Big Girl Room Updates

I have a couple updates to R's bedroom vision that I thought I'd share!

PBK Juliette Nightstand & Bed

First off, that gorgeous iron bed I wanted to get? SOLD OUT. What the heck Pottery Barn Kids?! I'd have appreciated a "hey this is on clearance so buy it right away" warning or something but no, it was there one day and gone the next. So I decided to go with the bed I had been looking at first. I still like the iron bed better, but this one is adorable and in the end it's R's room and she'll like it all the same.

We also decided to not go with a dresser. R has a big vintage dresser in her closet, and the one next to her crib (that came with the nursery furniture set) just holds her fish tank and some misc. stuff. I'd rather not have her fish tank sitting on a nice dresser (it already water damaged the one it's on) so I ordered this instead:

Wayfair Safavieh Sam Console Table

It's got drawers for the fish food and other misc. stuff so it'll be perfect. I'm going to cover the top with white contact paper before putting the tank on it to hopefully prevent any water damage. I don't like the knobs that it comes with (or the knob on the nightstand we ordered) so I think I'll replace them with something cute. I'm loving these ones from Anthropologie:

Anthropologie Evening Blossom Knobs

 And in more exciting news look what came!

The pillow (from this wonderful Etsy shop) and the throw match almost perfectly! I want a white bedspread so these will be perfect pops of color! I'm also considering this rug:

Cantebury Rainbow Shag Rug

Since all the furniture, and all the walls but one, are going to be white I think this might look nice as well but we'll see. We also need a rug for the office/ playroom and new ones for downstairs (I don't want to talk about it) so I'm not sure if we'll end up doing this or not. I'm going to keep it in mind though.

All we need now is the shelf/ bookcase (still deciding on what I want), the bedding (crossing my fingers family will pick it up as birthday presents), a bed rail, and paint of course. Oh and the knobs and rug if I decide on them. Now it's time to get stitching her rainbow and unicorn wall hangings!

Inspiration: R's "Big Girl Room"

  

Bed/ Nightstand Dresser - Bookcase - Comforter/ Sheets/ Pillows - Chevron Pillow

At R's one year doctor's appointment our pediatrician told us to keep her in her crib as long as possible. Unless we were going to need the crib for a new baby there was no real need to transition her in a hurry. Well, we took our doctor's words very literally and now at two months from being three years old she's still in her crib. I don't mind at all. She's a sneaky little thing and I know for sure that she'd get into lots of trouble if she wasn't confined at night. Heck, she gets into all kinds of trouble in there already! I've always said that I'd take the crib down as soon as she could either climb out of it or potty trained and so far neither have happened (though we're getting close with potty training!) At my mom's house R has her own room with a crib and a full size bed (my old bed from high school!) in it, and the past few times my mom has watched R she's only wanted to sleep in the big bed- and she's done wonderfully! With her birthday coming up now is finally time to say goodbye to the crib (and changing table!!!) so I've been thinking about how to transform her nursery into a "big girl" room.

When I asked R what she wanted her room to look like and she told me "a room." She may be a very highly opinionated almost three year old, but she doesn't quite grasp the concept of decorating. Thus I knew it was up to me to design something that she liked, and that I liked as well. My first thought when it came to a "theme" was My Little Pony but I didn't want a bunch of branded stuff everywhere. So I decided to take a cue from how I'm decorating for her party, and go in a very colorful direction.

The first thing we'll do (after removing the aftermath of the tree decals from her room *sigh* is paint her entire room a very, very light grey (almost white.) Then, on the wall where the trees used to be we'll paint a rainbow chevron pattern similar to the one in the picture. I have no idea how this is going to work out and we'll probably spend way more money than we should on paint but dammit I have a VISION OK?! N is going to be thrilled. ;) For the plain wall next to her window I'm going to hang framed (or kept in hoops) cross stitches of a rainbow and a unicorn.

For her bed my mom said she'd get that gorgeous iron bed from Pottery Barn Kids (she had said she'd get R a bed for her birthday, and then said she wouldn't, but is back to saying she will again fingers crossed) and I'd also like to get the white comforter and pillows (and grey sheets) from The Land of Nod. White might be easy to dirty but it's also easy to bleach! For some pops of color on the bed I've already ordered both that rainbow chevron pillow from Etsy, and bought that vintage rainbow chevron throw from eBay.

I also think we'll do either one or two of those bookcases from IKEA to keep all the collectible stuff she has in her room. Right now it's all on two sagging shelves and it's a hot mess. There's a lot of really special stuff there and I'd like to have it displayed properly- but hopefully out of R's  destructive reach. I think I might keep some of her books in there as well, but I'd rather not have any toys in there as transiting to a regular bed is going to be tough enough without a bunch of distractions in the room. If all the stuff fits on one bookshelf I think we'll move her stuffed animal "zoo" in there as well.

I'm excited and now completely impaitent to get this done although we have a month before we should do it so it's a real birthday treat. Not that we don't have a ton of other stuff to worry about. ;)

Decor: Entry, Mantle, and Coffe Table

If you'd like to know why I haven't gone through the house to take after pictures it's because it's a mess right now and I've been too busy crafting (i.e. avoiding cleaning) to clean. It's also not completely finished. But I promise I'll get us some progress pictures as soon as I get my butt into gear.

However my favorite holiday is coming up, and if you follow me on Pintrest (which I have been going a little overboard with lately) you'll know it's HALLOWEEN! I've picked up a few Halloween decorations over the years but we've really never had enough disposable income to really get some fun stuff until this year. I went a little crazy on Zulily and I have a bunch of fun stuff coming. I also have been crafting, and of course I can't wait to get out the decorations that we already have.

That all being said I decided to take pictures of our console tale, mantle, and coffee table decorations before I take them down (which I did the second I was done taking pictures) and put up the Halloween stuff (which I've started on.)