Albus decided to keep Harry and his family close by so should anything happens, the staff and he will be close enough. The decision was to move Petunia, Dudley and Harry to the Shrieking Shack which was supposed to be the most haunted house in Britain…which was a fluke. The truth remained a secret though…
So it was a few weeks before terms starts that the now widowed and free Petunia Evans, once Dursley as she has decided to take up her maiden name, moved officially to the Shrieking Shack. Part of the staff, namely Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall and Charm Master Fillius Flitwick helped to make the move work by helping to repair the empty and out of use Shrieking Shack. Albus then took some of his own furniture from his summer home which he has no longer use and put them in the now repaired home.
Hagrid, who was introduced to Petunia the second day of her stay at Hogwarts, had helped with the heavier part of repairing the home that needed a more hands-on repair that will last longer instead of using the Reparo charm. The once gloomy home has taken a new life and charm after the fact. Albus and Minerva helped transfigure some of the unused furniture in the school's reservoir to be used once more by the family of three. Meanwhile Fillius helped charm part of the house for easier use such as the toilets and the kitchens as well as the windows to self-clean and open-close on their own for he supposed that it will be too much work for one woman to work on all the windows, especially the second floor.
Since Wizarding home does not run on electricity, the professors decided to charm most of the house needs such as the lightings and the fridge as well as preserving charm in the kitchen cupboards. The attic was turned into a cosy library and playroom for the kids while they own their own bedrooms. Minerva and Albus had surprised them by taking them to their undecorated room to 'help' them decorate their rooms to their own taste. Dudley decided for soccer posters and bright blue walls with the ceiling charmed to look like the summer sky but without making it glaring. The light was charmed to be the sun in that Dudley only needs to ask the room for the kind of lighting that he wanted. They tested on this several times so he can get the hang on it.
He has a marine theme going on, having loved the sea when his parents took him once for a picnic on a warm summer day. There was even some distant sound of the waves lapping the beaches at night for soothing effect. Dudley settled to make the room his personal sanctuary with the carpeting the colour of sand and sea green for the bed covers with small fishes swimming around on the coverlet. The window drapes were like ship's sails with the window transfigured to be a large round shape in the middle while the sides were smaller round windows to imitates ship's windows. As a gift, Hagrid decided to buy some books of marine animals for Dudley that was more interactive from a Muggle version. Dudley was happy to receive the book though he can't read yet but the book does motivate him.
Petunia's room was a dream come true for the woman. All was softly coloured in pastels and warm peach with tiny white daisies that pop up here and there once in a while. Minerva helped repair some of her mother's items that she took from home that terrible night and Petunia put them to use. The coverlet was covered with flowers that bloom in the morning and 'sleeps' at night and moved as she moves or when 'touched'.
They even change with the seasons much to Petunia's delight for she was very proud of her gardening skills. Her vanity, which was a classic white, even praises her! It was a gift by Fillius who somehow could tell that Petunia was terribly self-conscious with how she appears. The carpet was a soft blush and everything was 'designed' as though they came from the art noveau era with flower designs and nature inspired carvings.
Her room has a balcony with tiny Mexican roses decorating the railings in thick foliage by Herbology Master Pomona Sprout who was delighted to find a friend who loves gardening as much as she does when the two met during one of Petunia's walk down the Black Lake. The wooden balcony was coloured white, like the rest of the furniture in her room. Petunia was delighted to find some Muggle home keeping books on her book shelf with some professional gardening books and some extremely thick cook books for the at-home mothers. It has about any kind of recipe from all around the world all translated into English. There were even some books on the etiquette of the Magical Society and their history as well as some magazines noting the most influential circles in this new world that she was about to join from Minerva.
As for Harry…the boy was Albus' work solely. The boy has never had a room before, discounting his life before Dursley, and was a little shy at first as to how he wanted his room to be. He was also a little confused as to why they didn't just put him where they want him to be. Thus Albus had suggested for the others to decorate their room first so he will understand what they wanted him to do.
Obviously Harry decided to make his room his Wonderland in this world. So his bed was a large tree stump with hollowed insides that has thick 'moss' in place of the usual mattress, which Albus helped transfigured to appear and feel like a moss only that they were more comfortable than any moss on earth. The moss bed grew over the sides of the tree stump and tiny little white flowers grew. The floor was obviously a carpet of grass with little colourful mushrooms growing all around the 'bed'.
The room appeared like it was underneath a purple sky with cotton candy clouds that sparkled and shimmered when hit with light. The walls were covered by grey stones like the inside of Hogwarts and gigantic mushrooms take place as the bedside table and overgrown blue bells in place of lamps. There was a 'chair' in the form of a giant violet that opens when Harry wants to sit and close when unused. There were tree roots that were 'imbedded' into the walls to form a sort of built-in shelving for books. It even has moss growing on it and some creepers with morning glories that glows in the early morning or late evening when they bloom.
His study table looked out of place for it looked like a tea party table only instead of teapots, cups and treats like cakes and scones, there were porcelains used as table stationary like a heavy white king chess piece for paper weights and white rooks as places to put pencils and quills in. The chair was something that one could find in cafes; black iron wrought chair with gothic designs and pretty black and red cushion for the seat. The table was of similar designs only that the feet was twisted and looked as though it has been speared into the 'ground'.
Black tablecloth with black, gold and red design with black-gold checkers borders around the tablecloth that centred the cloth proper on the table and red under cloth with black laces cascaded the sides with drapes and ruffles decorating the seams with tiny red roses with gold lined black ribbons all along the tablecloth covered the table. A red heart decorated the middle with a crown stitched inside the bright red heart.
The windows to Harry's room were twisted roots and branches that made up the whole structure with tiny flower blooming here and there while the draperies were similar to the black, gold and red designs of the tablecloth. Harry's bed has a spidery white overhanging that Petunia suspiciously believe to be an actual spider web. Albus does not deny it but Hagrid did mention getting it from a 'friend in the Forbidden Forest'. She shuddered to think of the manners of creatures living in there and vowed to never allow the children anywhere near there without capable adults or Hagrid to supervise them. She would be a fool to think that they won't set foot inside the forest. After all, children tended to do things that you precisely tell them not to.
Interestingly though the doors to each room looked similar on the outside, once one walks in the door changes form on the inside; Dudley's door resembled a ship's door, Petunia has flowery designs on her side and Harry's door was a reminiscence of the door leading to Wonderland in that the lightning blue heart doorknob was set on a much smaller door. Of course, all Harry need to do was kick the glowing heart and the door will open.
Other than the bedroom, everything else was commonly designed. But there was a strange clock that Fillius gave them which pointed to certain words with the hands holding their pictures in their arrows. He said he got the idea from a fellow student who once worked on a special project for his family to keep track on where the others were. He chuckled, "I will certainly let a Mr Weasley know that the credit goes to him, of course!"
Petunia supposed she should be glad and hoped that the clock will never point to 'In Trouble' or 'Mortal Peril' or even the 'Hospital'.
But around the particular clock were other clocks in many different designs but all pointed to the same time. She had frowned at it at first but Albus said that it was Harry's idea since he doesn't want to 'kill' time and cursed to stand during tea time, something that he apparently learned from the Mad Hatter in Wonderland. The best part of the charms for Petunia was that they float whenever she wanted them to move, only that she needed to give them a precise order and the furniture will only 'listen' to her.
Harry also suggested for a ceiling to floor length mirror with wrought iron designs placed at the top of the stair which faced the door and in sight of the fireplace. He also suggested for mirrors to be placed in 'strategic' places, including the entrance that leads to the hole under the Whomping Willow. When asked, he 'told' Albus that Alice told him to do that so she could 'watch' over the family's safety. Apparently, Alice preferred not to rely too much on safety charms and the others agreed wholeheartedly. Albus even place armours that he bought from a Muggle DIY store by the front door, near the entrance to the kitchen, by the fireplace and the top of the stair by the largest mirror.
He then charmed them to be just like the armours in Hogwarts, adding superior strength to their armours as well as shielding charms and making sure that their movements were as natural as a real person. All these was done between Harry and Albus who claimed that Harry 'talk' to him via mind.
Finally, everyone settled to work on the ground around the house to make it more welcoming and safe for the children as Petunia moved into her new life living as the only Muggle in an all-Wizarding village; Hogsmeade.