Little Girl's Room...finally!!

When McKinley was born, we were so surprised that we had a girl that we spent the first few months of her life decorating her nursery. We had purples, pinks, and light greens all in a perfect little nursery with wainscoating and curtains. Then when it was time for her to transition in to a big girl bed she got the queen size bed that doubled as a guest room. Since we have grandparents and friends that come to stay with us on a regular basis we didn't want to deck out the "guest room/McKinley's room" with way girly stuff. Plus I didn't have the vision in my head of a queen size bed when I pictured the perfect girls room.

Well about a month ago we decided that we were going to move the kids around a bit. Ethan wanted a bigger bed and McKinley had been sleeping on her own for a few months and was ready for her own space (she and Evan shared a room out of mutual fear of being alone...so cute!)

So we doubled up Austin and Evan (both of who can sleep through anything) and put McKinley in Ethan's old room. Now that I had a smaller bed and a smaller space I was ready to make the girly room that I had been waiting for. Alas, the budget woes prohibited me from my desire for Pottery Barn, but I came up with a great alternative set that McKinley approved of. We bought the bedding first and then kind of went with the colors and theme that was there. I painted her room (with 10 foot ceilings) and then the dresser (which has now been 5 different colors since we refinished it 11 years ago for Ethan). We added the wall stickers from Target (not my idea) and are just about done. I'm still searching for the perfect valence or curtains to go in there and we still need wall art for two of the walls. But it's a great start and best of all....McKinley loves it and feels special in it! Now everyone has their rooms done, except me! Hmmm...