New Room!

Last weekend we spent our free time getting the bits and pieces together to finally finish up Harper's new room. Well, her room isn't new, but just about everything in it is. To her at least.

I guess you could say we owe Harper's new room to Papa's love of S0nic. He goes there often and has struck up a few friendships with the car hops including one named Debbie. Way back in October Debbie let Papa know that her daughter had outgrown her furniture, and she wanted to know if we wanted to let Harper have it. For free. We couldn't believe it, but we were about to leave for California, so we made plans to see it when we got back.

When we got there, it was even better than we could have imagined. Debbie had told us it was custom hand-painted furniture made especially for her daughter when she was young. But my goodness! It was absolutely gorgeous. We were so excited to have it, and unbelievably blessed that she wanted to bless Harper with it.

It lived in Nana and Papa's garage for a couple months while we got the guest room cleared out and let the craziness of the holidays pass. We brought it over little by little and stored it in the garage while Jon got it cleaned up and fixed a few little things on it. Our weekends in January were dedicated to finally setting up her room.

We are so happy with how the room has come together. You'll see how the furniture is painted that it goes great with the existing wall color. Nana and Papa gave us their spare Twin XL bed, we were able to find some great sheets and a bedskirt. All that's really left to get is a pink valance and a couple more cute pictures for the walls. I found some at T@rget, but me being a total cheapskate, I want to wait until they go on sale. But they'll be perfect!

I'm ashamed to admit how long we've had this wall decal and have never hung it. But finally, it was the perfect time!

Here is Jon installing her bedrail. She's done great so far on her bed and amazingly stays mostly straight. I think she really loves finally having a pillow, so that helps.

Here is the bed, dresser and shelf we were given. Aren't they cute? Harper still doesn't like using a sheet or a comforter/quilt, so for now she's happy with her plethora of blankies and stuffies around her. Her Dora doll she got for Christmas from Mimi and Poppy has been a favorite lately.

Here is the bookshelf and picket fence coat rack. I'm hoping soon this will be holding lots of ribbons and bows for all her hair. :) Harper still hasn't decided what is going to go on the bookshelf and in her special hidden spot below. For now it's a great place for the video monitor camera and sound machine.

Here's that whole corner of the room. We moved her book case to the slanted wall and will put her rocker next to it so that it's a bit of a "nook" for her to read in.

Another view of just the dresser and shelf. I still need to hang up her Harper name sign, but was waiting until we had her other wall hangings so I would know where to put it.

And here she is on her bed! I should have taken some close up shots of the hand-painting detail, but this is the best I've got. It's truly adorable. Harper absolutely loves it!

We were also given an adorable toy chest, but it still needs to be worked on as it has Debbie's daughter's name painted on the front. :) It will get in there next, along with the kid-sized rocking chair that's been in my family for a few generations. It needed a little TLC in order to keep it in good repair, so that's next on the list too.

All-in-all, we are thrilled with how things just fell into place! We are so thankful for God working out small miracles that have been such a blessing for us and our daughter.