The Chiefs Room

Before we moved into our home, I told Ellie that I would decorate her new bedroom however she wanted.  She didn't even think before she said that she wanted a Spokane Chiefs themed room.  Each year we get season tickets to the Chiefs (the local hockey team), and Shawn has been taking Ellie since she was like 4 years old.  She is a HUGE superfan. 

At first I wasn't real excited to do a Chiefs bedroom, just because it didn't seem cute and girly.  But it was what she really wanted, so I figured I better go all out!  I painted one wall red, one wall blue, and the other two white.  Then on the white walls I would paint a Chiefs logo to go over her bed, and stripes to go around.  I figured it wouldn't be too hard - I could get it done in a weekend, right??? 

The red and blue walls each took about four coats to cover and look good.  I wanted to cry - this was going to take WAY longer than I thought.  I thought, "it's a good thing Ellie is at her mom's for the next two weeks to buy me time."  I was going to need it. 

The logo took way longer than expected as well.  I felt like I was way in over my head, but I certainly couldn't stop now.  I finished the first coat only of the blue outline in about six hours.  My body was so cramped up that it wasn't funny.  And, if you remember (like I did) from painting the red and blue walls, it would take about 4 coats to get a good color cover.  Each night after work, I would come home and paint one more coat of blue on the logo.  After several days of this, I started in on the red.  Four coats of red and two weeks later, the painting was finally done.  Shawn did the stripes for me - he could see a meltdown was on the verge.  What a nice husband; I love him.

Anyway, the room is finally done and I am SO proud of the result.  Here are some photos of the finished product. 

I was so excited and anxious for Ellie to finally see the room.  When she first saw it she gasped and squealed that it was "SO COOL!"  Hearing that squeal of joy was so sweet, I'll never forget it.  It made all of the cramped muscles totally worth it, and I'd do it all over again tomorrow.