Room Make-Over

Anna Grace had been asking for a new desk for nearly a year.  This past spring, we finally picked up my great-grandmother's desk from my parent' house.  It is solid cherry and absolutely beautiful!  It just needed a face lift for Anna Grace's room.  So this summer, I finally had time to paint it.  It was an ordeal, but it turned out wonderful! 

In the meantime, we also got Anna Grace a new, bigger mattresses which required a new bed.  We decided the four poster bed would take up too much room, so we opted for a metal frame and a DIY headboard.  I found an old door, but had to wait for PopPop to put it all together. 

Anna Grace had outgrown her dollhouse bookcase that PopPop made for her when she was 3 (sniff sniff).  So we painted a laminate bookcase which was also an ordeal but turned out great.   (BTW - don't believe pinterest...always sand first - especially laminate pieces!!)

 Well, Nana and PopPop finally made to trip to Tupelo.  PopPop and I worked on the headboard most of the weekend.  This is a "middle of the project" picture

While we worked on the headboard, Nana and walker researched boomerangs!!  I'm not sure why Walker has a fascination with boomerangs, but he and Nana tried to figure out how to throw them.  She promised to get him a real one for his birthday - yea!!

Nana also helped Anna Grace make a bracelet.

Bless PopPop's heart, he was drenched by the time we finished the headboard! 

But it turned out perfectly!  Thanks PopPop!