Dean's Family Wall

A couple months ago I decided the bare white walls of Dean’s room were too much, and it needed some color. I cut out letters from colored construction paper to spell the word “FAMILY” and stuck photos all around of his grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles using bits of clear packaging tape.

It’s not the most stylish of collages, and it won’t be featured in Pottery Barn any time soon, but I love it. We'll ask Dean things like "where's Granddaddy? where's cousin Mia?" and he'll point to the correct pictures. Every night when he goes to bed we say goodnight to the bridge to Hong Kong, the lighthouse & boats outside, and his family on the wall.