I’ve been meaning to post pictures of Cy’s new room situation. Keep in mind that I’ve never worked hard at coordinating furniture (we usually snag things that fit 3 criteria: 1) It fits a need 2) Cheap/Free 3) Real wood. So we’ve got a mismatch set of table, dresser and bed, and we REALLY NEED TO PAINT HIS ROOM. BAD. But I’m happy with how he and I set it up. I let him have some more choices. Not too many. But you know. Enough.
Mostly though, I’m proud of my Mom’s quilt.
Have I told you that my Mom is a quilter? I legit one. With a long arm quilting machine and a business bank account and such. She started quilting long ago, and had to send quilts out to be finished. Now she does them from start to finish all on her own, and they are luxurious and amazing. Cy’s first quilt (sorry, I had a better link but the pictures died? somehow? sad!) was finished by someone else, but not this one!
She did this one, start to finish all on her own. (And many others, pieced by her and others. You can mail her your tops if you want! She’s a finisher!) The fabric is Eric Carle Brown Bear fabric- which she is not allowed to sell because of copyright. But lucky us! Because that means it’s all for her grandson.
She even included something secret just for Cy on the back…
Which, of course, just reinforced that La La knows her grandson. And reduced my guilt about allowing him to pick out Spiderman sheets at “Four Dollars.” He loves them, and although they offend my sensitivities…I think it’s time for Momma to stand aside and let the little boy choose his own happiness. And I still have the beautiful, soft brown sheets I chose to compliment the “Brown Bear” theme. I’m SO READY for him to wet the bed. I have LAYERS on there, a towel to absorb it deep inside the layers…and and extra set of sheets. Yup. Am ready…and freaked that he hasn’t yet…
The rest of the room?
The toy box, Penguin named Aristotle, and the library book bin. (Also, IKEA table and chair.)
(Apparently shiny?) Dresser (mine from high school), fold up Target-type bookcase, and pictures of friends and family that I let him tape on the wall himself. The benefits of knowing you need to paint anyway!
Where the reading happens. At least, the bedroom reading anyway. It’s like a sport around here.
So that’s it. My Bubbs’s room. Where he sleeps soundly in no diaper, wrapped up in LaLa’s quilty love and in his “Fiderman” sheets. Seriously. My baby is a child now.
Very cute. I still don’t let my kids have much say about their room although they did pick out their bed, which they love. One day I will get their quilt tops done and have to send them to your mom to get finished I just don’t know if I have the time and patience to do it by hand right now. Very cute room and i love the quilt.
Dear Erin,
i saw your comment on my blog and was so happy to hear from you! i now have your blog on my friends list and can keep updated on you and your darling little family. Thank you for your kind words – they do help in healing my spirit and soul.
Love it! We have the “comfy chair” in the corner of our dining room, as it doesn’t fit in the boys’ room, but reading corners are the best. So is secondhand wood furniture, not sure we’ve ever bought anything new!