Friday, May 16, 2008

Mom's turn: View from "aloft"

Okay – so here’s where we’ve been playing…shooting this out before I run to Hobby Lobby to help finish up for the weekend.

Teeny worked real hard this past week putting the finishing touches on her Japanese themed loft. Her daddy helped her tape off the accent areas so she could paint it red.
She spread the drip cloth out to try and keep the paint off of the rug this time…still didn’t work. She managed to get it everywhere, including down the stairs and on the blinds in her room????
Then we set the room back up in a sort of feng shui (yes, we are aware that is Chinese and not Japanese) way…trying to make the room more appealing and relaxing. She has collected several authentic Japanese figurines over the past few years...so now trying to arrange them.

While still avoiding the large hole in the floor that daddy is working on a way to fix it. We are also working on a corner section of the loft…thinking of expanding the floor area and changing the banister up – but will fill with various stuffed animals in the mean time.
Off to Hobby Lobby today in the search for:
· Large pillow forms to be covered in red & gold print material from grandma
· Lamp shade, in a red or gold tone – for floral lamp
· Small table, hopefully of some sort of bamboo or other natural wood – for red paper lamp, Japanese vase, & radio
· Frames for the rice paper calligraphy to hang on the wall around the window.
Then, the super prize for the hard work, a mango wood (for any one who doesn’t know, that is her ALL TIME favorite fruit) bench from Thailand to place the TV on. It has wonderful shelves underneath that will hide, uh hold, the gaming system messes, games, and DVD’s. It’s been ordered and should be here in 7 days or so.
And finally…a nicer bedroom set, from Wake Up Frankie, that she has patiently waited for since we moved from Riverscape almost two years ago!!! It will be in her trademark colors of lime green, bright purple (to match the curtains we’re in the process of making), and lagoon blue with a purple canopy to keep it funky…no disco ball, zebra print, or purple wavy walls, though!

1 comments:

Unknown said...

Super cool!

Okay, HOW did she get paint on her blinds? Well, she is Brooke's friend and Brooke can get paint on the wrong place in the wrong color just by picking up the brush. :^D