As we study the wild Katie, which is obviously the purpose of this blog, I thought it would be helpful to devote some mega-pixels to her living quarters. Random note--when one calls this room "the nursery" it somehow seems less real that I TOTALLY HAVE A KID than when one calls it "Katie's room."
I mean, a sterile hospital has an nursery, and churches have nurseries (by the way, if you have ever volunteered to help in your church nursery, MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU), but this will be...HER ROOM.
Think about what that means..HER ROOM. Like, when I say "GO TO YOUR ROOM," (not that I will ever say that, but...) this will be the destination she and I have in mind. Yikes. How will she decorate it? This is where she will hang her first poster...who will a kid-friendly celebrity be when she is in grade school? Will it still be Hannah Montana--(Daughter of a KY native)? The Jonas Nephews? Who knows? Katie knows, and, well, she is not telling.
Oh man. I just thought of something.
What if KATIE becomes famous? What if she is the poster child? What if this very blog is the spark that ignites her blazing path to stardom?
Yikes.
Well, anyway this was supposed to be a post about her natural habitat, and the delightful transformation my wife made in it. Jackie (with help from the Dobsons, and our countless uber-generous friends and family) made Katie's room look great.
Here are the BEFORE AND AFTER pics to prove it:
Starting with the floor, here is the floor to start with:
Then we began painting the floor…
Finally, we put down a big green area rug that matched the floor paint nicely:
With the floors done, Charlie and I moved the furniture into place:
Rocking Chair (with hutch behind it)
Wooden Rocker:
Dresser:
Slight personalization on the dresser to maximize cuteness:
And of course, the crib:
So the room looked like this at this point:
and
Next it was time to work on the walls...
Charlie built shelves:
And one with a rod to hang clothes:
With the "hardware" in place, it was time to decorate and fill up the room:
It started with one outfit...
...and became...well:
And this blank wall...
...became this tree:
This space...
...became:
The crib...
...became:
And finally this space...
...became:
Woo-Hoo!!!
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