gray by Behr but decided it was too blue so I painted it a second time in Driftwood Gray by Martha Stewart (for Home Depot) which is pictured above.  Once the room was complete with trim and dark floors, I felt it was way to ‘blah’ and kinda masculine.

So, I trolled the blogosphere for inspiration and here is what I found:

The first image can be found here and the second image can be found here. I love, love, love me some stripes! Here’s how my room turned out:

I decided, at least for now, to paint only one wall and treat it as the feature wall of the entire room.  I quite frankly don’t have time to paint stripes on all four walls since I am moving in t-minus 3 days.  Plus, I think once white curtains are up on the window, there won’t be much wall to see!

 I found a really helpful tutorial on how best to paint stripes at one of my favorite blogs, Young House Love.  I did find their suggestion to pull the painters tape off IMMEDIATELY after painting (as opposed to letting it dry) really did work.  I only have to touch up in a few spots, mainly in the corners where I brushed instead of rolled and the paint dried more quickly.  Oh and this was a necessity: