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Thanks!
Thank you for posting. Those are all great ideas.
The only problem with "neutral" in my house is that neutral isn't in my vocabulary. White walls are banned from my home. Every room has a theme. Every room has color. Currently, our extra room is blue and purple with a few hints of pink. We will only have girls, so I thought that was a safe mix. Anyway, a neutral room in my house would be the "one of these is not like the other" room. Plus, my daughter who has the room across the hall is living like a princess in her bedroom. Her room is highly pink and full of Bratz houses, cars and play sets. My hope is that whomever we foster will be with us long term and have the same quality of life as our daughter while she is with us. I'm attaching a photo of our daughter's room.
I will keep the theme to the new room as neutral as possible without making the room look out of place in our home. I'll paint some artsy cat prints myself and put them up. There is a Hello Kitty quilt on there now. I love the bullitin board idea! I'm ordering one of those with criss-cross ribbons, so pins aren't necesary. I'm going to finish up the room over the weekend so it'll be ready to go. That's pretty exciting. I love decorating! It's a major obsession for me.
By the way, someone on another board mentioned getting a bucket with some personal care goodies: a hair brush, elastics, toothbrush etc. as well as a few school supplies to be placed in the room as a sort of welcome and this belongs to you thing. I think that is a fabulous idea!
How do you introduce new foster children to your homes? We visited with our daughter for a while before she came home, so there weren't any major surprises, because she already knew us and had seen photos of everything. Do you normally give a little tour right away and explain rules and safety etc.?
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