Everett’s room

I have a few art/decor things I still want to do, but basically, Everett’s room is done. We have some triangular foam things under the fitted sheet because he’s now too long for the crib but he would totally wiggle off the edge of a regular bed. I thought that all the bed rail options were kind of ugly (I looked but couldn’t find any spindle bed rails to match the bed frame), so we went with these foam things. All Everett really needs are the bed rails, his sound machine, and his gloworm (it’s bright blue – on the nightstand). He really could care less about being rocked and snuggled or read to before bed, but that boy cannot do without his gloworm. (I have two, just in case!).

We put the rug that used to be in the “couch room” in here and I think it works.

Everett’s clothes were kept in an armoire in the old house (no closet space), so I pretty much just have some stacks of “next season” things (i.e. that he should be growing into or wearing when the weather warms up) on the shelf – and then everything else gets hung up. I may put a dresser in here at some point, but this works fine for now. The rubbermaid bins are for clothes he has just grown out of or should be growing into in the next few years (I buy stuff from consignment shops when it’s a good price, even if it’s a few years away from being worn).

FUTURE PLANS

I have three vintage airplanes that I still need to mount  on the ceiling and I also need to figure out some art for the walls. I’d like to do some calligraphy with his name, the meaning, and his verse for over his bed. We’ll see.

 

Adele’s room

Adele’s room is taking quite a bit longer than Everett’s room to get going because we are building her a window seat in this nook and also her bed sort of fell apart during the move.

We finally got all three cabinets for the base of the window seat purchased and assembled. Now all we need is trim and I need to sew the cushions for the top — I think three will look better than one super-long one. The cushion style will be something like this:

And I’m thinking about this hugie red stripe fabric (actually a duvet cover from West Elm – on ebay):

Or, I might go with an upholstery fabric by Anna Maria Horner. It’s a larger-scale version of one of the lavender prints I used in the quilt.  I already have a few yards, but I don’t think it will be enough.

Once I hung the gallery wall and put her crazy rug down, her room started to feel a bit more cozy.

I need Kent to drill a screw for that pink oval frame (it’s surprisingly heavy) and the lavender frame too, but I was able to get the rest up by myself with just command strips and nails. And fixing Adele’s bed hasn’t happened yet because we aren’t exactly sure how to do it, so it’s still just piled up in pieces in the corner. And, the wool rug is still rolled up in the other corner with the bed slats because we planned to put it down when we put her bed together. You know how it goes! Pretty soon we won’t even notice that junk in the corner and we will have lived with it like this for a year!!!!  NONONONO!!

Adele said she actually prefers her mattress on the floor because she can just fall into her bed from standing up. Humph!!! Some people just do not appreciate antique furniture and the lengths that their mothers go to in furnishing their daughter’s bedrooms!!!

My new rule is that if you can’t keep your room clean (drawers closed neatly, clear floors, and clear surfaces) then we take away whatever is on the floor or not put away and donate it to Goodwill. We keep taking stuff away until we get to a manageable amount of “stuff.” That way, we can be good stewards of what God has given to us. I think Adele is starting to get the picture. And her room has been extremely neat lately.

FUTURE PLANS

Seriously, I’m hoping to have her rug down and bed put together in the next week or so. After that, I’m planning to paint Adele’s dresser and bed pale lavender (I’m dying to try Annie Sloan chalk paint). I want to unify her furniture and calm things down since her bedding, rug and gallery wall are so bold. And I can’t forget the trim and cushions for the window seat. And maybe get some baskets to help keep things a bit more organized underneath — it’s hard to keep the books from falling down because the shelf openings are so long/wide.

P.S. Mrs. Friedman, do you see the little doll you gave Adele up there in the white box on the gallery wall? She loves it!

 

Kids’ bathroom & changing area

I can’t tell you how nice it is to have a counter surface in the bathroom. I’ve never had space to do this, but I read a long time ago about how wonderful it is to have a changing station in the bathroom (conveniently located next to a sink (for getting wipes wet and washing hands) and toilet (for dumping dirties out of the diaper). And the laundry chute is right outside the bathroom too.

 

I store all the cloth diapers, covers, wipes, etc. in the cupboard to the left – I love it! Accessible and also out of sight. I also have our newborn diapers in there too – all ready to go for whenever this new baby decides to join us!

See the rest of our new house tour HERE.