The bits I forgot
We need to totally re-work Aprilia’s room. She’s got too tall to sit up in her bed (it’s a loft bed and we ahve low ceilings!) so it is going to have to go. Which means she will no longer have a desk under her bed, so she will need to take the desk out of the living room (YES!!! YES!!!! AND AGAIN YES!!!!!!!) where it has resided since she ceased to ahve space for it in her room. We will also need to invest in a wardrobe for her as we currently hang stuff on teh underside of her bed (damn!) Ikea have some nice daybed frames which would look lovely in there and are quite cheap so taht’s an option. Arogos have a cheap (and probably nasty) fabric covered kids hanging rail thing that she fancies which, if I could find the vouchers, we are halfway to affording and would fill the gap until it breaks and we can hopefully get something more grown up. I also saw a thing with a load of pockets and mirror in to hang up in kid’s rooms on the Ikea site. Trouble is Ikea costs me a fortune, i always find so much little stuff taht would be oh so useful….. So I’ve asked on Freecycle for ANYTHING that would do the job and have everything crossed that I’ll get something we like.
Also today we had wide ranging discussions about the UK political system brought about by reading the first chapter of HP6. So now she understands as much about government as I do. Which isn’t a lot.
And I’m a bit insomnia-ish tonight. Probably because I had the bed all to myself last night and thus had a wonderfully peaceful night’s sleep. Duke fell asleep downstairs so I’d covered him over and he stayed down there! Must go to bed though, otherwise we will be late for JJ (again)
You could always remove her bedroom ceiling. Exposed rafters might look good and she could extend her room over the rest of the first floor. Loads of space to spread her stuff. You don’t like the idea? You do surprise me.
Comment by michelle — January 29, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
giggle, I fear the loft insulation would irritate her skin a little
not to mention those birds who nest up in the roof space would get cross with her disturbing them
Comment by Administrator — January 29, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
Our hanging space for the kids is an Ikea hat rack
It’s a wooden one which was very cheap at the time that they don’t sell any more. We also have the LOGGA one on our landing as a laundry drying area.
Comment by Alison — January 30, 2008 @ 11:03 pm