Willow's room- a month in.

Another Friday, another week since we moved in. It's Willow's room that's seen some big changes (as well as our kitchen/ dining and living room, but we're still working on those changes.)

Isn't it lovely? The curtains are hemmed and properly hung. The room is rearranged and there is now SO MUCH SPACE. Even though, despite this being a low res photo, you can see see how badly damaged that pink skirting board is in the bottom right of the photo. And... that's why there's a line of Willow's stuff in front of the rest of the skirting board. Out of site, out of mind for now.

Another shot of my work of art. 

It's a tight fit to get the kitchen in beside the bed! But we JUST made it. Also yeah. That door frame has had a terrible paint job. We will get there... eventually.

These photos don't really do all the extra floor space justice. 

When my parents come to visit, all we have to do is swap Willow's bed for the bed with a trundle in the spare room. It'll be warmer weather then, and the play kitchen will move to the patio, so the white cube bookcase will move to where the play kitchen is, allowing a full sized bed to fit in there. Then, once they leave, Willow can get used to sleeping on a slightly higher bed without side rails, before graduating to a BRAND NEW bed of her own! Including new skirting boards that look smart, that she won't even care about. She doesn't want us to remove the carpet. But what if I can't find my ugg boots? Then my feet will be so cold! She wails. She says she misses Little Town and her friends because it's not cold there. I keep explaining that July is the coldest month regardless of where we go. I don't think she believes me. 

So, our to do list looks something like this now:

Sooner.

• Repaint walls. (Coming soon! Just got to finish up in the living area, then the spare room.)
• Repaint window trim and wardrobe door. (When we do ours, since she's getting our wardrobe door handles. They're floral. In our room they look dated. I think in Willow's room they will be charming.)
• Mount blind. (Once the trim is repainted.)
• Hem her rainbow curtains. 
• Get fairy lights. (Yeah yeah). 
• New- switch out her single curtain bracket for a double bracket, allowing us to to have TWO rods mounted there. The outer one will have white fabric swagged over it, and the fairy lights. Brilliant, huh?

Later.

• Shift the hand me down trundle bed in here for my parents. (Closer to their arrival date).
• New layout. 
• Remove carpet. (Summer 2016?)
• Fix up skirting boards. (Summer 2016?)
• New rug. (Autumn 2015? Can sit on top of ugly carpet.)
• New-new bed with underbed storage. (Autumn 2016?)
• Hooks on the back of her door. (Whenever.)
• Her own mirror. (Christmas gift?)
• A wooden valence? Or the double bracket idea is easier, after all. Hmm.