Only took seven months...

 ...to finish Niina's room renovation.

Way back in 1999, brand spanking new, it looked like this:

Saara, 4 years old, had chosen pink for the walls and a pretty border with girls having a tea party.

13 years later, Niina said the pink HAD TO GO.

So last October while the girls spent a happy week basking under the Spanish sun, we emptied the room and I got out the white paint...

 Mika fixed the few cracks first.

 Lovely fresh white paint.

 

 And then aqua!

 

The old bed, dresser and cupboard moved away too.

Their new owner is a 4 year old, who is thrilled to get Niina's old "princess bed".

Exact quote from Julia.

*grin*

The new furniture came in installments this spring. 

In other words, from IKEA. 

Niina is SOOOOOO happy with the fresh new look.

The biggest headache was getting that white dresser.

By the time we got around to getting it, they only had the purple ones left in IKEA.

Apparently they had discontinued the white one...sigh.. I know, right?

Luckily they still had seven left in the IKEA in western Finland. What's even luckier is that Niina's godmother lived close by and was willing to do this huge favor.

And then I had a brilliant excuse to go visit her :)

There's the new bed, and the even cuter lamp.

 Niina had made a little reading spot on the shelf ;)

 No curtains..yet..

 Yeah...OK.. I had a little helper..

Hehe...