I can't even begin to tell you how long overdue this post is - it has been sitting in my box of posts to edit for quite sometime now. The baby is sleeping & daddy has taken the Monkey off for an adventure this afternoon, so here I sit trying to get this out!
I'll start with the boy's room - I am the type of person that will find one thing that I like, fixate on it & then have to decorate an entire room around it. Now that I have put that out there, you'll better understand my thinking for both of my children's rooms. It all started with this fabric I liked, called "Johnny & Buck" - did I mention I found it, and then found out it was discontinued? My obsession for things that are discontinued is almost as great as my previous obsession I mentioned. When told I cannot have something, it then must be mine! Okay, back to the fabric - I found this fabric online & was able to order the last bit of it to make a crib skirt, throw pillow & put some in the back of a bookcase. Well, now that Monkey is 3, we have moved on to a big boy bed, but I still wanted to be able to use the same themes & fabrics so as not to change everything out. Here's what I came up with...
The room now sort of has a camping/cowboy theme - his night light lantern & vintage "W"
A rope mirror that I found at Pier One Kids when it was going out of business -
added my own rod iron antique stars from a flea market
Curtains made by my sister in a ticking red & cream -
cowboy fabric in the back of the bookcase (pardon the mess :))
The fabric that started it all!! Both of my children's gliders came from the thrift store - at different times, and they happen to be the same brand! Paid $30 for each, then had the cushions recovered at a local upholstery place with fabric I bought at Not Just Linens.
An antique lamp my Mom had lying around seemed to fit in with the curtain rods. The rope name was another online find that I thought went well with the theme for the room.
The Monkey! Don't ask me how he sleeps amongst this mess, but somehow it happens!! The wall bookshelf has been a lifesaver for keeping things out of the bed.
Hmm...some days this is doubtful ;)
Now for the Bean's room. I'm not the girliest girl out there, and I knew two things - I didn't want a pink room, and I didn't want to have to buy too many things. The theme for her room started about a year ago - I was at a local craft fair, and found these adorable handmade owls. My sister even said right then & there "You're going to plan the baby's whole room around those owls, aren't you?" - ahh, she knows me too well. There is a lot more owl stuff out there now than there was about a year ago, but I knew again that I wanted it to sort of be a mish-mash of things I could collect from different places. Here's what I came up with:
Found these pink curtains at Pottery Barn Kids & thought they were a good deal.
The mobile was my son's, and the print was a find at Target.
I found these book ends to put inside the shelf on a random trip to Home Goods - at $4.99 each, I couldn't resist!
This cute lamp was another Target find!
This quilt was sort of an impulse buy for the room - may have been the most I spent on anything, but I thought it made for a cute & large wall decor piece. (There's the Bean's feet!!)
The owls that started it all!!
A mobile that I found somewhere online & was given as a gift, a crib bumper donated by my sister, and a sheet again from the Pottery Barn collection. It didn't make the photo, but the crib skirt is a twin blue & white checked bed skirt that I cut down to fit the crib - it was $10 at PBK!
A vintage mirror that belonged to my grandmother - it seemed like a nice girly touch!
