Pretty funny just how tight it ended up being. The ancient Chinese door had to be removed. We knew it was a no go but it was such fun as a jungle gym that we decided to keep it for a bit and enjoy climbing and taping and playing ship. (Yes “taping”…the low stick masking kind that painters use. It was everywhere.)
And then the pottery barn folks came and took it away and in came some IKEA pink things that Naomi was offended by but they really did fit. Though it was a huge interior design failure in my book. The girls felt it was a fun adventure. They loved the transformations happening to their room and gave me a list of ideas they wanted to work on next. They want a circular dark room door installed, a sleeping loft built with a slide, a ladder that goes across the room about 6 feet off the ground that they can hang from, a dragon recycled tire swing, and a secret passageway. I’m kind of thinking about cutting a window in the ceiling or interior wall to let more natural light in.
The window nook is a great place to read cuddled up together. It is small but there is enough space to play monopoly if you keep on the players money and cards in the box top and pass it back and forth.
When Simone was little, she glued various toys around the room (with help of course) a couple are still left, such as the little white bears hanging upside-down on the bookshelf. The mural was made by friends of all ages and gets new things now and then. The t-shirt prayer flags are a product created to fund schools for the Bonpo people of Northern India. Jules Hampden gave it to us when Simone was born.