Whenever I'm in the downstairs restroom in my parents' house, I always think back to a specific day shortly before I turned six. Visitors ALWAYS ask us about that particular room, too.
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I'm not really sure what my parents were thinking when they broke out the acrylic paints and gave 7-year-old not-yet-an-uncle Punk and 5-year-old me each a brush and palette.
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Can you tell Punk has mad art skills and loves dinosaurs and I have a lifelong love for Smokey the Bear and far less talent? All these facts remain true today.
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My parents also contributed to the decor. Though, since they worked more slowly, Punk and I dominated the wall space.
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Over the years my excitement about the room has waxed and waned. At the height of my embarrassment (late high school and early college), I begged them to let me paint the walls again- with a thick coat of primer and then some standard color latex. All requests were denied.
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The room now charms me yet again. Maybe now because I can clearly see in my childish work exactly how adoring and supportive my parents have always been.
7 comments:
Aw, that's cute! We've never lived in a house long enough to keep something like that up.
I think that is the best bathroom I've ever seen! I love that they have kept it! Maybe at some point Ranger can add to it!
what an awesome thing to have :^)
that is so cool! it reminds me of dr. pausch's lecture & his parents letting him paint his walls with formulas or whatever. so awesome of your parents to give you & your brother the room for creative expression. i hope when we settle into our home, the kiddos can do their rooms.
What a great idea! I may have to let my son experiment, too. LOL
I know I am going home from work one day to find this in my own guest bathroom!
That is so incredibly awesome!!
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