Room Swap!

So excited about the newest projects!! Aaron's weekend project is to help/supervise a handyman make our wood stove functional. This has been planned for a month and is perfect timing, with next week's crazy sub-zero temperatures. 

My project is to move all my craft stuff into what will be hitherto known as The Craft Room. (Pictures to come.) The Craft Room is taking the place of the room formerly known as Cole's Room. Carson's Room with hereafter been known as The Boys' Room. Happily located in the upper-most level of the house.

I think it turned out adorable! I kept the animals from Cole's room.  90% of why I did this is because I have a little bedtime ritual with Cole where we go around and say 'goodnight' to each animal and mimic it's noise - except the giraffe, which has no sound that I know of - and then we say 'Goodnight, Cole' and he makes one of the animal noises back at me.  Most of the time it's the monkey.

Another thing I added to the boys' room is a set of glow-in-the-dark stars.  It ties in perfectly with Carson's rocket ship curtains.  The girls are sufficiently jealous.

This current exchange of rooms is due in large part to my Christmas gift from Aaron's parents: a sewing table!!! (Thank you, THANK YOU, Jana and Dennis!!)  One note: I'm not sure yet what to do with Cole's changing table/dresser.  I stopped keeping Carson's dresser in his room when I realized that most of the time the drawers were empty and the clothes were all over the floor - resulting in extra laundry by not knowing what was clean.  So until further notice, the changing table remains.  When you see it the sewing table, it's pretty unassuming.

But put this key into the lock and...

My treasure!

The basement will now be known as The Master Suite. I'm thrilled! On one level I will have a comfy wood-stove-warmed room, a Craft Room, a bedroom and a bathroom.  Happy. H.A.P.P.Y.  The Craft Room will also cheerfully double as a guest room when called upon.

I've been watching the icicles along our roof grow and shrink with the warming and freezing that's been going on here.  The night I took this picture, we had left on the lights for the back porch when I noticed the scene.  I love the neat look of the back-lit icicles!