Another Slipcover and a Bedroom Makeover

Kathleen is finally home from Indianapolis, and I actually managed to get her room finished before she returned! I whipped up this slipcover the night before she got home, while watching "Ghost Whisperer" (pretty good show!) and "Numbers."

I got the little pleated skirt idea from a picture that Linda at Lime in the Coconut posted last week of a sofa with a pleated skirt. I was inspired!

And here is the built-in bed! She LOVES it! There is a TON of storage behind those wrinkled linen curtains! ;)

Little window seat:

I took this picture from the window seat:

(her desk chair is in my sewing room...oops!)

She has the best view in the house!

Duvet cover is from IKEA. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE that store?!

Her map of Mid-town Manhattan! Hee!

I'm thinking I should make a little skirt for that window seat cubby:

I did a ton of yard work today--dinner party coming up on Wednesday--so I may have some yard/garden shots for you in a few days. Thanks for looking!

Top Secret Bed Project

Since Kathleen is in Indiana (and never reads my blog), I thought I'd share with you all a little project we've been working on in her absence.
Bye Bye to the old bed I painted just for my little baby-girl (with castles, and her and her cat)....

And hello to a new built-in bed built by BF, and painted by me! :)

I had a basic design in mind, but thank God BF knows what he's doing. I would have cobbed that thing together SO badly...lol. He did an amazing job.

The shelf at the end is for her TV. I know, she shouldn't have a TV in her room. Whatev.
She's a good kid!

The shelf at the back was BF's idea, and it's genius! I was just going to have her mattress floating around up there on 48" of plywood. Now she has a place for books, and drinks, and her clock and whatnot. And look at all that storage underneath! I hadn't considered what I would put on the sides of the cubbies to keep it from being naked 2 x 4's, but we found the 1/8" hardboard sheathing, and it works perfectly! I'm thinking little curtains on tension rods in each section will keep the whole thing looking neat. Then she can put whatever she wants under there and we won't have to look at it! :)

Here it is with one coat of wet paint. You're going to have to wait until I get her room put back together for REAL after pics.

Oh, and LOOK! Tiny little turkeys in my yard! Aren't they adorable?!

And last but not least, we had a lovely time at my friends Georgia and Dan's house on the 4th. They had lots of fireworks and put on quite a show. I couldn't believe my camera actually had a fireworks setting! Not bad, eh?