This summer I've been working on getting the girls combined into one room. Emilyn is moving into Matisyn's room, so that baby brother will have a nursery. I've been worried and dreading it the whole time because Matisyn always panics when Emilyn touches anything of hers. I started by taking all the toys out and moving them downstairs so that there was less to fight over, and moving their name chairs up to their room so that they can have a reading corner. Now all that is really in there are lots of books, their stuffed animals, and some of their nick knack kind of things. I put in shelves above Matisyn's bed that are all hers so that she has a special place to put things she doesn't want Emilyn to touch. Other than that I told her the room will be both of theirs, and she needs to get used to sharing it. Since I put in the reading corner I had to stuff the dresser over in between the bed and bookshelves. My friend Lisa helped me with some finishing touches like the curtains and frames, and she suggested we separate the bookshelves so they wouldn't be so high on both sides. It was the best idea, and now they each have a bookshelf where they share the books below, but have another shelf to put their things on top and a bulletin board above it. Surprisingly they are getting along fine sharing a room. With it set up this way it hasn't been too big of a problem at all, and if anything seem closer because of it. The PROBLEM is SLEEPING. There is not enough of it going on! Partly it is tough with summer and with lots of late nights, no schedule, sun still shining until late, etc. they don't think bedtime is until 10:00 anyway. The problem is even if we wait to put them to bed, they are in and out of bed a bunch of times, pulling out their books, and talking, talking, talking. We feel like army generals demanding they get back in bed over and over again, and each night it gets later and later. School starts soon, and we will have to figure out a better schedule. I'm hoping it improves with time. So as for the girls combining bedrooms, sleep is a big struggle, but the rest is a success.
We also changed up our master bedroom. We were tired of the dark blue, and really ready for something different. We took out a big shelving unit with our t.v. and other random items. It always made the room feel cluttered, and I can't believe the difference it made. We just put the glider in there to try it out, and for now we love it. I didn't want to do much with the walls, but just changing the colors I knew would make a big difference. Matt painted the whole thing while I was in California so I wouldn't have to sleep in it with the paint smell pregnant. I was very appreciative, and it was such a fun surprise when we got back. I wanted gray and yellow. We painted the walls gray, I found some simple, gray bedding I liked, and some fun yellow and gray throw pillows. Then Lisa helped me add some yellow with the curtains, some cute lamps, and an end cover for the bed. She is so great with pulling it all together. I'm very grateful for a wonderful friend who is also such a great designer!
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