101 in 1001 - painting shelves

In reality, I probably could have filled my entire 101 list with things I want to get done around the house.  There is so much I want to do - nothing major, but just little things here and there.  Some cosmetic things to the actual house, and some re-doing of furniture that we currently have.  I'm not in a hurry, though, and we certainly don't want to put much money into the house since we're only here 4-5 years, but it's still fun to think about what could be done (and, as an aside... I was just reading an article online that listed our city as the #3 city in the U.S. as far as smart places to buy real estate right now!  In the next 10 years, they think values here will go up 50%.  To be honest, I don't know how much I can really believe those kinds of "projections", but it sure was nice to see.).

Anyway.  One of the things I did list was to repaint the girls' dollhouse shelf (#76).  My parents gave it to them a couple years ago (they bought it at a flea market) and I've been wanting to paint it but just didn't know what exactly to do with it.

Here's the final product:

Although, I probably shouldn't say "final" product... I hope to eventually get some wood filler between the gaps, then paint over it so there is a more seamless look between the roof and shelves, for example.  But I really like how it turned out!  Lesson I learned: oil-based primer totally ruins your paintbrushes, and it reeks up your house.  I painted it in the office but it still made the whole house smell just terrible for a few hours.  But, it's just too humid right now to paint outside so maybe some future projects will have to wait.

So, the girls' room is coming along.  It's looking much better, considering it looked like this just a week or two ago:

Yes, bubble-gum pink - I don't know how they slept in there it was so bright.  As you can see in the first picture, I went with a very neutral color for the walls.  It was actually one of our options for the living room but we went another direction in there, so I used it for this room.  I hope to paint the bed soon too (glossy white).  The pack n play isn't in there anymore - Ellie is sleeping on her crib mattress on the floor until we can find a trundle bed.  There is a window in this room, too, that gives fabulous light (especially in the morning).  I'll share more pics as the room comes together.

So, I have two things done from my list! (The 101 header was also on my list, #81).  99 to go... not sure which one I'll take on next but I'm sure I'll blog about it once it's done.