I broke down and bought the pillow from Wal-Mart...I like it sooo much, and for $12 I couldn't pass it up...now I just spend all day telling kids not to touch it with their grubby little hands. :)
While I was there, I also decided to try out some black canvas curtains to see how they looked, and I think they are a great addition to the room. $15 for two 84 x 118 panels. Not bad. I did have to send the husband back for another set though...2 were just not long enough for the window, so we needed four. This caused a bit of a problem because I wasn't able to just pull them to the side like our other curtains were before. So I decided to do this:
Don't mind the random toys, sippy cups and books on the floor....Other than those things, I think it turned out looking very classy. I bought a $3.99 roll of fabricy ribbon at Hobby Lobby, 50% off, and used that to tie the curtains together. It's Toile if you can't tell. Probably should have gotten a closer picture. Oh Well.
Also, C & N got new beds....Lord help me.
Yes, my child is sucking his toe in that picture..not sure what that's all about. :) Thanks to my friend Mandy for letting me know about a girl selling these babies on Craigslist! They are perfect! And she was only asking $150 for them! We paid an extra $50 for the mattresses...which I was a bit weird about buying used mattresses from someone, but come to find out they had only been slept on a few times. The beds were bought for the ladies step-daughters who moved way with their mom shortly after they were purchased and now this lady and her husband are also moving away and didn't want to have to bring these with. They were a steal! And the boys love them!
I had originally wanted to keep the beds unbunked...didn't think the boys were ready for bunks..but of course the room is way too small to fit both beds apart, so we had to bunk them up. That required a little bit of rearranging....God forbid one of them can't see the TV in the room....and also required the removal of the blades of the ceiling fan. :) Didn't want to even chance that!
C was a bit nervous I think to sleep on top...kept getting down after we put them to bed, but finally fell asleep and that was that. I'm just nervous for the first time he wakes up in the middle of the night and forgets he's up high. :( Hopefully that doesn't happen!
