Jason and I thought that it would be a fun experience for the girls to room together and when I found out I was pregnant I jumped at the chance to redecorate almost all of the upstairs. Here was the old breakdown of the 4 bedrooms:
1) Master Bedroom
2) Ella's room
3) Laney's room shared with the queen guest bed
4) Jason's office
There were so many different combinations we thought of (moving Laney to the office and Jason's office down to the basement, the girls room together, the baby moves to the office, etc). I love organizing so this was right up my ally.
Back in February, Jason got motivated to rearrange the rooms and you know how it is ladies, you don't stop a guy who is motivated to do something off your "to do" list. So we decided to have the girls take over Laney's room/guest room (it's the biggest). Jason's old office became the new guest room and play room, Jason's office is now in the basement and Ella's old room is Matthew's room. Phew, what a project!
The first night the girls fell asleep about 7PM, up at 6:30 (too early but still, we were happy). The second night was a total disaster (I won't go into details but it lead to me almost falling asleep in church). Monday night was AWESOME (in bed by 6:30 and up at 6:30) and Tuesday night, in bed by 7:00 and up at 7AM. We are getting there and although it's a work in progress I love the idea of siblings sharing a room when they are younger...it's supposed to foster closer relationships :) Our recent update: what works best now is putting Laney down between 6:30 and 7:00 and then bringing Ella in about 7:30 so that Laney can calm down before Ella comes in. Laney can be quite an instigator in keeping both of the girls up.
Their polka dot room
This picture is at a weird angle, but I swear the letters are level :)
On the other side of the room is this pic.
I bought a 20 x 30 printed picture, then put it on a foam board.
I love this little guy.
He springs up and down.
I also had to take a pic of the new guest room, which was Jason's old office. Notice the glow in the dark carpet. No, that was not a typo. The family who owned the house previously had two boys in this room and the carpet was a fun accent. When Jason took over the room for his office we decided this could be "his room/his man cave/his place" so I didn't care about the decorating as I could just shut the door :) But now that we will have guests in there, I am not sure they will appreciate the glow in the dark affect. But I just had to put a pic of the carpet before it goes away.
Here is our finished project!
I couldn't find a valence that I liked, so we took the baby
comforter that matches the crib dust ruffle and with
help from my mother-in-law (thanks Dean!!), made it into a valence.
The dust ruffle is a blue and brown stripe which coordinates with the valence.
The bumper is a plain brown, breathable bumper.
I had not heard of these bumpers when I had the girls but it is
more of a mesh fabric so there is less risk of the baby rolling into it
and having a tough time breathing.
Usually we just took the girls' bumpers down once they
started rolling over, but this bumper can stay up longer.
This rocking chair was the one my parents used for my sister
and me. When I found out I was pregnant with Ella,
my mom had a painter come and repaint it in an array of colors.
Although there is still a lot of pink on it, I think it looks
great in his room (ok, and it would be too much work for me
to sand down the arms and repaint brown)...that's the real story.
and me. When I found out I was pregnant with Ella,
my mom had a painter come and repaint it in an array of colors.
Although there is still a lot of pink on it, I think it looks
great in his room (ok, and it would be too much work for me
to sand down the arms and repaint brown)...that's the real story.
This is on the back of the chair; it's so special to us!
3 comments:
I just love that rocking chair and the little poem on it. How thoughtful of your parents to have it repainted and personalized for the grandbabies. Now I want to hang onto mine--just when I thought we were going to get rid of it. Joel will love to hear this new plan... :)
I really love your kids' rooms. The girls' room is so bright and cheery--I know they will have so much fun together! And Matthew's room is perfect for a little boy to grow into. Great job!
Oh, my goodness, Leslie! Everything looks AWESOME! I love the letters in the girls' room just as much as I love Matthew's letter- did you do the girls' letters as well? I also love the dots on the wall, and I agree with Kristy- their room is so bright and cheery! What a fun, fun room!
I also love the rocking chair. It is so sweet! What a sweet reminder of the cuddles that have taken place in that chair over the years. That is very special!
I love the glow-in-the-dark carpet. I'd love to see a nighttime picture of that!
You did such a great job with the rooms! :) I just looooove redecorating. Too bad I am done around here. :(
That rocking chair is so special! What a neat idea. :)
And OMG, I have never heard of glow-in-the-dark carpet!! Hilarious!
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