The Theme: Night Owl
When Juna was about half a year, we were all sitting around, and I thought to look up our "spirit" or "totem" animals for fun. I googled it and put in our birthdays. Ever since, if you ask Juna she will tell you, "Mama is a bear. Daddy is a bat. Juna is an owl." She loved owls before and ever since. So, the theme was a given. I decided to do a mural of a night sky, with a big yellow moon and stars, and a silhouette of an owl on a tree branch. Ever since Juna could point, she has always noted the moon, so I've always called her my "moon spotter." She also loves "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," which has been a song I used to sing her to sleep since the beginning.
The color, of course, would be blue... the sky. One wall would be a darker accent wall with the mural and the other walls, a slightly lighter shade of the same blue.
Because The Rug Makes The Room
The rug search. I looked at hundreds of rugs and finally found the perfect one. The rug was really the cornerstone of the room, as the room colors would be based on the rug. This one was round with different colored circles. I ordered in, in plenty of time, and waited. I got an email nine days later... no rug. It was discontinued, which i knew, which is why I searched and searched to find a place that still had it in stock. They didn't. So the search continued, but by that time, it was too late to order anything in time for Juna's birthday. I searched local stores but couldn't find anything that was perfect. I was beginning to accept that I would have to settle, until I came across another perfect rug... but not local. I called to make sure they actually hah the rug and ordered it that day. The person I spoke to said she would rush the shipping and it should arrive in three days. It didn't. I waited and waited and waited. I called on all of powers of patience. Finally I contacted them and they told me to contact Fed Ex, and I did, and I did again and again... until someone finally confirmed that the rug was lost in the void of lost-shipped things. The rug company sent me another one... in two days. But Juna's birthday had come and gone by them. So, nineteen days later, when the rug arrived, it was time to find the colors for Juna's room.
Finding The Right Blue In a World Of Blues
This took a week, and tree trips to the paint store. The color couldn't be matched using there machine, so I had to do it by sight, with Juna and rug in tow. But I found them. (colors) That weekend, Jody painted the room on Saturday while I had Juna out for the day, minus coming home for nap, of course. And they were perfect. The folowing day was my turn and my father's, while Jody took her out for the day.
An Owl And A Treehouse
We had recently visited the preschool that we choose for Juna. There, they had a loft. I love those, and grew up with that sort of thing and it was wonderful. I started to envision that sort of thing in Juna's room, but it is so small and seemed a lot of work. I was planning on redoing her closet, with my father's help, so that all of her clothes could be housed there and accessible to her (during age two she had started dressing herself and it was very important to her). So, I am looking in the closet, thinking of shelving, etc... and there is all of this empty space on top, storage I guess... then, bam... I thought, a loft, a treehouse! Perfect. So, on Sunday, my father came over and began building her treehouse, while I worked away painting the owl and moon on her wall.
Organizing: Closet, Clothes, Toys & Books
- The quilt
