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THANK YOU FROM
MICHIGAN!
My husband and I
recently decided that our four-year-old son was ready to graduate from
his toddler bed and Winnie the Pooh bedroom to a twin-sized bed and
a theme that would last through his elementary school years. After discussing
it, our son decided that he would like his room to be a jungle.
At first, I tried
to find jungle bedding - but everything looked like it belonged in either
a baby's nursery or an adult's room in which the theme had been taken
"over the top". So, I figured I was going to have to settle
for solid-colored bedding and decorate with one of those huge wallpaper
mural borders that are about three feet tall. I discovered that they
are significantly more expensive than traditional wallpaper borders
and I really wasn't looking forward to the hassle and mess of hanging
wallpaper - especially since we planned to transform our son's room
in 24 hours while he was visiting his grandmother. That's when I discovered
these animal prints on the Internet.
We purchased the
giraffe, zebra, elephant and tree and couldn't be more pleased with
the results. We had all four stickers on the wall in just minutes with
absolutely no mess and no hassle - just peel and stick! The hardest
part was waiting until "Redecorating Day" to put them up.
In fact, we were so excited that all visitors to our home during those
weeks were secreted to the basement to see the jungle stickers before
we put them up! To complete the transformation, we added a green rug
and comforter, a cornice and bed skirt in jungle print fabric, a new
"leafy" paint job on the dresser drawers, an elephant lamp,
a couple of plants and several realistic stuffed animals.
While it was a wonderful
feeling to accomplish so much in so little time, the best part of all
was the look on our son's face when he first saw his new jungle. He
was quite simply blown away. After about five minutes of taking it all
in, I asked him, "Is it great or good or just OK?" My son
wrapped his arms around my neck and replied, "Mommy, it's gorgeous!"
That's not the word I would have expected my four-year-old to use, but
it is certainly the most accurate way to describe his new room.
Some people might
assume that your life-size jungle animals are too big for a small bedroom,
but that's not the case. Our four large stickers fit perfectly in our
son's 8x11 bedroom. In fact, we're thinking of adding a baby orangutan,
a macaw and maybe even a capuchin to some empty walls spaces and on
the closet doors.
Thanks
so much for your wonderful products!
Sandi and Parker Walla
Michigan
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