Painting-Phase I complete

This wasn't a large project, but it makes the room look better.  We had the windows replaced in our 2 bedrooms a while back.  Well, the trim that is on these new windows was not as wide as the trim from the old ones, so we could see parts of unpainted wall around the windows.  Since the walls are white in our room and light blue in the guest room, you could really notice the spots with no paint.  So yesterday, Brian decided that he had been staring at the unsightly walls long enough.  He taped around all the trim and painted the spare bedroom wall-there was only 1 window in that room.  This morning I scraped the high, built up paint around the bedroom windows and Brian painted them-there are 3 in our bedroom.  

So you can no longer tell that we had the windows replaced, they look like they have been there forever.

I know I called this post Phase I, what is Phase II you ask??  Well, everything in our bedroom is white; the walls, the trim, the doors, the blinds, the ceiling fan.  Even the carpet is cream.  I had to buy blue window valences when we moved in just so it didn't seem so sterile.  There are other things we added to give it some color, but I am sick of staring at white walls, trim  and doors.

One day, while at Home Depot for some other reason, we happened to walk by the OOPS! cans of paint.  We decided to look and see what colors were there, since they were only $5 for a gallon.  They had the perfect shade of periwinkle that I had talked about using in the bedroom since we moved in, just never had the extra money for that minor improvement.  Now, you only have one gallon for a whole room, you ask?  

My plan is to just create an accent wall with the periwinkle.  I am hoping to paint the wall behind our bed.  I would like to do something on the opposite wall, but I am not convinced that it will look decent.  So I am totally content with doing the accent wall and hoping that will take care of the sterile feeling in the bedroom.  And I think that it will look nice with the white baseboards.

Not sure when this project will be started, but I am hoping to tackle it before winter.  I don't think that is asking too much.  Besides, Brian is already got experience cutting in around the window!!