11.03.2006
Johnny's Room.
Johnny's room deserves it's own post.
It started last year when we stayed at The Animal Kingdom Lodge at Walt Disney World. We had a room overlooking the Savannah, where giraffes would actually come within reach of our balcony. The inside of the rooms were made to look as much as the outside. The beds were made out of logs, and everything was Africa themed, very Safari-like.
This is where Johnny came up with the idea.
So Jeff & I hunted for the perfect border, and Johnny (thankfully)loved our first choice. We painted the bottom of the wall to match the tan background in the border, and the chair rail to match the green grass in the border.
Johnny wanted a tree. So daddy painted him a tree.
He wanted his bed to be made out of logs. We couldn't find the right sized logs, but we found horse fence posts, so daddy & Mike constructed it out of that. And honestly, it turned out better then any of us had planned.
We just couldn't find the right objects for the large wall spaces by his t.v..
One afternoon, I came home and when I asked where daddy was, Johnny stated that he was up painting his giraffe. I thought to myself, what the hell did he buy now. Was I ever shocked to find him painting a giraffe (with my makeup brushes) by just looking at the giraffe in the border. WOW! He followed that with an elephant for the other side.
The rest of the room came together with different safari/animal/Africa themed objects that we pick up here and there. And the old luggage idea came from Johnny - he felt he could fill them up and take everything with him for his real Safari - in his mind, I guess.
Johnny loves his room, and we are very happy with the way it turned out too.
Now, if we can only get him to come down from there every now and then, that would be great. Oh, and teach him that it is okay to sleep in his own bed, and not have to use Joey's spare bed almost every night, you know, to keep Joey company. I so knew that was going to happen!
Labels: boys, family, family life, house, husbands, remodeling, son
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