Emily's "New" Room

Emily has the re-decorator bug. There's no secret where she got it. Growing up, I don't think I knew my mom to leave the furniture in our living room in the same place for longer than 3 months. Emily keeps saying "I want to make my room new." For a while, that just meant putting her trash can in a different place, or moving her clothes hamper. Then, that wasn't satisfying her, so she started putting books in her window sill as pictures. Well, I'm sure you know how long THOSE stayed up there. Emily also likes to open her blinds to see outside, and that made the new "artwork" come tumbling down. Sometimes on Savannah's head.

So, mommy asked herself....how can we make a "new" room the cheapest way possible. Cheap? you say. How uncaring am I? How dare I squash the inner designer in my child. Well, because I know in two months (or maybe sooner) she's going to want to change it again. So, I found some flowers that matched her curtains and bought some cheap frames. I let her color the flowers and voila! art. We found some pink sheer curtains (that were in our old house) that she thought would look good behind her bed, and Sarah let me borrow a pole to hang them on. So, we have a new room for approximately $10. Here's Emily showing off her curtains and art.