Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Gavin's Updated Room

It all started with an outfit that inspired Gavin's room...

That outfit evolved into this...

As I've been rocking Gavin in his room lately, I've been discontent with his room. Ridiculous, I know, because he has one of the coolest rooms. But still...something was missing. So I was flipping through a Pottery Barn Kids catalog a few weeks ago and saw this.
(Notice the tree in the background with the shelves.)
So as a birthday present, I asked Amanda if she would do a third tree in Gavin's room.

Blank wall before:

This girl makes me sick that she can draw this so fast.

Bethany came over for a little bit to help, too.
We made a teeny Gavin handprint leaf under the bottom shelf.
Paint on a 6-month-old's hands. Hmmm...not too smart. On the forehead.The very tired artist after a long day.
Adding the branch shelves:
It's my favorite of them all!

We also FINALLY hung pictures on the walls. My friend Emilee got this idea from the Girltalk Blog and I stole it from her. I did it with Hughes downstairs in black & white a few years ago and wanted to do it for Gavin. I love how it turned out and love it in color!

I got this idea from Mom from Gavin's newborn pictures to do his "parts." (Are you seeing a pattern? I'm basically a copycat!)

It has one of my favorite verses from when I was pregnant:
"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well."
~Psalm 139:13-14

Now when I'm rocking him, I can't quit smiling at all of the changes in his room! I love it!

1 comment:

Sarah said...

Allyson, I love all the changes too...so cute! I'm telling ya Amanda is one talented lady. And did Ryan make the shelves? They look great! I LOVE the collage of Gavin's "parts"...so precious. But I have to ask, what is the "g" a picture of in Gavin's name? It looks like part of a pretzel or octopus, haha :) btw I love to copy stuff too. Lucy's room came straight out of a Pottery Barn catalog