Wes’s room was just a disaster. He has the smallest room and it’s transformed from Kyla’s nursery to Wes’s tween room really by just swapping used furniture for other, bigger used furniture bit by bit, and then stuffing it full of “treasures”. I thought about offering Wes a loft bed to give him another room redo and him more floor space. Still going with the used theme, we found an entire set on Craigslist that he loved. As we cleared out his room, we realized that his carpet was even worse than I thought. It hadn’t survived the potty training phase, the slime phase, the stolen scissors phase, or any other of my kids’ life phases very well. And if one is going to replace the carpet, one should just paint the walls (and the ceiling). The upshot is Wes got the exact room he wanted AND *everything* had to be touched, removed, and sorted. He did some serious decluttering and I did the repairing, cleaning, and painting, and together, we sighed with relief when it was done.
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As a finishing touch, Piper painted this mural for her brother. I love how she made the lightning. It’s based on some video game graphics, blah, blah, but it turned out really well!
Just for fun, this boy is on a growth spurt. Here’s a sweater Grandma made for him several years ago–he’s officially outgrown it!
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