September 23, 2009

• The Room of the Little Ladies.

   

  The Little White Baby Room. Or Babies’ Room. I worked on it mostly before the baby came, and just haven’t gotten around to putting pictures up.

  You know, sometimes I’m not sure about posting about projects I do. Sometimes, I think, it can be a little bit like “See what I can do!” like you see in kindergarden: “Look at me, mommy!” And you want comments so you can feel good about yourself. I know. I’ve been there, embarassingly. Don’t get me wrong – comments totally make my day!

  And having projects to work on are my love. That kind of thing is where I am gifted, more than in “churchy” kinds of gifts. I love seeing what I can do with what I have in my hands, hardly spending any money (my husband likes that too!) yet creating something beautiful. And I love to read about what others of you have done and things you’re working on.

  But I guess what I want when I post is to be an encouragement and inspiration, rather than someone who tries to brag on herself. Does that make sense? I want my heart attitude to be right, and then my posts to spring out of that.

  So, with that said, I’ll take you on a little tour of the girlies’ room…

  The whole room is neutral – white and brown. It started that way before Zoe’ was born, and we hadn’t found out what gender she was beforehand. So I started collecting things that were white with a tint of brown. Years down the road this will probably look completely out of date, but for now, I like it! My goal was to redo the room with using mostly things that I already have and/or making new things out of existing material, and not spending much money.

  When you walk down the hall and come to the second door on the right, this is what you’ll find…

  The Room of the Little Ladies.

  

  Ben had brought this panel home from work one day, probably about a year old, thinking it was too cool of an unwanted example from the job to throw away! We stuck it away for a while…  Then when I was working on this room, I came across it, and thought it would be a great place to nail on these little butterly and snail hangers from a garage sale for their bath towels…

  

  The Baby Corner:
  This idea was given to me by my sister-in-law and by my friend – to put the crib in the closet! The room is so small, and to put both the crib and toddler bed and changing table all in one room would have made it feel so crowded. I didn’t know how I was going to arrange it, and was talking with some women about it one day. Such female talk, I know.  Babies, Coupons, Shopping… “Put the crib in the closet!” said Sonya. “Put curtains in front of it!” said Linda. And what great ideas they were!

  The crib is still borrowed from Mama Yoder. She so kindly offered it to let us use when Zoe was a baby, and we’re still using it!

  I was looking for a brown/white sheet to use in the crib, and couldn’t find one anywhere. Sooo, I made one. Brown with white polka dots.

  

  Inside the crib:  I made a few pillows, and then splurged and bought a baby down comforter with some birthday money. I had bought the bumper and skirt when Zoe was a baby at Pottery Barn, on the clearance rack for not much at all. The white and brown from it inspired my theme for the room.

  

  I am just in love with down comforters. And the baby-sized one is too cute for words. Olivia looks so snuggly and cozy under it!

  

  Behind the crib on the wall: Some ornaments I bought anywhere from 10-50 cents a piece. The frames in the background are picture-less as of yet, because I am having trouble ordering pictures from my computer [ordered three separate times and each time they come back blurred - help anyone??]. But the frames were glossy gold that I spray painted white.

  

  To hold back the white curtain panels: I looked through my box of “stuff” and found these things - they are actually iron outdoor plant holders.

  

  And on the floor, something I was wanting for a long time and was able to use a gift card to cover most of the expense. This sheepskin floats back and forth from the bedroom to the living room and I often use it as a play mat for Olivia.

  

  Difficult to get a good picture of the full effect because the room is so small and my lense not capable… But this is the Bed in the Closet.

  The board above the bed reads, “Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice”.

  The panels were made of patterned white sheets that I sewed together and mounted on a  bamboo rod, cut from the backyard.

  

  

  Ben found the little bookshelf at an auction for under $5, I think…

  

  I store Olivia’s blankets in a basket on top of the bookshelf for easy access…

  

  The other side of the room:

  Found these two shadow boxes at Goodwill… The little boots were given by ny sisters for Zoe as a baby.

  

  I made a pillow for the rocking chair to match the curtains and the rest of the brown/white theme in the room.

  

  Pictures above the changing table, Walmart sells these wooden-looking frames (they’re actually plastic) for $3 each.

  

  The rocking chair corner.

  

  I bought this amazing, gorgeous picture, painted by my extremely talented uncle, at my grandmother’s auction a few years ago. It still hasn’t made it into a frame, although that’s the idea in the future. But it’s it just beautiful??

  

  The changing table/dresser – found in the back shed, unwanted by a previous renter. Redone now, and perfect for this room! These pictures are really bugging me on this picture, they sure don’t look straight!

  

  Zoe’s Little White Bed corner, which I’ve elaborated on in another earlier post…

  

  Trunks – for looks (they’re so cute!), so Zoe can climb out of bed, and to use for the girls when we travel.

  

  Little black chair we bought at a garage sale for $2.

  

   

  

  And that’s the room of the Little Ladies!

   

   

   

   

   

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