Em's New Room

This is the face of a very happy girl...in her new room! Yup, Emily has a room of her own. In preparation for the baby, Emily has relocated to the bedroom in our basment. (Previous names for this room: office, Uncle Peter's room, food storage/toy room.) It has gotten a total makeover and is now very much a 7-yr-old girl's room!

We found this loft bed on craigslist. Cubby sanded it down, rubbed it down with tung's oil, and Christian and I put on the new pulls. Emily LOVES it and it provides some terrific shelves for toys, and drawers for her desk stuff and clothes.

This old entertainment center was given to us by some friends who were moving and it has served its purpose ten-fold! Dress up clothes, Barbies, Emily's vet-set, her American girl dolls, and games are just a few of the things that it holds. And this is the view of her closet and book shelves. To the right of her name on the wall is the door (and behind the door is another door into the bathroom downstairs). Inside Em's closet got a makeover as well--a closetmaid organizer gives her the shevles and hanging room. (We actually have these closet organizer systems in every clothes closet in the house--they're only $30 and worth EVERY PENNY!)

Each morning Emily wakes up, goes down to her desk and either reads her scriptures, draws fairies or plays with her Littlest Pet Shops. (We have also discovered that both Christian and Kari sleep at least a half-hour longer each morning when Em's not around to wake them up! Ha!)

We're thrilled that Emily loves her new room so much. Next up, trying to transition Kari into a big-girl bed in Christian's room!