Monkeying Around

Since we got all of Micah's furniture in his room, we were ready to add his wall decals. I ordered some WallPops! on Zulily for Micah's room before we even purchased the house. Thank God they ended up working with the colors that we used.

The sets we got were Monkeying Around and Jungle Friends Growth Chart, and we set it up slightly different in Micah's room. I think it turned out great!

The growth chart was more challenging than I would like to admit. They give you 4" of trim below the decal, but our trim is almost 8". I cut off the excess 4" and marked where 52" was on the wall (that's how high the decal is supposed to go to). I measured everything once, drew a light line on the wall, and even used a level to make sure everything looked as good as possible. There was a slight angle to the edge, but only noticeable if you were looking for it. Once I sat down to calm Micah back down, I took a deeper look at a further distance to notice that it didn't seem right. Micah last measured at 25.5", so he should stand right around the 2' line, right? When he stood against the chart, he didn't come close to 2'. Obviously, measuring once was not adequate even for this trivial responsibility. After a second measure and moving the decal down, it is now a lot closer to being an accurate measure of height. It's still not perfectly level, but the difference is .25" from the very top to the very bottom. That's something I can live with.

We're getting closer to finishing Micah's room! It's so exciting!