Addy's Princess Room

Addy wanted a pink princess room. I wanted a room that would last a little longer than her love for princesses. I decided to paint stripes and have my brother add some crown and chair rail. Why keep it easy?....it would not my style.... My original goal was to get it all done in the 4 days Elliott was out of town....funny goal to set. Talk about a lot of work! It is one thing if I wanted to paint it BUT I wanted to paint stripes, caulk, sand, and paint the moldings, paint some furniture, hang curtains and wall decorations. Not to mention moving all the furniture out of the room and then back in... all while being a single mom/taxi driver. I did get most of it done but decided he could help to get it finished.

Before just plain tan walled room.

Getting ready to paint stripes. I carefully measured and taped. Left for dinner to come back to most of the tape laying on the GROUND!!! GRRR...was not happy about that. I was nervous that the stripes wouldn't be perfect with the heavy texture on the walls but it turned out great with the time consuming steps I took for perfect stripes (tape alone doesn't work).

After

Found these baskets at Michael's which are perfect for her stuffed animals and dolls. I found the cutest desk at a consignment store. It is perfect with lots of little drawers for all of her special treasures that she likes to "collect".

Her bedside table was in my neighbors trash 3 years ago...just added some green paint. I antiqued the dresser (had since childhood) and added pink crystal knobs.

Love these carriage prints.

Thanks to Target, Home Goods, Pottery Barn Kids, TJMax, Ross, Kirkland's, and Home Depot Addy got her princess room.

Ryann's Bedroom Makeover

February was a busy month in our house for room makeovers! We have been in our home for 2 1/2 years and Alyssa was the only one that got her room decorated. I guess we were sick of painting after our trend of buying a house-fixing it up-selling it- every two years (4 times) took it's toll. January I got a bug to "makeover" the rooms. It started with Addy's followed by Kylee's and then Ryann's. Talk about exhausting. Kylee and Ryann switched rooms so it made sense to do them at the same time. I had most of the stuff for Ryann's room. It was Alyssa's bedding and decor from her room. Yes that means with Alyssa's giving her bedding to Ryann I will be soon re-decorating her room too! I have already bought her new bedding and the shopping of accessories have begun. Alyssa's room was a pale yellow with this bedding but I let Ryann pick the color for her room from the bedding. I didn't take a before picture. It was just a plain room with tan walls and shutters over the windows. We had my brother add some crown molding, then we added the beadboard paintable wallpaper and chair rail. Now I am on the look out for the perfect chair for her desk. I have to say that I love each of the girls rooms and they are each very different like the girls. It is sad because Kylee was so excited and made the comment that this was the first time her room was done for her and not to sell the house. We don't have any future plans on moving, so yes we are actually decorating for us NOT buyers. I will post pictures of the other rooms soon.