Famous Last Words...

The organizing frenzy didn't stop with the Girl Cave...With all of the new toys from Christmas, we needed to rethink the storage situation in the boys' rooms.  We got some great storage cubbies with lots of bins, baskets and drawers, which have really transformed the boys' rooms, and given us storage space to grow into.  I saw a great picture in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog of a Batman wall decal.  The catalog suggested that the decal would look great on top of a "simple" classic cityscape. Of course it would.  Since I've been on a creative streak lately, I, not in my right mind, took a look at this and actually said out loud, "It can't be too hard to paint, right?"  Hence, the famous last words...

It actually wasn't terribly hard to paint, although my cityscape looks in no way as intricate as what was suggested in the PB Kids catalog.  I don't even pretend to have much artistic ability so I tried to keep it as simple as possible.  I made the outline out of cardstock, which I taped and then traced onto the wall.  The painting went a lot faster that I expected, but I think that's because I spent so much time trying to get the paper template right.  I also took a few picture frames and replaced the glass with corkboard so that Jack has a place to hang up his artwork.  All in all, we're excited about how it turned out.  Jack likes it, which is really all that matters.  :)

 Paper outline

 Painted version

Jack's pretty excited about his Batman room, and that he got to help put the decals up.

Luke's room got a redo, as well.  The result was that Luke no longer has a baby room.  This is definitely a step up to the big boy room. 

Green shag rug.  We told Luke it was his "Grassy Rug", so he loves it!