Makeover Monday: Veggie Tales Nursery

I apologize to everyone I’ve neglected in the past 8 days.  I’m sorry for not meeting up with you (Jen), returning your phone calls (Darcie and Chrissy), and ignoring your emails and IMs (too many to mention).

You see, this past week, I spent an estimated 48 hours painting our church’s toddler room.  And as crazy as that number might sound, it gets even crazier when you hear that I didn’t do it alone.  My friend Rachel spent that much time -or more-, and Jennifer spent 20+ hours there as well.

What in the world took you so long?

I’m glad you asked.  This super cuteness is what took so long:

Once again, I’m totally lame and I forgot to take ‘before’ pictures.  But the walls were a very pale, very boring, aqua-gray color that had been the same for possibly a decade.  I think the new room is much more inviting!

After we got the main wall colors on, the long-suffering Jennifer used to the projector to trace out all of the characters.  On Friday (our last day) she traced the letters, then spent her entire day putting six (six!) coats of yellow paint on them.  Bless her incredibly patient heart!

Six coats!

Rachel and I hopped back and forth working on the assorted Veggies:

And finally, around 2 am on Saturday morning, we cleaned up our mess and called it done.

The one thing I forgot to take pictures of is the rocking chairs – I made new slipcovers for them out of Veggie Tales fabric and they look super cute (if I do say so myself).

We’re also going to paint some furring strips and clothespins and make Ana’s Clip Art Rails from Knock-Off Wood. {Love her, y’all!}  Those will go at either end of the room, beside the French Peas on one end

and between Junior Asparagus, Laura Carrot

and Jimmy Gourd on the other side of the room.

Won’t they be perfect for displaying the kids’ artwork?  And we’ll paint them the same shade, so they’ll blend seamlessly into the bright blue skies.

I am really, really happy with the way this project turned out, and I am very thankful for good friends who suckered me into it made it super fun to do.  It was a long week, but a good one!

The next dilemma?  Just through the dutch door

is the nursery where babies stay, and it’s looking pretty sorry next to the newly decorated room.  We’re thinking maybe Noah’s Ark…