8 Eviction Notice (Chapter 2)

Finally, we get a look at the infamous man cave transformation. I am about 90% done with the nursery. Minus some wall art, we are just waiting for the crib. I wanted to hold back showing you guys the room until we get the crib as it really ties the whole room together. Why keep everyone waiting, right? We based our paint choices off the crib's bedding set. To the right is a swatch of the bedding set that started the creative juices flowing.

3 weeks ago I had finally gotten the room empty enough to start painting. I assume from all the moving I threw my back out the morning I was going to begin. I literally could not move and was bedridden for 3 days straight. I became very depressed that I was not able to work on the room for a week and more importantly take care of Lina as she was 30 weeks prego at the time. I reached out to my family to pray for my recovery. Through the grace of God and some muscle relaxers I made it my mission to make up for the lost time. It's one thing to paint a whole room, but to do it with back pain is another story. What amazes me is what resulted after focusing on what this project was about and who it's for. I put it in my head that this is for our daughter. It felt as if the love I have for my daughter gave me the energy to fight through the pain. Similar to how adrenalin kicks in when you are in shock. The process was slow & painful. So I am particularly proud of this room. Less the design of the room, but more the journey it took to get here. Enjoy the pics.

Oh! If you are wondering what the room looked like before click here.

I guess it's safe to say that this is no longer a man cave. Unless you're a man that's really into pink and has a polka dot fetish. We didn't want to paint the room entirely in pink because we like to do our own thing.