Simplicity of a Bedroom

 

My inner heart has always wanted to be an interior designer. People give me money to decorate?! YEA, absolutely. But this is the south. People in the south don’t pay to have another person decorate their home. (at least not the majority of people in the south) So, my inner heart had to be smashed with the realistic truth that I would get no where in that profession (at least not for now while in the south).

No worries though, there is always MY house. Problem 1- decorating cost money.. problem 2- decorating how I want cost more many than I should spend

So every once in a while I get an idea and go for it. This is what I am going for now:

Madyson’s new bedroom!!   the theme.. simplicity

# 1 choice-

So, here it is.. the inspiring picture. Actually, I plan to copy this as much as possible (minus the rug) so it isn’t my idea but.. it will be Mady’s room.

COLORS I LOVE

 

I found the link to this room and she even linked where she got everything!
sad news, the curtains are not as coral as they look.. this makes me super sad considering that was the best part. Not sure if the bedspread’s color is off or the wall color. I asked her so I guess we will find out.

# 2 choice-

I did not find a link to any of this but I did see where someone said the paint color is Valspar's Milk Toast and the light is from Ikea. I think a white bedspread would be fine because she isn’t allowed to have anything other than water in her room and honestly she is a clean child. I am not a fan of the curtains but the idea and colors are so pretty!

Simple Details:

NOT THESE COLORS.. but, I do like the curtains in front and behind the bed. It is a different take of the netting that hangs over a bed. To me it adds a little bit of that “little girl princess” look I know she would love. Her bed would be in a slight nook of a wall therefore I know this would work. I am just not sure if it would be to much and un-simplify it.

I would love something like this under her window. I actually found a link (that I now can’t find) that shows how to make this with bookcases and window valence thing for a flat wall window. Not sure if we would have room for it to be like this but maybe?!


This would be cute in her room for her extra “stuff” not this color though.. another ikea piece

I am also looking for a dresser. She does not currently have any type of dresser so we hang everything. I hate hanging clothes. We even hang pajamas. Did I mention I hate hanging clothes?

BEDROOM FURNITURE
Bed
Dresser
Window Seat
Storage cabinet

Simple and Sweet.. just like her.. ok, ok, she isn’t always simple but she is super sweet!

Guess I’ll be posting her new bedroom in the next few months so keep a look out!

p.s. if your bored or like me and just enjoy surfing the web for random things. I really want coral and aqua bedding. I can only find the one in the picture above (which I love) but it is a duvet cover so I’d have to also purchase an insert. In other words.. about $300 total. Ouch

 

p.s. soon to follow.. I know she has a ton of toys.. and a simple bedroom will not hold them while keeping the simplicity theme.. that’s why there will be a playroom.. whoop whoop

Ribbon Christmas Tree

I made this tree off a blog I found on Pinterest

(beter pictures below)

total of 1 hour

(with a 4 year old needing me every 5 mins, laundry being done, and lunch)

What you need:

scissors, ribbon (depending on your tree size)

mine was a 14 inch tall tree and I used 4 rounds of ribbon at 9 feet each

glue gun and glue sticks

ribbon/string

cardboard or pre-made cylinder

Make half circle but tying pen to string and using as a compass

The fold and glue your cylinder

Cut your ribbon at 4 inches. The last 3 rows I cut them at 3 inches

Hot glue them together in a crisscross way

Glue a row of the ribbons to the cylinder

repeat with other colored ribbon

work your way up the tree

WaLa

Beautiful Christmas Tree

I can not wait to make this in other colors at our girls night in 2 weeks!

DIY Halloween Decor!!

Today I actually made my first Halloween decoration! I decided I was not going to decorate much for Halloween and instead I am going to decorate for Fall. I found this awesome wreath thing on Pinterest that I wanted to recreate in Fall colors. They had used Christmas colors. I did not have Fall colored paper but I did have Halloween paper.. I love love love my wreath!

Check it out, and it was super easy!

What you need: 8 to 10 pieces of 12 X 12 paper (or 8 X 8)

glue and stapler

paper slicer

Cut the paper in half with the paper slicer 

Pinch one end of the paper and glue it together 

It should look like this at the other end

staple three papers together at the pinched end

repeat this over and over

staple or glue the top edges together to get rid of the gap in between

it will get hard to staple the pinched part but keep on

The middle will not nicely go together, that is alright as long as the outside edges fit together nicely

add a center piece to cover up the ugly middle

(all I had was my chicas foam pumpkin and some stickers)

Then hang in house or on door!

I am soooo doing this for every Holiday.

I will hang it in my house once I get the actual door wreath made that I am about to start working on.

With smaller paper, a small one would be cute in my chicas room!