Rearranging the bedrooms

We have had a busy and productive afternoon/evening. We have been rearranging Sophie and Elanor's bedroom - one of those situations where you think you're finished, but you still have to tidy up the mess created in the rest of the house in the process!!!

It started out because S and E have been wanting a chair in their (small!) bedroom so they can sit and read in the sun. It's the best afternoon spot. So we set off to the 2nd hand shop. We did very well in a short space of time. We got a small padded chair for them, a spare dining chair, an easel for painting for the Little Kids, and a divan bed for Rowena. All for about $45.

We have talked about getting rid of the red bunk set for some time. R, at age 13, is 'over' sleeping on a top bunk and would really rather not be on the bottom bunk either. The red bunks 'eat sheets'! That is, the springs sometimes catch the edge of the sheet and rip it. And they are also better for short kids - a bit low to sit up in the bottom bunk even for Elanor now. So now the red bunks are in pieces in the hallway (and advertised on TradeMe), the blue bunks have moved to S&E's room, and R will be sleeping on (a mattress on) the floor until we pick up her new bed on Monday.

(She's at camp this weekend, so doesn't know this yet.)

If anyone wants a set of perfectly good (if slightly hungry) red bunk beds, going cheap, look them up on TradeMe and make us an offer.