Halle’s Room

During Spring Break in April, I started re-doing Halle’s room.  I wanted to be done with it by the end of the month.  Needless to say, I finally finished it at the end of July.  Just in time for all the wedding guests to arrive.  I think it all turned out pretty cute.Here is the way Halle’s room looked before.  It was VERY pink!  I know it was past the time to decorate because she was too old to have that much pink!I struggled with the idea of painting her room because I did not want to have to paint over the mural that my brother Jimmy had painted for her when she was a baby.  I knew that the only way to keep the painting would be to leave her room pink.  I knew that I couldn’t do that to her, no matter how bad it hurt to paint over it.  It was a bitter/sweet moment when Halle picked up the roller and started painting right over the mural.  I was glad that she did it, because I knew that I could not but it was sad to see it go!

Halle picked out the blue and green bedding online.  When it arrived, I was less than pleased with the quality but she insisted that we keep it.  I improvised by buying a nicer white comforter to be the main bedding while the patterned one became the accent.  I ended up pretty happy with the result.Halle fell in love with the pillow on the chair, so we ended up finding some curtains to match. My favorite part was that both the curtains and pillow were really inexpensive!Halle had some really nice picture frames on three shelves in the pink room that I just loved but I really didn’t want to mess with the shelves anymore, so I made a collage out of all of her favorite pictures.I was disappointed that I could not find a lamp shade in the color green that we were using, so I ended up spending way too much for this one at Pottery Barn!  Oh well, you win some, you lose some! Right?!?!

I made this bulletin board all by myself!  My sister Misty has made them for years, but I thought maybe I could just buy one pre-made.  I guess you can call me lazy!  Anyway, I couldn’t find one that I liked so I was left with no choice but to “be creative”.  I found fabric that matched Halle’s chair and some adorable buttons that are the color of her silver frames.  I think it turned out pretty good for my first attempt. 

All in all, I think her room turned out close to perfect even if it took me FOREVER to finish it.  Hopefully it will be sufficient until she moves away to college!