Kimball went one a long ladies weekend, a cruise to Mexico. Ten ladies, one ship lord knows how many cocktails. 

Kelley had decided she should become an interior decorator. She is into TV Shoes While You Were Out and Trading Spaces. We plotted for weeks. Here is what we started with. For three years the windows had been half pained but not scrapped. No curtains. (There were yucky blinds but I ripped them off the walls even before I took the before picture, I didn't want to hurt the camera.)

Bought new sheets cheap (so cheap we got a backup set so one could be in the laundry.) Kelley picked colors She has way better taste than I do. (I nodded my head approvingly, thinking if this goes well there will be enough glory to go around. If it tanks I blame the 11 year old designer - hey I'm no fool)  She picked colors that keyed off the new sheets and Kim's comforter.

We swung into action. We painted the window a yellow that picked up a the darker color of the comforter and new sheets. Above the rail we pained a lighter shade of yellow and picked up a green from the floral patter to accent the rail between.

We ditched the old non-matching dressers and scored some freebies that looked a lot like the bed from a friend in on the plot. Turned the bed 90 degrees and centered it on the windows.

My sister Nina came over a taught Kelley how to sew curtains out of a set of sheets. (Also picked up when we bought the ones for the bed at the same post Christmas blow out sale.) We used a strip one of the pillow cases  to tie back the curtains. (did I mention my smoking deal came with 4 pillow cases?) I was a little stumped for a way to close the tie backs but came up with this as a final answerer. 

I made some boxes to hold up curtains out of some rail stuff we found at Lowes. We weaved in a strip of fabric donated by the above mentioned pillow case to match the sheets.

Tacked up a hanger for a plant and added some el cheapo Ikea lamps. (Matching bed side lamps - what a concept! Only took 13 years of marriage.)

I bought a TV rack that screwed to the wall but I figured I would screw up putting it up. I happened across an odd shaped piece of plywood on the basement floor (I never throw anything out).  A quick trip to a friend's who had a router made a TV rack out of it. (Husband of the woman who donated the dressers - Thanks Ric & Kelly!) 

The finished Room!