a room where dreams come true

obviously when you move into a house that you didn't build yourself, there is going to be some re-decorating involved. most of what we plan to do, at least in the immediate, falls into the category of minor changes. though if i could find some low-budget way to change the light colored tile on most of the first floor i would be ON it (i am enamored by acid-stained concrete floors)! by the way, does anybody know how to clean light tile? because i surely don't. nor do my minions children.

the first order of business in re-decorating were the boys' rooms. that was a must since jack's room was pastel pink and pale green and tate's was well, just take a look for yourself...

he tried to man it up, but there's nothin' you can do with that but have some fun. all the princesses have gone now and this is where we are now...

we'll be adding this tapestry to the wall and curtains like these to spice things up a bit. 

we've arranged and re-arranged many times over and i'm still not sure about what we have. i don't like the bed in front of the window, but it's hard with the bed and the futon in the room. any ideas? my sisters know it is their god-given responsibility to advise me on such things, but I would welcome any input you have as well. 

now if we could keep it looking more like the above picture rather than like the teenage boy room that it usually looks like... 

to be fair, i should admit that my room currently looks like this...

i could definitely use a fairy godmother right now. or better yet, cinderella in her pre-princess state!