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Since returning to stay/work at home, I've got the nesting bug all over again. Sheesh! It's like I'm 8 months along, but with out the swollen feet & belly. Since I didn't have a nursery to decorate when Penlope was born (I only had a closet) so my brain is just swimming with ideas on how to make miss P's room adorable. While it feels like I'm swimming with ideas, it still seems that my ideas have to percolate for about a month before they happen. Naturally. This one incubated for a good few weeks, and I think my hesitation was mostly because the project seemed a little daunting. Hardly. I had this idea to make a scalloped border around the top of Penelope's room with contact paper. Contact paper has served me well in the past, so I thought I'd give it a try. I only have a "during" photo, but I'm sure if you put on your imaginary hats you'd see that it was just incredibly plain before. Here's how to do it:

• Apply the contact paper to the wall. It's a two person job.
• Make your template to the desired size using a bowl, ruler, large paper and pencil.
• Cut out the template
• Using double-stick tape, temporarily apply the template to the contact paper.
• Lightly cut along template lines.
• Move template along until your scallops are complete.

Applying the contact paper was definitely a two person job and took us about an hour or two to apply. Honestly, that was the hardest part of the whole thing. It got pretty tricky pulling off the lining paper and smoothing to the walls without creating a few air bubbles. My new yudu squeegee came in handy for smoothing everything out.  Once I made the template, cutting out the scallops was a cinch. I think it took me under an hour to cut them out. Contact paper is so easy to cut out! Seriously, all I had to do was score lightly along the template and I got perfect cuts every time. I'm really happy with how it turned out. Penelope's room is starting to look better, but I've got a long way to go. Something needs to be done about her bare walls! I've got a few ideas up my sleeve. You'll be seeing more of her room as I get them done.   Isn't Penelope a crack up? She seriously thinks she's hiding. I love that girl.