Since Tor has the rocket ship, and Bjørn got the tree, it was only fitting that Maggie, too, should get a painting by her bed. I tested it out, and I think this is going to be the best sight to wake up to every morning. From now on every day will be a sunny day :-)
As promised yesterday :-)
So now I know.
The next time I have an idea that I've let stew far too long in the corners of my imagination, and I want to make it a reality, all I need to do is blog it. Who knew?
After reading my post about the kids' room, Tomas got to sketching, and sketching (some doodles not at all appropriate for any child's room, btw). After Tor got up from his afternoon nap we bundled the troops into the car and headed to Home Depot where we picked up the brightest, and cheeriest Disney paints we could find (The red is called "Mickey's pants". That makes me laugh every time I think about it). We also bought a rake, and now have HUGE piles of leaves from last Fall that I'm really not sure what to do with other than jump in 'em, which I did. Hopefully, we won't have too much wind between now and the moment I figure out how to dispose of them.
Today we set to painting. My job is to get the supplies together, lay down the protective paper and tape, and clean up. Um... and keep Tor out of the paints.
Tomas and the kids did all the painting and I think this rocket ship over Tor's head-board is the start to a most magical room.
Next time I'll show you the tree they painted. Oh, my... and what a tree it is!
I am a huge fan of the Paumes series of books, and this year ordered several more for Christmas (again! sweet joy!). My only disappointment came on hearing that the edition on Children's rooms in Holland was out of stock, and out of print.
Now that we have a house to "make our own" as it were, I am desperate for design inspiration. I love design shows, and all things creative, but find myself at a complete loss when it comes to actually designing a space.
One thing we are thinking of is having Tomas paint a mural of sorts on the walls, or having vinyl decals made from his drawings. I especially like the bird pictured above from Children's Rooms "London" -- and love the idea of simple, but bold line drawings.
Here are a couple pictures of the kids' room as it is now -- what would you do to bring some punch and character it?
