A little girl's room, part 2

We are almost done with her room. I thought I would share the pictures before I forget. I'm really happy about the way it turned out, especially the kitchen.

I can't wait to cook up a storm with her!

It was fun making the art for the room!

The little pelican is in his original spot.

It is so fun to see pink in this closet!

a little girl's room, part 1

I love decorating rooms for my little ones. When Andrew was born I was finally able to make a really beachy room!  His nursery looked like this.

I painted little pictures of beach scenes and bought some really cute surfer bedding.

After John came, it looked pretty much the same, except that it was Christmas time.

And again after Grant a few changes, but not too much.

As you can see I love the beach.  I love everything about the beach.  If it were possible I would be at the beach right now.  But, our lives are in Dallas, so I've tried to bring the the beach to us. Slowly, I have made nearly every room in our house have a coastal feel.  It just makes me happy.

So, when I was deciding on how to decorate Mae's room I surprised myself because I was not sure if I wanted to keep the beach theme going. I thought about all of the cute themes I could use or color combinations that would look adorable, but I was not feeling anything special.  That is until I came across this last summer.

The color hooked me!

I just fell. in. love. with this piece.  I knew I had to build her room around it. So, I got to painting once more and of course it is another beachy room.  I still have some more work to do, but a little teaser is that it includes a homemade kitchen.  Hopefully, I will have pictures to show you next week!

chalk paint

A friend of mine told me about this great kind of paint, chalk paint. She said there was no prep work and the results were amazing. She had me at no prep work.

Unfortunately my laziness comes at a cost. This paint is not cheap. I've spent the last few weeks thinking about it, and at the same time staring at a piece of furniture I bought over a year ago with the intent of painting it. 

Luckily, my mom came to the rescue and bought the paint for me as an early birthday present. Thank you mom!  So, I have been busy the last few days painting away.  I still have over 1/2 a can left which I think I might use to paint a bed for Mae's room.  I am also eying some other pieces in the house!

I had not planned on painting this, but then I got carried away with all of the fun.

I love the way it turned out!

You can even paint metal and vinyl.  This was one ugly chair. 

I forgot to do a "before" picture and then remembered halfway through. 

The final product.  It makes me smile!