A little better

There's nothing like posting a picture of a totally trashed room to motivate you to do something.  Moving the bookshelf in here really made me think about how I wanted to have this room set up.  After our big trip to the Y we went to IKEA and I bought this shelf.  It seems like all the furniture we have is vertical instead of horizontal and it makes things look even smaller.  So, ta da.... horizontal.  I still may move it into the closet but it feels like a start in the right direction.  Maybe I'll even get something hung on the walls soon.  We're all about coloring these days.  They all wake up in the morning and start coloring.  It's a little freaky.  When we took L to the neurologist this week, he was crazy coloring in the lines.  I was impressed & so was she.  It's funny how they suddenly start doing that!

Oh the chaos!

Right after we made it a school room.... so glad that ugly yellow is gone

Painted a nice gray now but that furniture placement didn't work.

The room feels more functional now but it's obviously a mess & a blank slate for decorating

This is our school room.  Earlier this week, I had a furniture moving fit because the armoire we were using for our supplies just wasn't cutting it.  I ended up smooshed in the corner between the armoire doors & my table.  The table we had been using was too high and too small to really function plus I missed having it on the porch.  I keep waiting for that moment of inspiration to hit me because I would hate to do a bunch of work in here in haste and end up hating it.  So, now it looks very, very bland and it's a total mess.  The L's went a little berserk at the end of our school day yesterday, hence the chairs all over the place & knocked over.  Didn't help that I tripped over them in the dark when I went to get the computer.  LM yelled in her sleep (Ken said she very clearly said, "Don't take it from me!") and I couldn't get back to sleep.  It's going to be a long day when the day starts before 4 AM.  The good thing is my grocery list is made and I found some ideas for how to make this room more beautiful!