Girls' Room After

I'm tired. I posted the before pictures yesterday, making it look like I did this in one day. Then I really would be tired. It took a week.



The hardest parts were the canopy and those self-covering fabric buttons on the headboard. The headboard itself was super easy - 15 minutes. The funnest part was the salt and pepper collage art over the bed. Get it? S and P for Sicily and Piper.

Piper in her rocking chair. You can see the edge of the roman shade. I used Little Green Notebook's tutorial. Easy.

This bulletin board is actually enormous, 86" x 48". It was hanging behind a dart board in the house when we bought it; I just recovered it. It's pink; my camera makes it look brown.

I love the polka-dot lining on the curtains.

I thought I would be done with projects for a while, but remember that bulletin board that I took down. Now there is a 86" x 48" area next to our TV that is covered with dart holes.

Think Pink

This is my first attempt at a whole room makeover. I'm playing it safe: it's the little girls' room in the far corner of the basement.


This is my inspiration picture:

This is the room before, half torn apart:

These are the fabrics I'm using:

I have nothing pink in my house, so this is a big leap for me. But the carpet is dark pink, so I thought I'd stick with it.

Abie, Where Are You?

At approximately 2:30 this morning, Piper stood up in bed and called, "Abie?....Abie?....Abie?"

Piper, Abe, Amanda

Then she sat down and jabbered earnestly for a few minutes, punctuating her comments occasionally with "Abie." She had important things to say to you, Abe.

Abe, Piper, Holly

You may ask how I know this. I was lying beside her in her newly-acquired Big Girl Bed [translation: a twin mattress on the floor].

Note: Abe is Piper's cousin; son to my sister, Amanda.

New Home

Here are some before and afters of our new home. [The before pics were taken while the previous owners were still living here.]

View from Entry:


Living Room:

(no before pic, just before decorating)




Dining Room from Kitchen:

there was a wall separating the two rooms before

during


after



Kitchen from Dining:

before - there's that wall again


almost done


Kitchen:

before and during


after


Family Room Bookcases:

before and during


after

Family Room:

before


after




A few concerns:
-How do I accessorize the dining room? It's a little cold and bland.
-What in the world do I do with the built-in planter in the living room?

Summer Highlights

Annie, Erin and Sicily on the Fourth of July


Bronwen and Erin. No, we're not in Alaska; it is Logan on the Fourth!


Rachel, Bronwen, BrinDee on their 4th year Girls' Camp hike to White Pine Lake


Riding a Mule in Island Park: Bronwen, Ethan, Dalton, and Carter


Jason looking scruffy after backpacking three days in the Sawtooths with Scott


Sicily finally lost a front tooth!


Jason and Piper at Bruno Sand Dunes State Park


Dalton cooling off in Boise


Crimson Trail, Logan Canyon


Dalton and Ethan "stuck" in a crevice, Crimson Trail


Piper loves to listen to Bronwen practice the piano; it's very soothing.

Sunriver, Oregon

August 1-8, 2010 The Bill and Dedee Dalebout family took a trip to Sunriver, Oregon, where we vacationed twice as kids. We stayed in an awesome house (Thanks, Mom and Dad!)and played for a week.
The Sunriver gang cycling
Sunriver Mosquito Breeding Grounds

School

School started last week. We miss the kids during the day. Piper cries when they leave and is giddy when they come home.


Bronwen: Sophomore


Ethan: 8th Grade


Dalton: 5th Grade
Sicily: 2nd Grade