Extreme Playroom Makeover

My good friend Stephanie Stewart came in town this weekend to help me decorate the playroom.  She got in town late Thursday night.  We literally spent ALL DAY Friday shopping for stuff (yes, Brooklyn too) and spent that evening painting shelves.  One of Eddie's colleagues met us out for dinner Saturday night and got roped into coming over to our house to help Eddie put together the new toddler size table and chairs AND also helped us paint shelves...disappointed that I didn't get pictures of that.  Saturday morning, the painters came while we (meaning mostly Steph S.) worked on the letters and other craft projects for the room. 

Since we were busy crafting and the playroom was out of commission, we turned our living room into a make-shift playroom for B.

So thankful for the playroom so that our living room doesn't look like this everyday!!

The paint in the room was finally dry and we could actually start decorating around 2-ish.  Our friends, the Wyatt's, came over to see Stephanie while she was in town and they got roped into helping out as well!  (Eddie got called into work ALL DAY, which is why you don't see him in any of these pics) 

We finished up around 5 on Saturday evening...so after 2 VERY FULL days, the playroom was complete!  Here are a few before and afters:

Before:

And after!!

Close-ups of the 3 shelves:

How good did she do?!?  I couldn't BE any more excited about how it turned out!!  Even Eddie, who was initally skeptical about the PURPLE and YELLOW paint colors, loves the room!  Thank you Tiaan (Eddie's colleague), Ben and Brooke for helping!  Thank you to my old Arkansas neighbor, Becca, for giving us the shelves and letters.  AND, obvioulsy, A HUGE thank you to Stephanie for devoting your weekend to helping us out!!  You are the best and we can't thank you enough.

It is not near enough, but we did at least take her out for her birthday Saturday night.

Happy Birthday, Stephanie Stewart!!