Grandchildren Room Unveiled

WARNING: This post is long and photo intensive!

Have you ever heard the term

"brand loyal"?

One of the brands I am loyal to is

Sherwin Williams Paint.

It could be because my brother

has worked for them for over 30

years; it could be because they

have the best paint; or it could be both.

I found the perfect colors for the grandchildren

room at another store.....

and when I took the chips to Sherwin Williams,

they were able to match them for me.

I then bought 12 Spice Racks from IKEA.

I should say, my sweet husband stopped

by IKEA on the way home from Denver's

Airport and bought them for me.

These IKEA spice racks turned book racks

have been all over blogland and they

were out when we tried to buy them

several other times.

This is what they look like hanging on the wall

with the beautiful primary color paint on them.

The top book rack is being used

for my grandmother's vintage teddy bears.

The first time Caleb was here after the

bears were displayed, he took them

out and had me tell him the story of

"The Three Bears" so they are still bookish.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

curtain from Pottery Barn Kids.

It is actually a shower curtain but

don't tell anyone.

If you look very closely at the curtain

rod, you will see it has butterflies

on the end. That was David's idea.

This wall was a little bit of a pain for

my sweet husband because instead

of the shelves being put up randomly,

they had to all be in straight lines.

He was so wonderful about hanging all 12!!!

Very Hungry Caterpillar rug (bathmat)

from Pottery Barn Kids.

The white bookshelf isn't full of

children's books yet because I haven't

had the energy to move them all.

The shelf was a garage sale find for $2.00.

I just read yesterday that bookshelves

should be 10% empty so you

can actually search for books in them.

This is a wide shot of the room.

Another wide shot.

Books!

Books!

Books!

I can't tell you how many times Kelly and

Jeremy checked out The Year at Maple Hill Farm

from the library when they were kids.

The book with Caleb on the cover

was made by his mom on his first birthday.

Dogger is a precious book that my sister-in-law

Terry sent me. It is about, not sibling rivalry, but

sibling love.

I found the red table and chairs for $40.00

at an antique mall. They aren't antiques, but

they are cute.

The typewriter is from a yard sale.

We gave Kelly a typewriter for Christmas

when she was in about 3rd grade and have

never lived it down because she thought

it was the WORST gift ever.

Kind of like a husband giving his

wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas.

On the other hand, Caleb, Aaron and David LOVE it!

The train table was found at a yard sale last summer for $40.00.

It had all the toy pieces with it and was in perfect

condition. Thank you, Jeremy, for finding it!

I really wanted a library-ish rug for the room.

I priced them. $400 plus was a little

out of my price range. I found this one at

Target for around $30.00.

You might remember this card catalogue

find from a previous post.

This little file folder also holds

books. It was a Marshall's find.

David painted the closet doors with

3-4 coats of magnetic paint and then

2-3 coats of green chalkboard paint.

As you can tell, artwork is already

proudly being displayed.

I have had this author's chair for ages.

When I go to reading conventions

where authors are going to be in

attendance, I take the covers off and

take a paint pen and get autographs.

It is the perfect reading spot and also

the perfect resting spot.

I just sit and let the grandchildren

play all around me.

A perfect chair for the little guys

to sit and read.

David said the other day that he had a feeling

that this room might never be finished.

There is one more project in the works.

I am going to make a book cover headboard.

Thanks Jenny for helping me collect book

covers. Stay tuned for the reveal.

Thanks for taking a tour of the grandchildren room with me.

We started it before I was diagnosed with cancer,

and it has fallen to my sweet husband to

do most of the hard labor. I mostly did the

sitting down stuff, like painting the

book racks. It has been great therapy for me, and

as you can imagine, the grandchildren LOVE it.