I just bought those little gems and attached magnets on the back so Emma could play with them and put where she wanted. She spotted this old antique screen door, told me it would be magnetic, and I was sold. So I went to my favorite antique store and enlisted Tracey from Southern Sister Designs to help and get some new fresh ideas from her. I will admit I was stumped what to do over Emma’s bed for a long time. I bought a big laundry hamper thing at Homegoods for the toys that stay in Emma’s room now. But it’s great to have the big dollhouse in the gameroom now too, so her little sister can play too. Emma’s books and stuffed animals and dolls she plays with daily are still in her room though. If you are asking where the toys are, or where that dollhouse is that is in the before picture, well we have cleaned up the gameroom, which is right across the hall from her room, so the play kitchen, the dollhouse, and other toys are in there now. And things that would grow with her as she gets older. Of course there are a few mama touches in here with the accessories, but I really tried to keep the colors bright and fun and something a little girl would like, and of course things that Emma already loves. But then we placed them by the bed and then you barely saw the stripes I painted (which aren’t supposed to be hidden), so hubby suggested to put them on the opposite wall. I had plans all along to flank her bed with those 2 bookshelves. I mulled and mulled (and my husband played a big part in this room too) over the design of this room. Otherwise she wouldn’t have a bright, spunky room like this, and a room that she wanted. So I put on my big girl panties and went bold.Īnd I have to say, Emma was right and chose the perfect pinks all from the very beginning. So let them be a kid for pete’s sake and have a colorful room if that’s what they want. I was playing it safe (and going against her wishes again) by going with lighter and softer pinks.Īnd well, ultimately, we wanted EMMA to love her room, and because you are only 4 and 5 years old once. The pinks I first chose were again, not the ones she picked. She wanted those bright, barbie-ish, purple-y pinks. She wanted it top to bottom PINK! And not just any pink. I was hoping she would be happy with the 1 pink wall, and the rest of the walls white and a light pink ceiling. See? I tried to do a few white walls at first with softer shades of pink. And while I tried to go against her wishes of having everything painted in pink (I decided to just have a few purple-ish accessories), that was not cool with her. You may remember she wanted her entire room in pink and purple from her cute little video last year. It’s important to know a little history about our daughter and how this room finally came together. I took lots of time cleaning it up before I snapped photos. Here is what her room looked like before. And I used FIVE shades of pink! :) Will get to all of that later though. You all know that I participated in Sherwin-Williams’ National Painting Week last year with our master bedroom makeover, and I was thrilled to be a part again this year being assigned the color PINK! Perfect for Emma and to get her big girl room done. You’re gonna have to hang with me in this post guys–lots of info! There will be tons of photos, and I will be doing several separate posts after this too. But finally, the dreamy, and very pink girl room we have worked so hard on for our daughter can be shared! Sitting on a completed room and not being able to write about it immediately is almost torturous to a blogger. And we have found the rack to be sturdy (holding two 10-pound weights on its second shelf without issue) and useful as entryway storage, due to its generous shelf size.Today is THE DAY!! It’s been so hard keeping this room all to myself for several months now. That said, we found the bar was useful for keeping yoga mats and foam rollers on the top shelf from tipping forward. The top bar feels more decorative than functional and restricts where you can put the rack. But since it is $180, we can’t recommend this as an organizing solution, especially if you need to maximize space. If you can’t hide your shoe rack away, or you don’t want to, you might like something in lavender, say, or forest green. Though this is advertised as entryway shelving-it has a trendy, minimalist appearance-it easily holds 12 adult pairs of shoes, with over 8.5 inches of shelf clearance and plenty of space for tall styles up top. But once assembled, the piece was sturdy and surprisingly useful. Assembly was a little difficult-we found that some of the tolerances for slotting the steel pieces together made alignment frustrating. The steel Open Spaces Entryway Rack comes in seven colors.
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