In order to avoid feeling overwhelmed by the massive list of things I still want to do before I’m finished with Alethea’s big girl room, I’ve made a deal with myself that I will accomplish at least one small thing every day and one large thing every weekend.
Over the past few weeks/weekends I’ve made progress in cleaning, painting, prepping and/or buying the chair, dresser, closet, black out shade, walls, clock, mirror and some other accessories.
I also went over to Peter’s parents house to finalize the quilt layout with Denny. I think it’s going to look fabulous:
I still have far too many things on my to-do list to name them all, but we’ve decided that it’s fine if Alethea moves in before everything is done. That way she can have as much time as possible to get used to her new room before the baby arrives. My ‘before Alethea can move in’ list is down to just four things:
1) Stencil focal wall
2) Install black out shade (which is ordered, but hasn’t arrived yet)
3) Move clothes from nursery into big girl dresser & closet
4) Move in crib (we are going to let her adjust to the room before we introduce the big girl bed)
That seems like a doable list, right?
The quilt is so pretty! I didn’t know you were having it made for her! What a great idea. I’m working on Ava’s big girl room idea board (thanks for the great idea). I’ve pretty much finished it. We hope to have her moved into her big girl room next fall, but I’d like as much painting and decorating done before we move into our house in a month and a half. That way next Fall we just have to put the big bed in there.
Sounds like you’re doing great and moving along at a good pace with Alethea’s room…especially since there is so much thought and originality going into it! I think she’ll love it!