Now that the holidays are over and we plan on being in town for a while, I thought it was time to finish Josh's new room. The boys had a four day weekend and Dad had an off Friday so we got to work. We had the room emptied Friday and picked out and purchased the paint to hit the ground running on Saturday.
The boys wanted to help out with the painting.
Then they got bored and found other fun things to do. After the paint, we built the bed and brought in the dresser. We needed to buy a mattress, bedding and decorations. We went with a sports theme since that is Josh's interest at the moment. I tried to keep the paint and bedding theme neutral so all we have to do is change the decor when he (or one of the other boys) is done with sports. I think it turned out pretty well.
We still need to finish up a few things, like a reading nook under the bed and a desk to the left of the dresser for homework, but it works well for now.
My favorite parts of the room are the things I found on Pinterest. The curtain hold backs and the valences. I think they turned out really well.
Josh said he enjoyed his first night.
And since it was Josh's first night in his own room, it was also Patrick's first night in his new room. He's still not quite sure this is his room, but I think he will figure it out pretty soon.
Side note: when Josh and Daniel first started sleeping in the same room, we learned pretty quickly they needed to go to bed at staggered times so Daniel would fall asleep first or they would stay up to all hours of the night playing around with each other. Patrick and Daniel are the exact opposite. We started with staggered bedtimes and found Patrick would not sleep without Daniel in the room. Which meant, he would still be up at 9:30 at night making for a not so good day the next day. But if we put them to bed at the same time, they both fall asleep within ten minutes. Who knew? So far it is working out well.
