Welcome to my Crib!

 As any mother can tell you, the worst time to make decorating decisions is when you are bloated, tired, overly emotional, and hopelessly waiting for a day that seems to never come.  Most people call it pregnancy, but I was one of the lucky few to call it hell!  In an attempt to finish renovating our new home, we slapped pink paint in the nursery and called it a day.  The white crib was handed down from my 5 year old niece after being a bed for two lovely boys.  It took a lot of time, but I finally found my inspiration for my daughter's room.  Looking though one of the many blogs I follow, there was an article on bold and different nursery inspirations.  I saw a yellow crib and knew instantly that was where the room would start. I began by taking apart the crib, sanding down each piece leaving a perfect beautiful coat of paint on each side.  After it dried, I sanded down each piece again and retired for the day.  The next few weeks were filled with sickness and holidays, but eventually I found my way back to the crib and finished sanding and painting until I was left with a beautiful bold yellow crib.

Step one was to take apart the crib and try my hardest to remember what pieces went where!  I put all of the hardware I took off in the bottom of my toolbox so I would be able to find it.  I began by lightly sanding the gloss off of all surfaces of the crib.  It doesn't take a lot of elbow grease if you use a sanding block (which I did), but looking back I probably should have just used the hand sander.  Once you get all of the surfaces even and smooth, you put your first light coat of paint on.  Now a lot people will argue about the nest way to redo furniture.  Spray Paint is an awesome way to get a nice glossy surface and it has a quick drying time.  I would have considered using it, but with all of the spindles, most of the paint would have ended up on the ground.  I don't even want to think about how many cans of spray paint it would have taken.  I used a small can of paint I bought from Lowes for around 11 dollars.  I had plenty left over and it went on great.  After I got the first coat on, I set the crib aside to dry.  

After the first coat dries, you will need to sand back over the surfaces again.  It doesn't take much this time, just a quick once over on all surfaces to make sure the paint is even and there aren't any bumps or clumps.  Then put your next light coat of paint on.  Notice I said light coats both times.  It is more time consuming but the lighter coats you use, the better finish you will have in the end.  Repeat the sanding and painting process until you have covered all of the furniture and is nice and even.

After you have finished all of your coats and the piece is completely dry, out it back together.  This can sometimes be the hardest part, depending on how many pieces you had to take off before painting.  Also if you are anything like me, you may have to do some touching up after you finishing putting it back together.  I know I did.

 The last step was painting over the pastel pink walls with a beautiful lavender gray.  My sweet husband was nice enough to do all the cutting in and rolling on the walls.  It took him all of two days to have the entire room painted and precise.  Much faster than my weeks of crib painting, but hey, we can't all be professionals.  Then next few steps consist of painting a dresser and chifferobe and quite a few DIY crafts to complete the colorful decor.  Of course you will have to wait for the complete redo blog and pictures, but I couldn't bear to keep the crib and walls to myself.