Project One: Painting

We spent the whole of last week painting Gracie's bedroom. I've painted the two larger walls in Pixie Green and the two smaller walls in Berry Smoothie. I love the colours they are even better than I hoped they would be. I spent a grand total of £54 on just Dulux paint from Homebase. It took just two days of painting. Using masking tape on the skirting boards, ceiling and in the corners of the room to separate where the pink and green would go really helped get the job done quick with no mess.

We've also had a green carpet fitted to give it a grassy feel perfectly fitting for the fairy theme. The carpet including fitting costed £88.

Now that the two major jobs are done I get to do the fun bits. Over the next week or so I'm hoping to get all the accessories and finishing touches done as well as finally unpacking the boxes of toys and clothes. 

I can't wait to show you the finished project!

Project One: Gracie's fairy bedroom

The first project in the house is probably the most exciting for me. I decided straight away that I would do Gracie's room first as she has been the most affected by all the upheaval and I wanted to do something special for her.

Anyway after spending probably too much time on pinterest. I decided on a fairy theme so she can have a really magical room. We are painting two walls green and two walls pink, replacing the very old tatty carpet and accessorising to make the room look like a fairy wonderland. I won't say too much now as my plans may change slightly as I get further into it. But here are the pictures of the room the day we moved in: 

The paint work has started this week so I will hopefully have an update soon. In the meantime you can see where I got inspiration from on my Pinterest board here: http://www.pinterest.com/mummyandchunks/gracies-new-bedroom-ideas/

Welcome To The Forever House Charm

Welcome to my blog. I am Carly, I live at home in Coventry with my partner Andy and our children Gracie, 2 and Zach, 1. I currently blog at Mummy and the chunks about our adventures as a family. I decided I wanted to start this blog when we started on a completely new adventure and made the big leap and bought our first house. After years of renting and being sick of the sight of magnolia walls, worn out carpets and moving every 6-12 months for one reason or another. We are so excited now we are safe in the knowlegde that we have a house that belongs to us with no worry about where we will be in six months time. I am also overly excited about decorating and giving our new house a bit of charm. That is why I chose to call this blog 'The Forever House Charm' it means so much to us to have our forever house and can't wait to put our own personalities into it.

The house is currently in the need of lots of work with every room being outdated and in need of some TLC. I'll be writing about our progress as we go through them all one by one and will write about any upcycling projects or handmade crafts we do in the process.

Anyway that is all for now but I will be back very very soon with our first project! Thank you for reading!