Season animals

Somehow the deer on display in the cubic shelves had a winterish feel to it. 

I wanted an impression more in touch with the season we're in now - hence in come the cow and the zebra. 

Then it remains to see if these four leggers can do the trick.

I've also changed the cup on the pile of books
- to give the display a less fuzzy impression.

It's funny, looking at pictures of the display made it much easier to see what kind of impression it gave.
The original display had a country-romanticy style,
which was not quite what I was looking for.
(Illustration from Feed your soul; free art project)

- Please, help me find my ear!

Late breakfast

We are enjoying a three day weekend and the luxury of a late and long breakfast. 

   

Breakfast is the best part of a day off - and the whole day ahead. 

Going through our plans for the day (which will be altered a zillion times).

Having a second cup (mug) of coffee after my daughter has left to play with friends.

A beautiful day

It's a beautiful day, not raining, not too much wind and when the sun is out, really very warm. My daughter wanted to go to the beach, planning to go for a swim.

 She packed bathing suit, diving mask and arm rings. 

I packed a big towel for her and a pair of socks and warm clothes!

The beach wasn't exactly crowded. 

Most of the few who were there kept warm by sitting by the fire or playing volley ball. 

Not many tried the water - but my tough little girl did! 

It was freezing though, and she was thankful for the warm clothes. 

We're waiting for warmer days, but still this was a beautiful day!

More black and white

Yesterday's post was very black and white. 

Here is some more. 

I love white. It brings such lightness and calm to a room. 

I love white with black - strong contrast. 

I love white and black with colors - playful impression.  

Cool guy

In our small kitchen we have a tall black board.

Suddenly this cool guy appeared on it

-then he was gone. 

Switching rooms

Our household consist of my daughter and me, and our little house has two bedrooms.
When we moved in four years ago I let my daughter have the minor room and kept the biggest for myself. Not because I wanted the space but because then my bedroom would also provide storage room for all the mess and clutter that didn't have anywhere else to go. 

Now that my daughter's almost seven, I see that she needs more space for herself and her friends.   

The fun part of this switch will be getting my daughter's room ready.
The difficult & challenging part will be getting my room in order.
Sorting, weeding, declutter, organizing...

I'm still moving furniture and things between our rooms

Today has been really hard work. I've moved a closet from one room to another - just me by myself. Didn't have the patience to wait for assistance. 

The closet was filled with stuff from top to bottom and I emptied the contents on the bed. Then put the closet on at rug and dragged it along.

 

At the doorway I had to lay it down on an angle to get it through. Not too difficult getting through the doorway from the big bedroom to the hallway, but it was really hard to get the closet from the hallway into the little bedroom and then in an upright position.

I managed it in the end - exhausted and a bit bruised and battered, but veeery pleased. 

Another corner of my daughter's new bedroom is ready for furnishings, the little table and paper rolls are just temporary.

Capitulation of a project - and the enthusiastic start of a new

My daughter's bed in place

For months I've had an ongoing project of redecorating my daughter's room that also involved elevating her bed to make room for a play nook / guest bed (or matress) underneath.

I had elevated the bed and it remained to be build a small ladder and a bed fence. The tasks seemed unmanagable and I wanted to quit long ago, but my daughter was determined that she wanted this and I promised to try agian. But motivtion was low and progression slow.

It was as I was putting up the lamps in her room that I realized I would never make this work. My carpenter skills are too meagre to do this myself and as this was supposed to be a low budget project I didn't want to hire a professional carpenter.

So then what to do?

My longterm plan has been for me and my daughter to switch rooms, and instead of waiting for another 4-5 years I suggested we do it now. The change of plans was received with joy and starry eyes. After five minutes of viewing the rooms we started moving our stuff.

Cleared a corner for a new bed

It's going to be quite a lot of work - how can one move all the stuff from one full room to another full room  and vice versa when also all the rest of the house is full! 
Anyhow I can see the end of this project.

Still a long way to go but at least we have moved the beds into their new rooms.