Are you wondering what’s with all of these bedroom photos all of a sudden?
I NEVER take photos in my bedroom and it’s not because I’m a privacy freak.
(I’m not.)
It’s just that we never hang in our bedroom.
Or we never DID, I should say.
Because right now, I can’t seem to get out of it!
Let me update you a bit:
Since Charlie cut those night-tables down the other weekend, we’ve added new bedding (love it) AND the granite tops to those tables! I have the photos to go with his how-to project (his first working with slabs of granite!) but thought I’d share first what else we’ve done.
Our bedroom has been progressing over the last month: new closet lights, new over-the-bed lights, new fan, new blinds, upgraded fixtures…and then the new tables, bedding and…and something else.
From my spot in the bed, this is what I normally stare at:
A whole bunch of nothing.
And I’ve had GOBS of ideas of what to fill this space with that mostly revolved around framed photos of my family.
But since they’d be totally facing me in bed, it almost seemed a little…weird…to have people staring at me all night while I sleep.
Does that sound strange?
I mean, I know they’re my family and all but I suppose I was always hesitant to slate it on the Grit List because I just didn’t know if I really and truly wanted hundreds of eyeballs looking my way all day and night.
But what else could we do with the space?
Well, after much deliberation (literally like a month’s worth), we decided to do THIS:
And so far, we love it.
LOVE IT!
Though let me tell you my hesitations and why.
We’re not what I would call huge t.v. people.
It’s not that we’re t.v-free or on a mission to be t.v-free (I happen to thing a BIT of t.v. is just fine for kids. Who do you think taught Greer to count to ten in Spanish, ME?), it’s just that we don’t sit around a lot during the day.
Our downstairs t.v. has never been an issue for my kids–meaning, they aren’t prone to couch potato-ing.
(Now, the Playstation is a whole different beast.)
And Charlie and I normally sit down at night after all are tucked in and watch a bit of trash t.v. together and look forward to what Housewife is flipping tables this time :)
So it’s not that we don’t like t.v.
I just have not ever wanted it on our second floor level–it just seemed very intrusive to me.
We’ve had a strict “no bedroom” policy for several years now and I’ve not missed it one single bit.
We’ve not had a t.v. in our bedroom and none of our children have one, either.
(And will not. I’m holding firm on this with them as I don’t see ANY benefit to giving my 13-year-old every reason in the world NOT to join in on family time. He already has a laptop, a cell phone, and an iPod touch to diddle with in there and that’s ENOUGH!)
But recently, I began to think that it might be nice to have another t.v around for two main reasons.
1.) I would have loved to closet myself off in my bedroom during my three-month-long bout of morning sickness. I couldn’t read but I could and did lay around and watch t.v. But I was still very accessible to everyone and when Charlie was home and could manage the kids, I craved my own kind of quiet.
And to not be climbed on or woken up or asked for a drink of water.
Since I’m heading into that newborn period, I’m thinking that some of my “own kind of quiet” will do Baby and me some good and if I can catch up on Grey’s Anatomy during my 34th nursing of the day, then I should.
2.) There have been times on the weekends recently when the boys have been reluctant to give up the basement t.v. (we only have two in the house–one in the family room and one in the basement) for movie purposes and Charlie and I have been reluctant to watch “Max and Ruby” for the one zillionth time, but it’s left the Littles in a lurch. I started thinking…maybe they’d be just fine snuggled in my bed with “Toy Story” together and everyone would be happy.
Plus, what else was I going to do with that wide open wall space? :)
In the end, I’m REALLY very glad we decided to add this t.v. to our bedroom.
And I’m also really glad we waited until this point.
I like that our kids know that you CAN live without a box blaring sounds and images in your room whenever you want it.
Reading in bed isn’t a bad option, either.
And honestly, that’s still my main thing though suddenly, as my nest has cozied, my laptop has been making nightly appearances in here!
I’m blogging in bed right now and it’s just…relaxing to me.
I can look around and see this place really coming together and it just makes me happy.
We’re getting ready to have movie night with the big boys in here starting in just a few minutes as they’ve been asking to see “Jurassic Park” for six months now.
We’d been putting them off because Greer usually joins us for movie nights (and this is too much for her) but since she was up late last night playing around with me :), she went to bed early tonight, leaving us with no excuse not to grab our big kids and snuggle in our big bed together and watch some some big dinosaurs on our brand-new, big tv!
One more thing–
We happened to have the most perfect, dreary, rainy day today with which to test out our new t.v.
And can you guess what we were so spellbound by?
(Other than the fact that we now have a t.v. upstairs???)
Love this movie.
(”SQUIRREL!” That’s my favorite part, strangely enough. Okay, okay and the sweet love story at the beginning. Sniff.)
