Big Girl Room

With Faith's 2nd birthday quickly approaching, we find ourselves facing the hard reality that our baby girl/last baby is growing up despite our best efforts to keep her little. We noticed that she was starting to be reluctant about sleeping in her converted crib and was always wanting to play/sleep on her brothers beds. So we started her big girl room a couple months ahead of schedule. And we did it as much on a budget as possible. Remodeling rooms is so expensive.

About a month ago I took to refinishing this sleigh bed that we had bought used from a friend. It used to be white. We picked brown so it would match the dresser and vanity she already has. It turned out great, I'm very pleased. She looks so little on it, but she  loves it and happily now goes to bed in her bed every night since we got it put together.

 

 

 

We picked a  light purple and dragonfly theme for the bedding and dragonfly decor. It's turning out pretty darn cute. Here's a close up of the new curtains and valance. The curtains and bedding were the biggest budget hit. But to save a little, I bought her some cutesy flower sheets at Target instead of ordering the ones that matched the bedding. And I think they are cuter with it anyway (sorry, not pictured). 

And that talented Daddy of hers painted her a pic to hang on the wall on a canvas we already had hanging out in his art supplies. Total cost: Labor of love. 

This next wall is the best part. Total cost $3. We had this huge dragonfly sitting in the garage. It was an outdoor decoration we had leftover from the old house. It was sitting there doing nothing, so we spray painted it purple and hung it on her wall. It looks awesome. And the metal pink flowers were leftover from her baby room, we just rearranged them a bit.

Then that talented Daddy also made her some coordinating prints on the computer for us to print and hang above her vanity. The frames were leftover from her baby room, we just switched out the ladybug prints for the dragonfly's and rearranged them to this wall. Viola. Total cost: A lot of nagging and another labor of love. Thank you Daddy!

It's so cute and girly. I love it!