Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Lily's New Room

This is a post about Lily's "New" Room.
It begins, however, with Andrew's "Old" Room.
Andrew bodily moved out of this room almost TWO years ago...
and now...
it was time for all his "stuff"
to follow.
Time.
As in NOW.
As in... Tim took Lily, Timmy and Andrew to Mankato, so I was left alone....
with two kids...
which feels like alone pretty much....


These are the letters I bought for Andrew when he was little.
Awww.
OK...they have flowers and I didn't buy the right alternating colors...
but I was TIRED then.
Very very tired.
And he didn't mind.


So I boxed up his trophies,
I boxed his awards...



I moved his lego collection
to my bedroom...
where it cannot stay...



All his treasures...
out the door!
And into the basement where treasures all go.
Because Lily is ready for a room WITHOUT arrowheads, and giant stuffed buffalos and large Star Wars Lego Blasters.  She is ready to sleep without fear.


Just so you understand what you are about to witness....
this bedspread was our "inspiration piece."


And this was MY "Commitment Point."...
my TOO FAR TO TURN BACK NOW moment!


So HERE we go!


I had a little help.
Briefly...
Till her arm got tired and her television show came on.
Still...I am grateful.


The lilac went on the best, the green was the worst....


The blue was my personal favorite!
And the orange...
I cannot talk about the orange...
I despise orange...
Orange is my enemy.
Anyway...



Here's the final result!


I couldn't wait to show Lily!


I knew she'd LOVE IT.

And, UNFORTUNATELY, I wasn't home when she got home and she SAW IT WITHOUT ME THERE TO TAKE PICTURES! 
Don't they KNOW that I BLOG?

Other than that...it was a success.

She is very proud of her "New" room.
And that makes all the hard work worth it.

5 comments:

Dana said...

Nice work! The blue is my favorite too ... what a pretty blue :)

Chris said...

YOU WEREN'T THERE WHEN SHE SAW IT?! I think that should be against the law...at least a fine or prison time...I LOVE IT Suzanne and you are a ROCK STAR MOM! Up for best mom of the year award between all the moving, cleaning and painting...but most of all the lack of whining on your blog about NOT being there for the reveal...they make whole shows out of that you know...yeesh!

gianna said...

I love that Timmy is hanging out in her girlie room with her and has a smile on his face!

Mark and Jill said...

Suzanne - Wow! You did a fabulous job with Lily's new room! Gorgeous! I love the quilt and love the colors. Lily is one very blessed young lady. :-)

Anonymous said...

OH MY GOOODNESS what a great room!! Never would've thought of all the different colors or been that brave. Your results are fantastic!!