The girls have a small bedroom upstairs right now. It's not so bad when they are sleeping in bunk beds but for the past 8 months or so no-one has wanting to sleep on the top so we have them seperated. It's so crammed you can barely move in there. It's driving everyone crazy. They want a place to play where Theo can't get at them but they can barely turn around in their bedroom. We have a large bedroom downstairs that we use as a guest/storage room and we've decided to move the girls into that room. They will be right beneath us but I know I'll have a hard time at first....they'll feel so far away :( They will have more space though and their own 'kid' bathroom! I hope it goes as smoothly as I'm hoping it does but I do have my reservations for sure. I got a *sweet* deal on the bedding thanks to my brother who lives in the States and was willing to allow me to have my stuff shipped to his place for him to forward on to me. I'm excited to have it done...but there is work involved first. We need to clean out the room and decide what to do with all the junk. I think we've decided that we aren't going to keep the guest bed. Initially we thought we'd move the bed upstairs but I think I'm going to need that space for homeschooling stuff. We rarely get overnight company anymore. We used to be like a hotel and I was constantly washing the bedding and getting the room ready for our next visitors but those days are few and far between now. It's hard to justify saving the second biggest room in the house for guests that come only a few times a year when we can be using the room on a daily basis. So, we will have a queen blowup mattress and for those that don't appreciate that, Chris and I will sleep on it and give them our bed for the nights when we have overnight guests.
I'm pretty sure I've decided on painting their room blue and brown...stripes. It's a lot of work but it will look tres cool when completed. I'm painting some headboards that came from Chris's sisters old bedroom and have already bought a nightstand. I'm still deciding on what type of storage system to get...will most likely end up being Ikea. They need a place to store some crafts and toys....and ideas?
I'll post pics as we go along! Hopefully by the end of April they will be downstairs living every teenagers dream :)
Here is a pic of the bedding.
