My girly-girl's room is decorated..... all in pink! I'm a huge fan of pink and I must have passed on my love of this color to my girls because when I asked what color they wanted their room, their response was pink (almost in unison)! Perfect!!! So, we call this "Dreaming in Pink".....
After deciding on the layout of the bedroom (seen
here,
here,
here and
here), the girls and I knew we wanted a lot of pink throughout the room. We always seem to have lots of pink things around the house, so we only needed a few things (and plenty of work) to bring it all together.
For the bedding, we used a few things we had on hand (
Shabby Chic floral sheets, a
cotton pink blanket, a white scalloped pillow), then added fabric with additional color. After looking at
fabric, I decided to lift up the box-spring with wooden legs and wrap the box-spring in Laura Ashley's gorgeous
teal ikat print. I glued the fabric to the box-spring using
Fabri-Tac.... a super, simple project and well worth the time. No more adjusting a bed-skirt every time I make the bed!
Near the top of the bed, I piled three pillows.... a king-sized (the scalloped white), then a tiny floral print (same as the sheets) in a standard size, then a smaller size pillow covered in a
black and ivory ticking stripe fabric. The large euro size pillow in front was made with Micheal Miller's floral print (
Belle Rose in Pink) on the front a solid fuchsia color (
Hibiscus in Pink) on the back.
The comforter folded at the bottom of the bed is a simple, inexpensive duvet sold by Ikea, the
Dvala. The duvet came in white, but I used the powder form of Rit Dye in
Petal Pink to make it pink. I stuffed the duvet with the girl's old comforter from their previous room in VA, seen
here. In all honesty, I was nervous about dying the fabric, but the process turned out to be quick and painless. I used one packet of dye for both duvet covers and followed the washing machine method... both covers came out of the dyer completely solid pink, no streaks! Great results (it was so easy, I think I might be doing this again for another room!).
The twin beds do not have a headboard or footboard.... I thought about buying two or making two. Then I looked at my budget... it wasn't much, so I opted to skip the headboards and use pink paint (
Rose Garden by Benjamin Moore) I already had to paint a design on the main wall. I created a stencil out of heavy cardstock taped together (so it would be bigger than standard 8.5" x 11" paper) , measured where each design should be on the wall, traced the stencil in the marked spots, then finally painted inside the lines.
In between the twin beds, I placed a nightstand and topped it with one of my paintings (in pink, of course) and an art piece I had done in pen and ink way back when I was in high school! It's the image of a young girl wearing a floral hat.... I absolutely love it because I think the girl actually resembles both of my girls... it's a perfect fit!
On one side of the room, there's a window and a partial blank wall. I added Ikea
Lenda curtains (from my
dining room in VA- I cut off the tab tops and hung them with clips), then added black grosgrain ribbon on the edges, just like in my living room (tutorial
here). There's a roller shade behind the floral print above the window.... I like to hide the stark white shades, (just like I did in my
son's bedroom, tutorial is
here).
On the blank wall, I added a gallery wall... I love gallery walls, like
here and
here). It's a mix of photos, fabric, a silhouette, a mirror, another one of my paintings, and
Made By Girl's LOVE print in the bubblegum color.....
On the opposite wall, I added a mixture of two banners that I strung across the wall/room. For the pink banner, I cut dome shapes out of
polka dot wrapping paper and hot glued them to string. For the white banner, I scrunched about five white coffee filters and hot glued them together. After I had several "balls", I hot glued them to string and stung them across the room.
My favorite part of the room is when I look up at the ceiling. I know this picture may look quite strange, but it's my view when I lay on the floor and look up. I love seeing all that pink... and of course I love that white chandelier.... can you believe I picked up this chandelier at a thrift store (in
Ocean Isle, NC - one of my favorite vacation spots!) for only $5!!! It was originally the color red, but after a quick coat of spray paint and frosted light bulbs, it looks new again!
It really makes the room sparkle when the lights are on....
And I love that I can see the chandelier again through the mirror resting on the dresser....
This mirror on the dresser has moved around with us year after year and has remained wrapped and packaged inside the moving box. It was an unframed mirror with paint stains around the edges, but I wanted a mirror in this room so I decided to unpack the mirror and make it pretty. I bought Greek key trim, cut it to fit the mirror, spray painted the trim bronze, then glued it to the edges... much better!
My dad made that beautiful dollhouse for the girls (we're beginning to decorate all those rooms!). If you're curious, the girl's clothes are hung over on the side...
And now for the best part.... my favorite, the before and after! Here's the girl's bedroom before....
And after....
Now that's a lot of pink.... I'm sure the girls are dreaming in pink!
Linking up to
Savvy Southern Style,
House of Hepworths,
Southern Lovely,
It's A Hodge Podge Life,
Chic On A Shoestring Decorating,
Remodelaholic,
Fingerprints on the Fridge,
Designer Garden,
Tatertots and Jello,
I Heart Naptime,
Between Naps on the Porch,
Wiccan Make Some Too,
Skip To My Lou,
Sumo's Sweet Stuff,
Tip Junkie Coastal Charm and
Bear Rabbit Bear.
