Monday, February 25, 2013

Rooms are Finally Done... So Can It Be Time to Move Already?

Our timing leaves something to be desired since our home has been on the market for two months, but Sam and Anna's rooms are finally completely finished.  Or as finished as they are every going to be in this house.  About 6 months since they were separated into their own rooms and out of cribs, and I am satisfied- especially since it could all be dismantled within a month if we (please God) get an offer some day soon.  I knew it would be a gradual change over, but I didn't quite envision it taking half a year. 

First I decided on themes (the important part, right?).  Then we took down cribs and moved Anna into a new room (after emptying out our guest room). After that Anna's room was painted and we assembled metal frames.  Sam's room stayed the same color their originally nursery was.  Months later, the wooden frames were completed (made by grandpa).  We finally chose dressers for Sam from Ikea and painted them at the same time Daddy painted the wooden frames (this was a huge weekend project completed the day before we officially listed our home for sale, naturally.)  We quickly took the beds off the metal frames and onto the nice wood frames so the realtor could take the listing photos.  I changed my original thought to use vinyl wall decals I had found on etsy to the prints pictured below after much looking so they'd be more relocate-able to a new home in the new future.  They are a great deal less than wall decals and match so well too!

The prints ended up being made by an etsy seller in Israel so they took longer than I expected to get once ordered.  (But now I think it is totally awesome and unique that they have original prints from an artist in Israel.)  After that, I had to find frames that worked with the prints and the furniture.  Finally, I needed a spare set of adult hands to hang them which meant waiting until the next weekend when Daddy was home again.  So finally, finally, a week ago the rooms were as done as they are ever going to be.  Once we move, I'm thinking Anna's wall color will still be pink, but I'm leaning towards a green for Sam.

(Pardon the crappy photos- my good camera's lenses were too wide for the smaller spaces.)
 (Original letters that hung above Sam's crib were painted to match his furniture)





Finally done... so can we move already???

2 comments:

twondra said...

Look wonderful! I hope you are able to move soon. :)

Liz said...

Very cute!