In the last few years I have had to really rethink my decorating. We have a really nice house, but the furniture choices are not my own. The owners did a fine job, it’s just not my personal taste.
One room in particular that I have struggled with is the boys room. The furniture is very large and it only fits in there the way it is currently. {If Miller’s bed was not there the tall dresser could come out of the closet and go back in that nook.} There is not an inch to spare.
When we decided to put both boys in there we knew it would make it tighter, but we love having them in the room together.
Jackson’s side is mostly the same. See how the curtain is? Because there isn’t space beside the bedside table. It is tight!
Jackson likes to sleep ON his quilt and had worn out some of the patches on it. I spent a morning making new patches from some fabric from my Pink Dogwood days and it turned out really cute.
On the shelves, we have added a few more trophies…
I recently hung Jackson’s art from the art show. The colors look great in here. Below is the art from last year’s art show. I just painted the frame navy blue, and it looks so much better.
We finally got around to hanging this giant school map. We have had it for a while, but figuring out a safe way to hang it was holding us up. Our walls are cement and drilling into cement was too much damage to patch up when we leave….
I really wanted to put it over Miller’s bed in the nook, but Allen {probably rightly so} thought Miller might pull it down on his head. Safety Dad aka Allen hung it in a really safe way. The boys love it.
Here is Miller’s nook. We have twin beds in storage, so I didn’t want to buy a headboard, but not having a headboard was really bugging me. So I figured out that I could mount a tension rod at the top and put up one of the curtains from Jackson's old room.
It covers up the unevenly mounted power and cable outlets. It makes it cozy too!
We fixed up an little side table with a lamp for him. He was over the moon to have his art work and calendar from My Deep Blue View for him to look at.
It has been so good for me to have these lovely limitations. I know that if I was living in our own home, things would be different, but making this house work for us and just letting go of the things I do not like has been such a good experience.
Since I’ve lived here, I have always said, “It is what it is and it ain’t what it ain’t.” The other day I saw a sign and I’m going to have to make my own version very soon… it said “It is what it is, but it will be what you make of it.” Couldn’t have said it better myself!
