The first finished room - the landing upstairs between the bedrooms, bathroom and office/aka Judy's mess. I was really excited about doing this project as the kids really into art, especially Sam. He brings home all sorts of beautiful pieces, from still life to native sand drawings. It's delightful what the art teacher, Ms. Von, is doing at the school. And then there is Perrin, who literally spends hours coloring. She has a stack of coloring pages an inch high! What oh what to do with all of this art? I decided that this wall was their display case. I bought 4 frames from Ikea for a couple of bucks a piece. I change the art about once a month, though the current self portraits are adorable. The black board is a leftover from Balin's old office. It went from Balin's office to a white board for Sam's room, until someone used permanent markers on it. It's hopefully last life will be this magnetic chalk board. I painted it with special magnet paint, then spray painted chalk board paint over it! Oila! A place that is beautiful and funcitonal.
The entertainment center. The book shelf is brimming with books is a great space for the T.V. to visually rest. We are actually finding that we rarely watch T.V., even in the winter. It's still a treat, though this T.V. is hooked up to Netflix streaming, Pandora and instant Pay Per View movies so it does make it pretty enticing. We got a blue ray player and I have to say I can't stand watching movies on it. They say it makes it look three dimensional, I say it takes away all the yummy effects of Hollywood. It's so bad that I don't watch T.V. on them, I still watch my little computer screen. Sad but true.
