It's not that we don't like the book of Genesis

It's just that we don't want kids. At least not right now. That's why we quickly determined that a nursery (complete with a Noah's Ark border) was bad luck. The previous owner's nursery occupies the space we hope to turn into a relaxing retreat for our guests . So the process has gone something like this:

• Step One. Move in boxes.
• Step Two. Before unpacking, remove Noah's Ark border from Nursery, er...Guest Room.
• Step Three. Tend to a million other things for a few months while the Guest Room remains yellow with a bright mint green stripe where the border once was.
• Step Four. Go to Target and frantically purchase pillows, a bedspread, and sheets before my parents arrive for a weekend stay.
• Step Five. Convince Mark that gray is not only for prisons and boring government buildings.

What have we learned? If you fall in love with a Benjamin Moore color, you can't try to color match an Ace Paint and expect the same outcome. Hence our pale gray-lavender walls. Oops. The good news? We actually like them. What's next? For about $50 per window, I've purchased curtains, rods, and new blinds. Tomorrow we'll hang everything up (including some pics) and you guys can catch the semi-completed project.

An added DIY touch: I'm reupholstering a great 70s chair I found at Goodwill with the same fabric used in the pillow shams (actually, I'm using a pillow sham to upholster the chair...more on that later).