Mother's Day at Snoqualmie Falls

This waterfall has been on my list of things to see in WA since we arrived, so we finally made it happen. We used to spend each Mother's Day at Frasier Falls outside of Graeagle, CA, so this seemed like a good tradition to keep going.

 

Our mascots

This great room is finally finished! The fairy lights are up and Falkor (our Luck Dragon mascot) is here; here's a panorama to tide you over until we come visit and you can see it in person. ;)

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Our other mascot is Mr. Lawrence, our kraken/squid/octopus Cephalopod of Greatness who holds all of our fandoms. He rides on the back. :)

 getting it all on was tricky. . .ironically, I needed more hands!

Closeups - find your fandom!

Verdant Bedroom!

Admittedly, I jump into projects I am excited about, but normally I begin with a good plan. In this case, I knew the redecorating would be a great change so I made everyone promise to remind me to take "Before" photos before I started painting the bedroom. Did this happen? NO. Is it my fault? I could argue that one. haha

So here are some stock photos I found online which approximate the "Before" room, at least color-wise.

Rhanna did take a panorama, but it's kind of dark (and Gwynnie looks scared to death, lol!):

Now the room is a forest of greens (I think five or six different shades. . .I lost count!) and is much brighter and happier. I replaced the chair with a bookshelf and Gwynnie's little desk (my Nana made both pieces for me - the bookshelf when I was in high school, and the desk/chair when I was about two years old). I took out the fake built-in "desk" and put half of Gwynnie's play kitchen (also made by Nana, for Rhanna when she was four years old). It was important to me that Gwynnie still have a place to play kid stuff, and pretty cool that she gets to travel with furniture her woodworking great-grandmother made. Then I added a little "garden" in the tiny bedroom hallway, which is pretty fun. Gwynnie wants me to add more flowers to the rest of the walls, but I think that might be a bit much. ;)

This week we are starting to move in! There's more redecorating I want to do, namely curtains and floors, but those will have to happen next month. Well, curtains certainly - floors might be a while!

The kitchen is also finished - the silver-tin backsplashes made a huge difference. Photos soon!