But in the meantime, I've been itching to roll out some makeover action in there. I've spent much of the last year collecting lots of vintage randomness at yard sales and thrift shops for their room. And I've since revamped lots of it to create a little gallery wall for each of my girls that will coordinate with their black carpet and these two fabrics that I fell in love with (and have yards of rolled up in their closet).
Their old iron headboards have been painted to match and in place for a little while but that's the only change I've made in the room since we moved. Well, besides starting to take down the wallpaper border and rearranging furniture. I had scooped up bright pink bedspreads at Target for pretty cheap but still had them in storage. And I still have to sew up window treatments, pillow shams and bed skirts. ::SIGH::
A month of Sundays ago, hubby took the two older girls to church and I stayed home with my contagious toddler. I suddenly decided it was the right moment to start putting something on the walls and beds in my older girls' room. Even just those changes would make a big enough impact to surprise the girls when they got home and give me hope that this vision will eventually become a reality.
There was no method to my madness. I just took my treasure stash out of their closet and started divvying things up into two groups. I rearranged potential layouts on their beds until each girl had a general layout that I liked for the walls above their beds. No measuring tapes were harmed in the making of these gallery walls. I just eyeballed everything as I nailed them up. Only after I posted a sneak peek photo on Facebook did I realize a couple things needed to be shuffled around a little bit. So of course my OCD took care of that right away.
After hanging my last frame, I just opened up the packages of bedding, threw them on, and placed their pillows on top.
Here are a few pics of the progress I made last month.
My oldest daughter's corner:
(Disclaimer: The cream colored stripe on the wall is wallpaper border backing I have yet to scrape off.)
Literally nothing but her bedding was bought new. Because that's how I roll. Here are links for my sources and projects for her corner:
- Headboard before and after
- Bulletin board
- Black background lacy lady
- Black shelf and letter "K"
- Round frame silhouette
- Green framed needlework
- Latticework framed girl print
- Silhouette plate
- Silhouette of children
- Pink bedspread - Target
- Chevron pillow - HomeGoods
My middle daughter's corner:
Here are links for my sources and projects on her wall that were not repeats already listed above:
- Mini black-framed "Keep the Faith" embroidery - I got this new at a little gift shop years ago.
- Pink framed cross-stitched bunnies - My dear friend Michelle cross stitched this birth announcement for her.
- "Be Still" framed verse
- Granny square afghan (Which I'm in love with and hope to find one some day for her sister's bed.)
- Pink shelf
- Silver-backed lady silhouette and oval owl print
Now, after taking a few weeks to evaluate my rush job, I'm starting to wonder if I should have grouped things more tightly together on the walls. I also noticed that they each have a blank spot right above their bed. But I'm patient (so patient it took me a year to get this far) so I figured I'd come across some random thrift shop treasures this winter that would be a quirky fit. But then an unexpected and perfect solution sort of dropped in my lap. That's another post for another day.
And I cannot close out this post without a question...cuz I'm wondering... Is there a name for my style in my girls' bedroom? What do you call that? If you're thinking frumpy, cheesy, ugly and/or hodge-podge, go ahead and tell me. I won't be offended. :)
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I really like your creativity and style!
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