Bless Your Heart

We’ve been working on painting our bedroom. Luckily there were no stencils there, just lots of white walls that needed freshening up. First we painted the entire room a pale, pale, lavender called Ice Violet. We painted the sitting area a darker shade of the same color so it would stand out: bed sitting area. Since we don’t have a headboard on our bed (Jon’s 6’4″ so most headboard/footboards combos are too short for him so we just skip them all together) we decided to paint an accent wall. We decided on a harlequin pattern to jazz up the room a bit, plus we like the French flair of it. Jon cut a template from cardboard and measured out the diamonds. I taped each diamond we wouldn’t be painting (since we already had the lighter color on): taping off. I painted the outer edges with a small (tiny, really) brush to keep the lines straight, and Jon painted the centers of each diamond. We have to give it another coat and touch up a little, but here it is so far: bedroom in progress. My mom likes it but said it looks a little Alice in Wonderland, but we’re kinda digging it. What do you think?