Favorite Room

Kelly had another fun idea for her blog...a "favorite room of the house" post. So here's mine...my son's room. I think it feels like the most complete room in our house to me--every other room seems like it needs a table here or curtains there or a table skirt on that table or a picture on that wall, etc. His room is pretty much the same as it was at our previous house, only without two-tone khaki stripes on the walls (this room is smaller, so we didn't re-do the stripes). I think I also like it because of all the different pieces that we worked on or searched for when I was pregnant with him (this was his nursery theme, too). Here's a little tour:

Lane put up the river scene mural (twice!--once here and once at our other house!) I think it's really neat for a little boy. I made these curtains once we moved here. His bedding came from Target...MK told me about seeing it there, so I went and got it when he moved to a big-boy bed!

I saw something very similar to these fish pictures at Posh Tots when I was pregnant with R, but they were $50 each and I wanted four. So I asked my Dad if he'd carve them (he can do anything), and he did. I love them way more than the website pictures--these are very special because Dad did them for Rhett. I painted each fish with oil paints.


Stuff on top of R's dresser:

Newest addition: jar of shells from Gulf Shores that Rhett picked up. He's very protective of them--he didn't want anyone to break them or get them mixed up with other shells. I thought it was cute that he was so proud of them. They're displayed proudly in his room now.

Mom found this canoe bookshelf somewhere--I thought it was perfect for all the books that he loves to read over and over again!

This rocking chair was the one Mom used with my sister and me. She let us have it and paint it. I had the chair pad made along with R's crib bedding. When I took sewing lessons, these pillows were my first project.


In this frame is a picture of R's first fishing trip--he's sitting on his Great-Grandmother ("Mo Nina's) lap on the pond bank--a picture I'll treasure forever!

My friend, Heather, gave R these letters for a baby gift. I recently tied them to the oar with leftover, torn strips of the bedding material. Lane's Mom found this cute mirror somewhere...it has fishing lures in the top part of it.

His closet is probably the most organized one in the house, so I like that. It's a nice-size.


And, of course, my FAVORITE part of the room...the boy who lives there! :)