the details...part 3

Are you ready for the details?

 I'll list our  top 10 tools,

ending with my favorites.

We pretty much started 

with a blank slate

furniture and all.

10.paint

white. pure. white.

not the soft, creamy off-white that I normally use

It didn't cover worth a darn, 
but it's bright and happy


for a punch of color:

pink, blue, happy green, and a touch of orange

9. bedding

one of the new purchases for the room

(you would have thought I would have a vintage bedspread in the stash but I don't)

vintage style chenille bedspread: shopko

sheets: shopko

pillow:target

8. wardrobe/furniture

 wardrobe: from Abigail's nursery
bed: she choose this one from my bed stash...
dresser : yard sale 
end tables: yard sales

7. chandy

I had this in my loft storage stash 
I bought it last year (Home Depot) for a project.
Which one???  I can't  remember!


Perfect for this room.

6.  re-purposed hatbox

one of the easiest (and most fun) projects in the whole re-do

5.  accents/thrifted finds

 frames, fancy A, candelabra, suitcases, lamps
and
most of the accents, from the stash
they just got a new coat of paint

4. artwork

designed and printed by miss mrs g 
for Abigail's birthday present

some of her favorite lyrics from Lifehouse

frame from frame stash
I do have a lot of stashes, don't I?

3. curtains

I love these curtains and think they make the room!

They are youthful and helped give a reason for the bold colors.

found at Wal-Mart

yep, wal-mart

2. a is for abigail

and the significance of 5

the number she wears on her jersey


as did her older sister, brother, and sister-in-law

1. music sentiment


We splurged here and I am so glad we did.
It makes the room.
Our favorite touch 
and 
clearly yours, too!

confession:


When we started the room, Abigail found a black vinyl guitar at Joann's and wanted it for her wall.
Me: Yikes...that does not fit with what we have started.
Me: feeling  guilty...it's her room, you know.
Me:  while exercising (i do some of my best thinking while exercising)...
"I wonder what etsy has...in white?"


 Etsy is amazing!
We found quite a few options
this is the one she choose
found here:
music speaks



it is pretty, feminine, and musical
now, we're  both happy

We applied it to a painted piece of masonite
then  her daddy framed it

It's what sets the atmosphere 
and gives the room her heart

Now for the 
real-deal-decorating-reveal.

 This room was a challenge for me.

It was harder than I thought it would be.

1. the random, bright colors were tough

I like mono-chromatic, 

I thought I could go all-anthro, 

and youngish, 

and pull it together.

I threw out  most of these fabrics-they just weren't working.

2. pinterest was a huge help...see my board here

3. I found out, I really don't do collages well

this drove me crazy until I started over

and simplified

4.  I fussed waaaay too much with all of the details.

It took me 3 months to get it where I wanted.  

 The details mattered way more to me than to her.

The project  became a challenge to be conquered.

I am just glad to have a room finished!