I Think I Have a Plan

I've been stalled on updating my two and a half year old's room for a few months now.  Most recently - and by "recently," I mean January - I made some colorful throw pillows for her bed in punchy shades of orange, pink, and coral. 

And then...crickets.

I knew I wanted to bring some bolder colors in to take the room from baby nursery to a girl's room that could grow with Ellie.  But I had such a mish-mosh of furniture I wanted to use, I didn't know how to pull it all together - an antique cannonball bed, a stained wood nightstand, my childhood dresser.  I couldn't settle on anything that really worked in my head.

Thank goodness for Pinterest.  I happened across this image just last night.

 

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How adorable is this room??  That sweet-faced little girl even looks a lot like my Ellie.  I think it's meant to be.

Ellie's bed is an antique cannonball bed that I don't want to paint right now, but I'd been considering painting my old dresser just the shade of coral on the nightstands above.  In fact, I recently bought these shoes and instantly thought, "Yes!  That is the color I want for Ellie's dresser!"

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Seeing that coral with the navy in the Pinterest image just totally solidified the picture for me.  It's just the look I was going for without really knowing that's what I was going for.  You know?

I have a new paint sprayer to test out so I suspect you might find me surrounded by plastic sheeting next week with paint in my hair.  It's been a slow summer for me on the projects front and I'm excited to feel Ellie's room coming together a little more.  

Well...at least in my head.

Hope you have a great weekend!