I think we are well and truly settled into our home after near 3 years, so I think a little home tour is in order. I'll start with our boys room.
View from the doorway.
Our youngest still needs the change table right now.
I scored this low bookshelf at an op-shop for $15. Perfect height for the kiddies.
The blue box in the corner is a gift from Joshua's Deda {he made it!} and stores all most of their train tracks.
Today I have the chennile bedspreads on both boys beds, I love chennile. Under the cot is a fold-out layout table for the train tracks (again, a gift for Joshua his Deda made for him)!
Barbar... *LOVE* him, a gift to Mikaela from my sister some 10 years ago. Now lives in our 2 year old's bed/cot.
Another op shop buy... perfect for some of Joshua's trains to be on display.
Same for the spice rack I painted red, another op-shop buy... and the little lego men fit in there just nicely! The elephant fabric is a Japanese designer, I bought on Etsy. The two cowboys... remind me of my two boys, I bought at the recent HandMade Markets.
It's a little tricking getting a photo of this without any reflection.
Joshua's soft toys... Spencer the bear with the red scalf is from his GodMother, she had a beautiful scroll note tied around his neck which explained Spencer likes to travel a lot and he likes to be told stories, and feelings and worries. I did good chosing her as GodMother, spiritial guide she is, perfectly.
Above Joshua's bed. The cot used to be in that corner before we moved the room about a bit. I've left the mobiles there.
Above the beds there's a keepsake shelf for each of the boys.
Here's Joshua's:
And Benjamin's:
Here is some of the art in their room, I created these two when pregnant with Benjamin:
This piece is very special to me... my best gal pal (and Joshua's God Mother) Kim cross stitched this keepsake for his naming day:
And another piece I created for both of the boys... once Benjamin was born, I felt this suited them well:
Beside the doorway there is a large built in cupboard with a big chest of drawers, lots of clothes hung and a few large of boxes of toys, which I rotate {I try and do this every 4-6 weeks, but realistically the lego is the all time favourite at the moment, and not much else matters}!
I've recently put some hooks behind the door for the boys to keep their jackets and pajamas on, it works pretty well... Benjamin is much better at it then Joshua is:
I've labeled each hook for ease (I pretty much label everything, including the contents of their drawers):
Here I've gathered images from the boys rooms, to create 12x12 scrap pages for our family album:
That's about it... our boys room.
I am looking to get one (then two) of these very soon:
I'll pass the cot and change table onto a dear FIT friend, whose daughter is expecting her first child in November, JOY!
Next will be our girls room, Miss Mikaela.
Bxo