Well, we've got a villa for next year. We could have gotten something much larger but we would have had to move further out than we wanted. Besides, this is a school villa and they handle the landlord, any maintenance or repairs, as well as the HOA fees. This totally makes the smaller house worth it. There is a nice garden (calling it a back yard would be too generous), it backs onto a gated pond, is a 2 minute walk from the pool, 5 minute walk from a playground, and on a quiet street. The master bedroom is quite spacious but the kids' rooms are microscopic. Luckily Aidan is small and doesn't require a larger room.
We'll post pictures in August. I felt a bit weird about taking pictures while the other family was still living in it. A bit of trivia, the current residents are Patrick and Jennifer Hopkins and they have two kids, a boy and a girl.
We've also nailed down the nursery for The New Kid. We decided not to reuse Aidan's set because 1) we (meaning Patrick) wanted something a bit more girly, and 2) Aidan was still using parts of the set for his toddler room. We'll be picking up some pieces in the States and the lighting and rug locally in August. We've decided not to paint the room. It's already a nice cream and I was worried that colored walls would make the room feel boxed in and even smaller.
We'll be using Aidan's white furniture in the room as well as picking up one or two white floating shelves from Ikea to use for books. Since the new house has LOADS of closets, the extra bureaus we have will be used in Aidan's room. We have some matching floating shelves that we haven't used since Kuwait that we'll put up in his new room to display books.
We'll post pictures in August. I felt a bit weird about taking pictures while the other family was still living in it. A bit of trivia, the current residents are Patrick and Jennifer Hopkins and they have two kids, a boy and a girl.
We've also nailed down the nursery for The New Kid. We decided not to reuse Aidan's set because 1) we (meaning Patrick) wanted something a bit more girly, and 2) Aidan was still using parts of the set for his toddler room. We'll be picking up some pieces in the States and the lighting and rug locally in August. We've decided not to paint the room. It's already a nice cream and I was worried that colored walls would make the room feel boxed in and even smaller.
- MiGi Sweet Sunshine nursery set.
- I can't decide on which wall decal I want. I'm torn between the bird cages or the tree with birds. I would get the decal in grey and with light blue birds now that we aren't painting.
- I liked this little felt bird knick knack, and the shop has them in other colors as well.
- Another bird knick knack, but this one can be used as a door stop or book end.
- Vidja table lamp OR vate lamp set, both from Ikea
- You are my sunshine print from Ferntree Studio at Etsy
- Another idea for a bird knick knack, but I would want it in a soft yellow.
- Gislev rug from Ikea
- This is the interior of the Sweet Sunshine bumper. It's reversible and we would probably put the solid yellow fuzzy side on the inside. I know that bumpers are supposed to be a no no, but Aidan would get his arm or leg stuck in the bars whenever we didn't have one.
We'll be using Aidan's white furniture in the room as well as picking up one or two white floating shelves from Ikea to use for books. Since the new house has LOADS of closets, the extra bureaus we have will be used in Aidan's room. We have some matching floating shelves that we haven't used since Kuwait that we'll put up in his new room to display books.
I vote for the non-caged birds decal.
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I do like the branch decal a lot. But with the bird cage decal I can place the birds wherever I want.
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