Yesterday I spent the morning lugging furniture and toys around. My little SweetPea has outgrown her bedroom. As she grew, so too did her stash of toys and junk - or as she calls them, 'treasures'!
The larger spare room was being used as a dumping ground and laundry room. The sensible thing to do was to move her over to that instead.
The Girls old room isn't going to be a dumping ground though.Oh no. I have plans. At long, long, last, I am getting a room of my own. I refuse to call the kitchen 'my' room just because I happen to be the one who does all the cooking around here! The old nursery (as I've decided to call it, gives it an Enid Blyton air!), will become my very own craft room.
To say I am excited is just a bit of an understatement.
I cleared the pink room, hoovered, cleaned windows and got rid of cobwebs, then moved over the bed and a million and one toys. Then I gave the old nursery a good clean up too.
Hard to get a good photo, but I took a few to show as the 'before' pics.
Even though we knew we were expecting a girl, we chose to decorate in a neutral way, with little colour and a teddy bear theme.
The teddies pictures have gone, the border will removed by the end of the week. The Girl has requested I turn the fabric from the curtains into bunting for her new room. 
When my little girl realised I'd left her tutu hanging up she demanded I hand it over. I'm going to sneak it back though. I like it hanging up. 
I know exactly how I want this room to look, but I'll spare you the details for now. I will share photos as and when changes are made.What I will say is I fully intend to have reminders of my sweet little girl in here. This hatbox is full of her baby shoes and boots. Precious memories.
And of course there will be fairy lights and bunting. There must be fairy lights and bunting! The room is pretty much cleared, but I am bringing things in. Propping pictures and mirrors up against the walls, knowing that they will have a home in this room.
I'm looking forward to seeing this in it's final place. I've had it framed for so long, but hadn't found the right place for it.
I am so pleased to finally have a place to call my own. I'll share it with my family of course I shall, but it's going to me mine! I envision it as a place to shut myself away and create, and a place where I can work on projects with my daughter, and teach her how to use a sewing machine. I want her to understand the feeling of total joy when you manage to make something that just a few hours earlier was an idea sitting in your head.