A Little Redecorating

For the last week, we've been reorganizing. That meant some shifting of rooms and major furniture moving and then some fun nursery decorating. As soon as I get the crib up (Baby Anne still sleeps in her bassinet but she's outgrowing it quickly), I'll post pictures of our completed Paddington Bear nursery (which Meg charmingly refers to as the London Room). With all the projects in other parts of the house, Meg and Clare wanted to focus on their room today. 

Most of the work in Meg and Clare's room was done months ago. Because they share a room, we let them have the biggest bedroom when we moved into the house. It was painted a beautiful shade of green by the previous owners who, of course, used it as their master bedroom. While the green was slightly darker than I might have chosen for a little girls room, I decided to keep it because it worked well with purple and pink. 

In the months after we moved in, we purchased a large white dresser for the room. We then replaced the girls' toddler beds with white mission-style bunk beds. I found charming fairy quilts for their beds and that pretty much took care of their room...until today. 

Meg informed me last week that their dark, cherry wood-colored bookcase needed to be white. I agreed and we began the project today.

I emphasize that we began the project today. We need at least another coat of paint, but unfortunately I ran out of paint and need to purchase more. I decoupaged Victorian-inspired paper on the shelf because Meg is very into all things Victorian right now. 

Our next project was to repaint their names for their walls which we already had in wooden letters. Meg and Clare decided they wanted the letters in various shades of pink and purple. This afternoon I put Meg and Clare on the back porch and let them paint.

Yes, I did take that picture through a screen door. After setting up the project for them, I had to watch them from just inside the door while I held Baby Anne. I promised myself that I would let Meg and Clare paint their letters however they wanted to paint them and I would not try to improve upon them once they were through. I wanted this to be their project so they would be invested in their room. Happily, they both did a very good job painting and I have no hesitations in putting their finished product on their walls. 

Our final project today was adding Tinker Bell fairy stickers to their room. 

Meg and Clare had Tinker Bell wall decals on the walls of their room in our previous home. They recently decided that they missed having the stickers, so I found some more and added them to their walls. The girls, of course, had strong opinions on where each character should be placed and I tried to respect their wishes. 

So we've been very busy and their room is a mess because we must wait for the shelf to be finished before putting everything back on it. But I think Meg and Clare are very happy with the work we've done.