Last night I was laying down with my son, putting him to bed. As we lay there chatting, I was looking around his room, seeing what he sees, and thinking that you might enjoy seeing the view too.(Do you bloggers do this? Blog in your head? See things as thoughts you want to share?) ...Anyway, since it happens to be Corners of my Home Thursday, I thought it the perfect time to give another glimpse here. It's kind of fun sharing little corners in detail, then, when I've shown everything, I think I'll do a post with it all put together, 360 degree view, we'll see.
The first picture shows one little wall. I think of it as his little library section. It's too small of an area to house a dresser, so this thin storage rack from Pottery Barn kids does the trick. I sanded and painted it a couple of times because it was too bright blue. At the very top is a poster made from a photo of my older brother's squadron. He is a Navy fighter pilot super stud. Here's a close up, he's on the top row, 2nd from left. Isn't he handsome? The picture fits so perfectly in my son's airplane world. My son (just like my Dad and older brother), has always loved planes, maybe it's genetic. If so, it sure skipped me, I only see them as a necessary means to an end, like riding a bus in the air, with a lot more hassle getting myself and my stuff on and off...anyway, back to the photo of the room...I think I bought the bulletin board from Land of Nod. The cool red and white stripped frame was purchased at a local church boutique years ago. I decoupaged the chair and bucket in my major decoupage phase years ago.
This is what you see looking up from the bed. My husband and I (yes, us, with help from a couple people close by when it came time to screw in the drywall, and let me tell you, drywall is heavy, especially when holding it overhead.) raised the ceiling years ago and he installed the roof windows. It's hard to tell from this photo, but the ceiling is pitched pretty high. At night, lying in bed, my son can see the stars. It just so happens that you can also see planes fly from one window to the other as well, kinda lucked out with that. As I lay there last night I realized that pretty soon it will be summer and I'll have to get my husband to close the blinds so my son will sleep in a bit. There are 2 more planes in the ceiling that you can't see. My friend Kelly hung all of the planes and globes for me because I was too scared to stand on the top of the ladder and reach overhead. The toys sign (it's metal, from Target, in their Christmas section last year, it has an airplane on it) is above the closet (whose bi-fold doors are open, see?) and the little wall I showed above is on the left.
You've seen this corner before, but I wanted to show you the quilt that I made for my son when he was born. I'm showing you this because it is what I'm working on now...the brother above is the one that had twins almost a year ago (that I made these for). Before they were born, I began their baby quilts, and I have yet to finish them. As they are almost 1, I really must get them done, or the girls will be too big to even use them as a blanket in their strollers! I will show you them when I finish them (good, now that makes me even more accountable), which better be soon. As I have mentioned, I have never learned to quilt. The only sewing class I had was back in 7th grade Home Economics (I loved that class!)...so, there is no perfection here. I say this to warn you true quilters, as I'm about to show a close up, you might want to avert your eyes.
I don't have a serger, so I sew around the letters many many times. And everything is done on the machine, even the scallop stitch you see at the bottom here. I love the little tag that I bought at a local sewing store, saying "made with tender loving care by Mom", I think I've even seen these at Jo Ann's too. So, off to sew I go...hopefully, since I cut most everything out a year ago, and started sewing on some of the letters in between then and now it won't be an impossible task to finish before the birthday. Wish me luck.