Response to TMA comment on In a Galaxy . . .

In her comment to In A Galaxy Far Far Away,

TMA mentioned the "brick" wall in Special K's bedroom. I thought I'd add a pic . . .

In a Galaxy Far, Far Away

After MUCH debate and already buying the materials AND paint to make Big E's room into a Pirate Ship, he decided to change his mind and make it into a Space themed room instead.

This took much creativity on MadMonk's and Darling B's part! We thought of buying a big mural and pasting it on the wall . . . too expensive. We talked about painting the whole room black with stars all around . . . hmmm cool, but a black room? FINALLY Darling B saw a picture of a mural that was a port hole window into space. THAT'S COOL.

So do you remember the weekend (and blog about it) a few weeks ago about the too much planned and all turned into a disaster and Darling B thought it would be a good idea to start this space room too? Well, she didn't start it that weekend, but a few days later. Hmmm I wonder where Special K gets that stubborn, determined streak from????

So here are the pictures of Big E's Space ship room . . . First the before pictures . . .

By the way, I don't remember EXACTLY why I took these pictures in the first place, maybe it was to prove a point about how Big E needs to clean up his room. Notice the bottom drawer being open . . .

Now for the Space Ship Room . . .

The main cockpit. The moon in the middle was a birthday present this past year. The buttons are made with jewels that kind of sparkle light on and off like it might on a control panel. Cool effect! The window here is not quite done, as Big E wants planets, meteors and other cool space stuff. It was very important to MadMonk that DarlingB design the cockpit to look similar to that on the Millenum Falcon from Star Wars. The port hole here is finished with the star map for Nashville in November (MadMonk and DarlingB's birthday month) The fan has dark blue blades with a rocket on each. The light bowl looks like the earth. He picked it out months ago at the beginning of summer when we were picking out a fan for Special K's room b/c of the heat!

This is the port hole Big E can see directly from his bed. It has the star map for Nashville in February (Big E's birthday month).

3rd port hole has star map for Nashville in August (Special K's birthday month). Notice that there is STILL a drawer open (different drawer, but still)

This is a close-up of the February star map. You can just see the shiny stars that were painted on in glow paint. As for now, you really can't see anything during the day. Big E wants to keep it that way b/c technically you can't see stars during the day.

The effect is pretty cool in the dark, but would be better with a black light, which we are considering.