no place like home

My favourite room in our house in Calgary is Madeline's. Our home is of the fixer-upper variety, and her room was the first one that we really finished up in a timely fashion. We removed the icky wallpaper border, painted the walls Wildflower Honey yellow, painted the metal closet door in Teal Bayou, found a throw rug for the newly refinished oak floor, and installed new baseboards.  Madeline has new furniture, cute framed prints of colourful animals on her walls, and a Care Bear wall hanging that matches her turquoise closet door. My mom even made a turquoise valence for her window. I keep a handmade quilt over the back of her glider.

In contrast, Madeline's bedroom here in St. John's is probably my least favourite. I know that we're renting, so I really shouldn't let it bug me, but it does. It looks like we added a crib, toy bin, and diaper pail to a two-star hotel room. I guess the big dark furniture doesn't really convey an air of whimsy or fun.  There are two dull prints in cream frames over the bed. So blah! And the bed is the only place in the room to sit while nursing, except its kind of high so I'm technically "sitting-up" instead of "sitting down". Not particularly comfortable.  When I'm in there I just want to leave as fast as I can. Maybe it will grow on me. Maybe I ought to find some inexpensive decorations.

I don't know if Madeline really minds her new room. She loves playing in the empty shower stall in the attached bath :)

Comments

[Jaime]

Why don't you guys make a little collage of foam animals or something in a cheap frame. You might want to keep it for keepsake if it turns out half decent.

[laura]

That actually sounds really cute, Jaime - the idea about the animals!

The thing I've thought of myself is to hang up her drawings and other attempts at crafty projects ...