Girl's Bedroom Reveal

Homegirl's officially got herself her very own bedroom. I love it. Seth loves it. She loves it.

Well, she loves it till bedtime. But she's fairly easy going, so I know it won't be long before she's sleeping soundly again.

Anyway, before I unleash the pink on you, I thought I'd share a photo of this room many years ago, when we only had one Thing and this was his bedroom.

Boring, dingy, gross carpet, dark wood trim, and no direction.

Through the years, it has sported many different looks. We removed the carpet and painted the very weathered wood floors underneath. The walls went from cream to dark green to gray blue and now to pink. It was a guest room, a boy's room, then a boys' room (subtle difference), then a school room.

It was hard to lose my sacred school room (and all that precious storage), but I think I'm content now with the girly space we've created.

These drawings are my favorite part of the room. When I was still pregnant with Thing One and had no idea if he was a boy or a girl, I asked my mom to draw some pictures for the nursery. I gave her a book of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" which had awesome artwork as inspiration, and she came up with more beautiful pictures than the book had. What I love most though, is that she had no idea how many kids I'd have or what their genders would be, but these drawings fit us perfectly. Not only do the genders match and the amount, but they even look like my kids. 

Thing One

Thing Two

Homegirl

It's both amazing and slightly disturbing. I've promised each child that they can have their assigned picture when they have a baby of their own. These are precious heirlooms and should be passed down.

I also did some spray painting for this room. I've always liked the metal stars and picked one up at Garden Ridge over Christmastime. It needed to be white though.

 I'm thinking of adding some owl/bird decor, so when I saw this in the dollar section at Target, I grabbed it. It was actually $2.50. Such extravagance, I know.

And lastly, I wanted to do something with this little table and chairs we've had for years, but it had definitely seen better days. After a thorough cleaning and some wrapping paper magic, it fits perfectly in here.

Perfect for future tea parties and artwork.

There are still a few things left to do. I need to paint her dresser, clear out the closet, add some curtains and artwork. The baseboards need some quarter round, but I'm putting that off because we're thinking before we sell we'll probably put carpet in here anyway. But the big things in here are done and I'm really happy with it. Honestly, I was one of those people who swore I'd never do pink in my daughter's bedroom. Now look at me.

I'd be ashamed if I wasn't so proud of my ability to adapt. Or something like that.


Source list:
Paint: "Pink Kiss" by Valspar
Trim/floor paint: "Country White" by Colorplace
Crib: Baby Depot (many moons ago)
Crib Bedding: Target
Rug: Target
Toy storage: Target (I'm sensing a theme)
Frames: TJ Maxx
Wrapping Paper: TJ Maxx
Star: Garden Ridge
Owl Lantern: Target
Drawing Inspiration Book: Amazon

Sneak Pink

Just popping by to give you a little taste of what I've been doing in Homegirl's room. Hoping to have a full reveal this weekend!

Before:

Currently:

Yes. It's pink. "Pink Kiss" by Valspar, to be exact. Never painted anything pink before. :)

Shabby Chic with a current emphasis on "shabby"

When it comes to projects in this house, I have decor ADD. Working on three separate rooms simultaneously does not stop me from starting a fourth.

And that's why parts of my house currently look like an episode of "Hoarders".

Homegirl's room is in the works. It's quite a job. Since that room was recently the homeschool room, there is a TON of papers and school supplies to go through and whittle down to bare bones. Then I have to find some way to organize and store it all upstairs. That's taking awhile, and I'm in that horrid middle part of the project where everything's a mess and I want to throw in the towel.

I'm also getting paint up on the walls, which is a step in the right direction. After all that horrid attic painting, you'd think nice flat walls would feel like a breeze, but I'm dragging my feet. Painting sucks, but it's a cheap, fast way to make everything wonderful.

Seth's going to be home a couple days this week, so hopefully, much will get done in there and I'll have before and afters for you soon. I'm going for a soft, feminine, shabby chic look. I'll leave you with some of my "pinspiration" for this room:

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PS: Don't know why my source links got cropped like that, but they still work. Technology is weird. 

Progress Report

So, I've held off on posting a house tour, mostly because nothing in this house is ever "done". House tours are my favorite part of home blogs. It's a little ridiculous how happy it makes me to find them, and even though I wanted to have one here on The Practice House, I knew my tour would not be nearly as thrilling as the popular blogs where rooms are done and beautiful.

Well, enough of that. I'm going to try to get some rooms posted. Instead of calling it a finished tour, we'll just call it progress, and I'll update the tour as we update the house.

Please remember that photos posted in home tour are extremely selective. They won't show you dirt, dust, dog hair, cookie crumbs, half dressed children, or the piles of laundry just outside the frame. I guarantee my house only looks like this when I'm photographing it and literally thirty seconds after I shut off the camera, chaos ensues.

We do live here, after all.

Anyway, the living room is up. Just click over to the "House Tour" tab. Enjoy!