New colour scheme
It's about time Sian had a full size wardrobe as her trousers are all dragging along the bottom of her teeny-tiny child sized wardrobe.
A new wardrobe means re-arranging the furniture, which also means buying a new bed as her HUGE cabin bed (which seemed like such a good idea at the time LOL) is just so big and overpowering in her not-so-huge bedroom.
I've also managed to convince DH that since we're replacing all of the furniture it would be a shame to leave the same old carpet (complete with Ribena stain) when we could easily throw down a laminate floor :) He seemed OK at this point so I thought I might as well totally push my luck and suggest that we redecorate at the same time - that didn't go down so well!!!!
"We did it less than 18 months ago" he grumbles and then I throw down the trump card....
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"Ah yes darling, but don't you remember? When we decorated YOU told your 5 year old daughter that she could paint a wall, all on her own - that wall is currently hidden behind the huge cabin bed but will be on view when her furniture is moved!!!"
With this, he clearly remembers the absolute horrors that are hidden behind the bed! you can imagine - a 5 year old totally let loose with a large paint brush and a pot of purple paint....
RESULT - we get to decorate too :) as long as I agree to wait until Easter.
Sian has already been having a think about her new colour scheme. It's currently lilac and apple green (you'll have to trust me, it's much nicer than it sounds). Her favourite colour is lime green so that is definately NOT happening!
She is at that awkward in-between age now - getting a bit old for 'character' themes but not really old enough for a more grown up style. We've decided on beech laminate flooring (to match downstairs), white wooden furniture and predominantly white wall - Sian gets to chose the rest!
She has decided on a colour scheme of orange and hot pink - pretty sophisticated choice for a 6 year old! Good choice, Sian :) She's already spotted 2 duvet covers in Argos (great prices so I'm not arguing on that!) - both have a white background, 1 has large flowers in orange and hot pink and the other has large spots in orange and hot pink. Apparently she is also having white roller blinds (blackout variety of course, so she will sleep beyond 6am!) and orange curtains. Not sure where I'm going to find orange curtains so let's hope Fablon have a bright orange dye in their current range...
And then someone (guess who gets this job!) is going to paint large flowers on the walls!!! Somehow, can't see DH getting that job! Sunday, so I've been informed, we're going to Ikea to check out the accessories, not that I'll ever grumble about a trip to Ikea :)
Bet you can't guess who rules the roost in our house LOL!
A new wardrobe means re-arranging the furniture, which also means buying a new bed as her HUGE cabin bed (which seemed like such a good idea at the time LOL) is just so big and overpowering in her not-so-huge bedroom.
I've also managed to convince DH that since we're replacing all of the furniture it would be a shame to leave the same old carpet (complete with Ribena stain) when we could easily throw down a laminate floor :) He seemed OK at this point so I thought I might as well totally push my luck and suggest that we redecorate at the same time - that didn't go down so well!!!!
"We did it less than 18 months ago" he grumbles and then I throw down the trump card....
...
...
...
...
...
"Ah yes darling, but don't you remember? When we decorated YOU told your 5 year old daughter that she could paint a wall, all on her own - that wall is currently hidden behind the huge cabin bed but will be on view when her furniture is moved!!!"
With this, he clearly remembers the absolute horrors that are hidden behind the bed! you can imagine - a 5 year old totally let loose with a large paint brush and a pot of purple paint....
RESULT - we get to decorate too :) as long as I agree to wait until Easter.
Sian has already been having a think about her new colour scheme. It's currently lilac and apple green (you'll have to trust me, it's much nicer than it sounds). Her favourite colour is lime green so that is definately NOT happening!
She is at that awkward in-between age now - getting a bit old for 'character' themes but not really old enough for a more grown up style. We've decided on beech laminate flooring (to match downstairs), white wooden furniture and predominantly white wall - Sian gets to chose the rest!
She has decided on a colour scheme of orange and hot pink - pretty sophisticated choice for a 6 year old! Good choice, Sian :) She's already spotted 2 duvet covers in Argos (great prices so I'm not arguing on that!) - both have a white background, 1 has large flowers in orange and hot pink and the other has large spots in orange and hot pink. Apparently she is also having white roller blinds (blackout variety of course, so she will sleep beyond 6am!) and orange curtains. Not sure where I'm going to find orange curtains so let's hope Fablon have a bright orange dye in their current range...
And then someone (guess who gets this job!) is going to paint large flowers on the walls!!! Somehow, can't see DH getting that job! Sunday, so I've been informed, we're going to Ikea to check out the accessories, not that I'll ever grumble about a trip to Ikea :)
Bet you can't guess who rules the roost in our house LOL!
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