The Painting is Finished

The painting is finished and the fun begins with the arranging and the fun crafts that I like to do to finish things off.  And the search is on for the gathering up of objects that finish off a space.  In this case it is the back bedroom where my computer sits.  This is where I blog and my grandchildren sleep when they stay over.  I am not going to show you any before pictures this time around because I am joining Debra at Common Ground for her Vintage Inspiration Friday.  Now what I have to share as my inspiration is not vintage but it is the backdrop of the vintage furniture I have been painting to put in this room.  I tore out this picture from a Better Homes and Gardens magazine about a year ago.  I loved the look of this painted wall behind the headboard.

As you can see this page has been around for a while.

Now I liked the idea but I did not quite want the different tones of the same color so next I used these curtains that I made a few years ago at my previous home to pick out the colors I wanted to use in this room.  I really still love this fabric and decided I wanted to use the curtains along with some pillow shams that I made at the same time in this room.

I have been trying to get a picture of the walls that shows the true color and it just is not coming out clearly.  I have tried about every setting on my camera available.  I can tell you that the green, lavender and the blue on the walls match the colors in the curtains.  The colors are a lot more muted and soft.  The rest of the room is painted in just the green shade.

So next comes the layers but because this is about the inspiration for the room I will just stop after showing you the vintage headboards that I am sitting in front of the painted color blocks.

 The left headboard was mine as a child and the right one was on the curbside found by my mom in love when she was helping me look for a second bookshelf type headboard.  The headboard on the right has a end board also.  I am going for the cottage look which I really like a lot.  What do you think, am I getting it?  Now I need to find some pretty art work to center over the headboards.  Something new for the search.

Speaking of artwork, our five year old granddaughter sent this picture home to grandpa the other day.  She had it all rolled up with a string tied around it.  So sweet.  Hubs gets all cheesy when the kids send him artwork and this time was no different.  But after looking at it for a while he got worried that this granddaughter thinks he looks like Hitler.

I do not think he has anything to worry about.
Check out some other wonderful inspirations over at Common Ground this weekend.

Have a great holiday weekend!  Blessings!