A New Room

While Ella and I were in Texas this past week, Scott was hard at work at home! We returned to find that Ella had a brand new princess room!!! When we moved into our house, Ella's room was painted a nice rust color. However, the color scheme didn't go very well with her pink and white bedroom.

This week (as a complete surprise) Scott not only worked full-time, but he also spent his evenings and late nights turning Ella's room into a beautiful princess room. We came home to find this wonderful surprise waiting for us!


Ella is thrilled with the room as you can see.

Below are the details of the wall with the windows:






Here is a picture of Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)above Ella's headboard:


Here is Snow White above Ella's closet door:


Here is the wall opposite her windows, and the light switch (now the rose switch to Ella):




To fully understand what a completely awesome gift this is, there are a few things you should know. Scott HATES to paint!!! I am so shocked that he did this because I know he hates to paint. LOL. He also did this entirely by himself. He had no help from me picking out the colors or the princess theme. He also bought new mini-blinds to replace the ones that were bent, and he bought new valances for the window. He looked in about 5 different stores to find a valance that perfectly matched the lampshade Ella has had in her room since she was a newborn! Oh, and he broke his toe moving the furniture back into the room. OUCH!!!

I cried when I saw the room. I am so impressed that he did all of this as a complete surprise while we were gone. Plus, it means that I didn't have to do it. Ella loves her room. She wanted to touch all the princesses. She kept turning on and off her rose light over and over. She even laid her head on the wall at one point and said, "Thank you for painting my pretty room, Daddy." She also keeps repeating over and over, "Wow! This is neat!"