becka is the "baby" of the family. she's almost 10, but she will always be the baby. :) her room was horrid when we moved in. it ... well, look at it below! the top 1/2 was white. the bottom 1/2 was wallpapered with a striped blue wallpaper. there were two red chair-rails. in between the chair rails was a train wallpaper border. same with on the wood cornice / valance / curtain thingie. she HATED it. not that i blame her.
i pulled off the border and the chair rails. i think they super-glued the border on - it took me 7 hours a day, 8 days to get it off. due to that, i took one look at the bottom wallpaper and decided that mr. wonderful would need to put bead-board / wainescotting up. because there was NO way i was spending all my 'spare' time pulling that stupid stuff off. warning - he hasn't done it yet. but the rest of the room is done! if he doesn't have it done by christmas, i'm going to figure out how to do it when the kids go back to school.
(wasn't it ghastly?)
upon walking up to her room, this is what you see. yes, she is a princess. well, kind of - i'm the real princess. we call her the "pit" (princess-in-training).
opening the door, you see this on your left. i had painted the wall a toasted almond color - a while ago. but we weren't sure what to do with the rest of the room - becka had thought about a 'beach' theme. but i couldn't find what we / she wanted. then, i started looking at bedding online. i figured if we found that first, then we could coordinate. i found this bedding online at target - it was $30 for a bed set - on clearance. but all they had was full size - she has two twin beds. i bought them anyways - figured i could always just use two fitted sheets for her bed and then use the rest of the bedding. plus, it came with 4 pillow cases (2 regular & 2 shams) per set. which was nice. i like pillows.
to the right when you walk in the door. (the kids have watched the part on big bang theory when sheldon is in the ballpit - they laugh all the time over it *lol*) i did three tissue paper floof balls above her bed. just for fun.
a close-up of the bedding. she chose SO well. i love the colors and the design. it is very becka. "get your geek on" - becka came up with this 'quote'.
i made bed-skirts & a window thingie (after i painted the cornice thingie a light pink - and coated it with SPARKLY color on top of it) out of tulle - that tutu material. i tied them in a slip knot style on rope and then stapled it to the bottom of the beds and the window thing. oh it's so FLUFFY!! i used two pieces of tulle with each knot and used three different colors on the bedskirts - only used two on the curtain.
(i'm not so good at photographing windows)
the kids have also seen the part of big bang theory when sheldon and penny sing "soft kitty" in a round. it's kind of funny - the kids can all be arguing and one of them will say "let's sing soft kitty". another one will say "but in a round". then they'll all start singing it. dorks. :)
we did a 6-square shelving system too (with bazinga above that - makes her laugh). we only put buckets in 5 squares because then she can still access the outlet in the leftover square. which is way important when you listen to books on cd at night.
(of course, we HAD to put cute labels on the buckets - laminated, too :) )
this kid is obsessed with harry potter. has read the series like 3 times already and she's not even 10. and is a self-proclaimed geek. we looked and looked for wooden glasses to hang on the wall - i thought it'd be cute to hang the letters of her name from them. no such luck. then i found these glasses picture frames at target. PERFECTION! they're kind of nerdy, right? so mak cut out pictures of harry potter characters from some post cards becka had and put them into the frames.
mak also framed two pictures of harry potter characters (dumbledore and harry, himself) and put them on the wall. just for fun. i nixed her idea of putting voldemort or draco up there.
these are dry erase squares that are on her closet doors. i figured it'd be fun for her to write on - and also keep any important info there. and i can write chores on there for her to do. even better.
just a few more wall hangings.
if i could get away with it, i'd make the tutu bedskirt for MY room (maybe i should just do it on my side so he won't see it? heeheehee) i am in love with this room. so much.
