Somehow with over 8 months of time to prepare, and the nesting instincts going through the roof, this still has not happened.
We did get a van load of liquor boxes delivered via Brooks yesterday, and I spent a considerable part of the afternoon packing. (Did I mention there's hundreds of books, big gym equipment, and a king size bed in the room right now? Oh, well, there is.)
Since I consider myself a "planner," I want to share with you my plans:
Bed: After much deliberation, I decided on this one:
I bought two of them, because I plan on setting up Clara's room for Thumper at the same time. (It's a big room - they'll eventually share.) After completing the purchase, I promptly received an email AND a phone call from my credit card company questioning this "potentially fraudulent" charge. Ha, ha!
The Mattress: I purchased two twin memory foam mattresses from Costco.
Sheets and Bed Spread: Completely undecided. Although ideally, Clara's bed will have my never-finished knitted quilt someday.
Color Scheme: I'm loving yellow and gray for accent colors, like in these Dwell Studio Rugs:
Bookshelves: I love this idea as both a way to display books and decorate the walls.
DIY instructions found here or if you're fortunate enough to have an ikea nearby (i.e. less than 4 hours away), you can easily substitute IKEA picture ledges. I plan to tackle the DIY method. I think this is a do-able nap-time (or maybe a few nap-times) project. Plus more ledge for the money.
Couch: I'm moving my Ikea Klippan loveseat from grad school time in Austin (which has been unattractively residing in the living room) to the new bedroom.
Playtable: This is another area that I'm still debating on. I could repurpose one of our current coffee tables (which looks very similar to the picture below) into a playtable fairly easily. (I haven't mentioned this to Pat yet.)
I'd sand and paint the top with chalkboard paint, plus add lockable casters to the bottom. It would look something like this:
The only problem is little seats. No little seats. I'm tempted to make something in this area also, but I know I'd be stretching my time (and available resources) thin. Plus, DIY is not Pat's love. At all. So the alternative is purchasing a little play table and/or seats. There are a bunch of nice wooden ones on the Pottery Barn Kids website, but I've been hesitant to pull the trigger because I want a 'deal.' Besides the DIY method, I've come across no 'deals.' Bah.
Those are the main ideas, although there's a bazillion other details that will make the room: curtains, lamps/lighting, toy storage - oh my, as the list goes on, I'm getting overwhelmed, so I'm going to stop listing all that I have to do. Okay?
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