Welcome to our crazy life!

For years friends and family have told me to write a book about some of the wild, funny, challenging and (at times) unbelieveable events in my family's life. I decided a blog would be a good way to get my feet wet...so here goes! I was NOT an English major so don't critique.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

 One of my goals for this summer was to redecorate Stella's bedroom.  I decided to turn it into her birthday present since she also got a new queen size bed..the other night as I was tucking her into her new bed she said "this is the best birthday present ever!"  See...even little kids can appreciate a nice mattress:)  I know the orange is a little shocking at first (you should see Shelby's lime green room) but I was going for a sunset color to go with the beach theme.  The girls picked more of an OSU orange than the deeper orange I was going for, but they overruled! 
 Now how many kids have a hammock in their room that they can acutally sit in?  Hank loved me for this one...he had to find ceiling beams and secure said hammock and just the perfect height so she wouldn't have to jump in it...or jump from her bed into it.  About the time Hank and I think we have thought of every crazy thing they might do...they one up us!
 I added little touches of beach (starfish, coral, flamingos, etc. around the room).
 On this wall I did have another wall decal, like the black flamingo & birds,  of a large palm tree, but I ripped it off ( along with some paint that I had to touch up).  Applying that monstronsity of a palm tree meant getting it all straight with no bubbles or wrinkles...HA..that was a joke.  I slept on it and tore it off today.  Besides it was over done with the decals and looked a little 1980.  I went with this shelf instead that I had in the attic from her nursery.  I should put a picture of her nursery on here...I loved, loved, loved her nursery...ooohhhh.......
 I got brave and painted the wall paper in the girls pullman bathrooms.  It took some work since it was black with words...2 coats of KILZ and 2 coats of paint.  I love the yellow:) Looks like need to change some light bulbs.
 I have one more Picasso print to frame and still looking for a shower curtian that I love...I just don't LOVE anything I have seen.  For now it's a white liner. 
 I like how this cabinet looks with the yellow paint.  FYI...got this antique cabinet at the Purple Penquin here in Bristow.  They have really cute stuff. 

I did not spend a fortune on this room.  I ordered cheap online (mostly from Overstock.com), used stuff I already had, bought frames at Wal-Mart, and ordered all of those Picasso prints online for like $5.00 a piece...gee I wonder if they are originals?  

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