all it took was a TV

A big TV at that.

Cameron hasn't slept in his room for 2 yrs. He has a big ole captains bed that I spent a decent amount of money on. He slept on it for about a year and then one day he decided he didn't like it anymore. No idea why. And then we moved to DC so Hannah thought it would be cute to have him sleep with her.

So what ended up happening is Cameron's room became the catch all. If we had no room for it or if it was in our way it went into Cam's room. In DC I didn't care cause his room was pretty small. Here he has a decent size room so it seemed like such a waste. So I decided to make it into a room for the kids to play games and watch movies.

So I was a patient girl and kept my eyes on some sale sites and got a awesome fold out futon and a TV stand for real cheap! Poor Troy brought us a HUGE TV all the way from Illinois. I am fairly certain he and Jason came close to hernias dragging it up our stairs. Only to find out it didn't work. So after a few months of pouting I decided to give up our bedroom TV. A very ugly habit of mine to say the least. I adore watching TV while lounging on my bed. But it is a waste of time. And I can wile away many o' hours doing it.

So yesterday we decided to work on the room. Once again allot of furniture just shoved in with random piles of clothes and toys everywhere. We broke down his captains bed only to discover the dresser portion under his bed was perfect to hold the TV. Of course! And it allowed the dresser part to stay in the room. Extra drawers always awesome. Thankfully I had bought the TV stand very cheap. So I will just sell it for very cheap.

And yes there are no drawer pulls on the dresser. Cameron took them off and threw them away. Sigh. No idea why.

I would prefer to have Better Homes and Gardens to swoop in and set up the next shots. But once again I am determined to show you reality. Once the TV was set up Cameron decided he had the best. Room. EVER!!!! He reclaimed his room el pronto. And Jason and I had lost our steam. Never one to start and finish a project in the same day/week. Accept me for who I am!! ;)

The futon is now his bed. He is happy as can be about it. The 'curtains' courtesy of Hannah. The sun sets directly in that window. Makes for watching the TV in the evening difficult. That was her instant fix. Until I get curtains.

And now this is what my room looks like. The piles of clothes and toys and Cameron's art that still need sorting through. Slowly but surely. I'll share after BHG comes in and fixes it!