Lilian’s Art Studio

The side table in our living room was becoming a clutter magnet, so I convinced Kristian that we should get rid of it and make a little art area for Lilian. I even managed to convince him that we should all go to Ikea together on a Saturday afternoon to pick everything up for it.

Clearly, my husband loves us very much.

We bought a little desk and chair, plus an easel and some chalk and paper. We put everything together before Lilian woke up, and then it felt like Christmas morning!

Lilian’s eyes lit up when she saw the desk and chair. She loves chairs in her size, so she made a beeline over to them and climbed up. When I opened the desk up to show her that I’d put all of her art supplies in it, she was even more excited. I think we spent most of the morning drawing and painting.

(And eating chalk, but we’re working on it.)

That little book turns colors when you paint water on it. I highly recommend it as an activity to pack along when visiting friends and family that have a lot of white walls and nice furniture.

Lilian can only reach about a quarter of the way up the chalk board. Halfway up if she stands on the stool that Kristian’s mom bought for her. But she sure does love drawing on it.

The other side of the easel has a roll of paper attached to it. We pulled it out and let Lilian go wild with the finger paints. I would post a picture, but fingerprinting is a nearly naked activity in this house.

We replaced our lamps with some more modern looking Ikea lamps, did some de-cluttering, and moved things around a bit. I think the living room is looking much better now. Which is great, because we spend a lot of time in there these days.

Lilian has been drawing on her chalkboard every night this week. She would probably have us bust out the fingerprints every night as well, but I’m way too OCD to make the post-paint cleaning a nightly occurence.

At some point, we might move Lilian’s studio upstairs to my craft area in the attic. That way, she can color while I work on my craft projects. But, for now, I like that she has a little area where she can be creative right where we all hang out.

Parenting is a lot of hard work, but it sure is fun!