The Stories of our Lives

I wrote a month ago about the mural in Orly’s room but we, the parents, hadn’t quite moved out of that room yet, because ours wasn’t ready.

Everything is done now — erm, except some paint touch ups in our room, which, hum… will-get-done-eventually — so here is a look at our girl’s completed room:

We didn’t repaint the walls, which are three shades of blue. I still like the colour/pattern we used for them when it was our room and, since there are a lot of pink accents and dolls in the room, it still feels very girlie!

I don’t adore the way all the furniture is pushed up against the wall, but there are two logical reasons for this:
1. This is Orly’s first big bed, so having 2 sides of wall around it (and a bed guard) is safer.
2. It creates a super large play space in the middle of the room!

This wall is pretty empty now. We’ll add a frame or something eventually:

Lastly, the closet wall on the left… Since her everyday clothes all fit in the dresser, we stashed most of her toys in the closet. Three benefits to this:
1. There are built-in open shelves in there, so the toys are easy to access once the folding doors are open.
2. Space for the big toys, like doll strollers and ride-ons.
3. We close the doors and it all disappears. w00t!

Does Orly love her new room? Yes, she does!