Charley's Bedroom

Mom and Dad came for Thanksgiving.  They were the last visitors I knew we'd have for a while, and Charley had just turned 13 mos. old, so I figured it was time for her to move out of our room and into her own.  I am VERY happy with how it turned out (thanks Mom and Dad for some ideas and manpower in moving furniture!).


Our friends Ed and Mary gave Charley this purple monogrammed blanket with her name and birth date.


My aunt Suzie gave her this quilt.  Her niece made it, complete with owls (for me) and reptiles (for Rod), and there was a very personal story behind it which made it all that much more special.

The white bedspread was mine when I was little.  "The Golden Rule" poster is of a mosaic by Rockwell, I got when at the United Nations in NYC.  On side wall is a giraffe my parents got in Africa, a bluebird Mom painted, and a cross-stitched verse from our friends Donna and John Cotten which says "People may doubt what you say but they will always believe what you do."  Never to young to impart some wisdom!

Dad drew the owl.  The zebra I had already.  The bird mobile I bought online - too cute to pass up.  One of her faves - she points at it ALWAYS and says "beh" (= bird).

Little cuckoo clock I got in Germany, but it has to be wound daily so it's just for looks.  The growth chart already has her first mark on it!

The Serenity Prayer hung in my room as a child - Mom made it.  


This is her little "book nook".  I just covered a cardboard box with pretty paper and the Tell City Rocking Chair is covered by a BEAUTIFUL bunny quilt made by "Ya-ya" Gayle - Heather's mom.

My aunt Mary and uncle Steve gave me this manatee print some time ago.  A student gave C the burp cloths - too pretty to use!  Another made her the little pottery "critter", as we call it (and daily she points at it all, me asking "Where's the...  bows?  Baby?  Bird?  Clock?  Critter?  Manatees?"...  you get the point.

Her dresser is topped by an adorable quilt made by her Great-Grandmother Betty.  

C's great-grandfather John V. Ress made the horse over the door.  I got the poster after seeing The Lion King (twice!) on Broadway.  She "roars" at it many times each day.  The little rocking chair was mine - she loves to sit in it.

The crib in which she spends way too few nights!  :)

A bedskirt mom found to match the quilt.

Anyway, I think it turned out nice, and she seems to enjoy her room, and that's what matters!