Sunday, October 12, 2008

our little girls' room...

having jaelyn, has allowed me to slow down a lot and catch up on blogging! so, here are some pictures of jordyn and jaelyn's room. which has been done for some time - i just hadn't made the time before her arrival to blog about it!! i describe the room and put a picture underneath each description:

here is jaelyn's crib! this was the same crib that baby jordyn used! we used the same dust ruffle and quilt also. we had to purchase a new bumper pad and new sheets - because we couldn't find the ones we used for jordyn - who knows where they are??? oh well... the letters for her name we found at hobby lobby and they were 50% off!!! we also have jordyn's name hanging too. on theright side of the crib on the wall is a lace decoration that says ...." a baby is God's opinion that life should go on" on the letter j's on both of the girl's names are little signs that are pink and glittery that say "little princess".

with having two girls sharing a room, i had to come up with some creative ways to maximize space and storage. in the room, we only have a few pieces of furniture as you will see. jaelyn's crib being one of them. under her crib we have three baskets. the white wicker baskets lined with pink gingham fabric house burp cloths, bibs, extra sheets, extra lap pads and some toys. next to her crib is a pink and purple bin which holds all of her blankets!


this is jordyn's bed which is a castle bed!!! we found this steal deal on craig's list around her birthday in july!! it has been up ever since. before finding the bed, i was going to repaint and totally redo the room. the room was painted in pink and lavendar, there is a white chair rail around the room with pink on the top half and the bottom is pink and lavender stripes. when i was pregnant with jordyn i did this room. the crib set she used and jaelyn is using is from pottery barn. i can't remember the name of it, but it is really sweet - pink, green and purple with bees, flowers and little ducks in it - very girly. and we purchased a stamp set to use for decorating things around the room!!!

so my idea was to paint the room with pink and green and play that up. when we found this castle bed in pink and lavender, it matched so well i decided to keep the pink and lavendar theme! which made things so much easier on me!!! no big painting job while i was big and pregnant!!!


the castle bed is a loft bed with a slide - big hit with all the kids!!! it does cover up part of their window, but it looks really cute! and we had to work woth the size of the room and the slide being so long! it fit best where it is! the window treatments are two layers, the top done in purple gingham and the shears are a light weight white - that i stamped the duck, flowers, butterflies and bees from the crib bedding set - the stamp set we bought when we got the bedding from pottery barn. i used the stamps a lot in the room. jordyn's quilt and bedding you can't really see b/c of the castle - it is the princess set from target which we have had for a few years.

underneath the loft, we keep her fisher price doll house, her doll crib, dolls and strollers. a great place for storage and you can't even see any of it!!! the kid's play under there a lot.


the shelves and the dresser are stamped again with the flowers, ducks and butterflies from the crib set. i did all of this when i was pregnant with jordyn. so none of it needed to be done. we just hung the shelves different on the wall. we turned the dresser into a changing station for jaelyn. using a changing pad with a pink striped cover and a pink striped bin. beside the dresser is a little shelf that has three wicker baskets lined in purpler gingham fabric, they hold jordyn's hair accessories and on top of it is her princess cd player!! and not shown in the picture is a little pink trashcan it is so cute that we use fordirty diapers -- i couldn't bring myself to pay $40-$50 for a diaper pail system....although when the diapers start getting stinky i might revisit that!


so there are the three highlights of the room, which is about all that could fit it there. the closet is to the left of the dresser and shelves. that is my work in progress. we have our toy bins and dress up clothing in there as well as the girl's clothing. i am still working on ideas for maximizing the space in there. since i have to put two girl's clothing and stuff in there... it still needs work. we have been so blessed by being given most of jaelyn's clothing - either as gifts or hand me downs - so it is really packed right now. eventually i will get to organizing and making the closet work!!!

so that is our little princess' room!!! i am quite pleased with how it turned out. there are a few more little projects that i have to tackle in addition to the closet!

1 comments:

Susan said...

wow dawn, the room looks great! you did an awesome job....i bet jordyn is in heaven in her castle bed.