The little girl turned three in June and she's basically grown now, she's so big she hardly fits on my lap anymore (she does still squeeze into my bed some nights)! Anyway, it was high time for her to have a big girl bed since she was quickly outgrowing the crib turned toddler bed.
I spent a lot of time deciding what kind of bed to build for her room, but finally Michael and I settled on a platform farmhouse-style bed with storage drawers. The plans are from Ana White. We tweaked it a bit and made the drawers and headboard shorter. I am so happy with how it turned out.
Papa did a fantastic job building it despite my efforts to redesign it every week and my micromanaging his construction process. :) My specialty! Anyway, between the two of us we did succeed in building it just the way I wanted! And Mama frantically painted it so we could assemble it in time for Georgia's birthday party. Thanks everyone!
There are three drawers on the opposite side of the bed, too, but we can't use them since it's pushed against the wall. Maybe eventually she'll want her bed pulled away from the wall, we'll see. The front drawers are full of extra blankets and grow-into clothes. Finally, more storage for this tiny room!! :)
The bedding is from Pottery Barn. Georgia was infatuated with rainbow striped things for about a minute, so I picked this charming quilt with the most adorable embroidery. She has since moved on to being obsessed with horses and the color red, but oh well! I added a few horse items to the room just recently to replace some of her baby-themed artwork. I love the little touches that reflect her personality.
We exchanged her cherry dress for the turquoise dresser from the den when we replaced the furniture in there. (We did get the loveseat finished to match the couch down there but, of course, I never updated the blog with those pictures! :-P It's a proper hang-out space now with a TV and everything!) Anyway, I digress... we put the turquoise dresser in her room which has a lot more drawers and space for display. It's working great for her room, and it fits perfectly on the closet wall.
The horse artwork is from etsy and I made the little wreath from an embroidery hoop. :) Georgia and I love to visit the horse aisle at Hobby Lobby, but so far I have restrained myself from buying any more horse wall decor!
When we removed the crib, I decided it was time to switch out the big plush nursery glider for a smaller, more youthful chair option. My mom had a sweet little tufted chair that needed to be reupholstered. (It was actually my college dorm chair from freshman year that was formerly purple, pink and blue batik!) We selected a duo of unicorn printed fabric to recover the chair. I looked for a horse print but this one was too sweet and the colors were perfect for her room! The border print is Michael Miller Unicorn Parade in mint and the allover print is called Unicorn Forest. We used the border around the sides and bottom and the print for the rest of the chair. I think it turned out so cute!! Since it's only cotton quilt fabric, we're not expecting it to last forever, but neither will her love of unicorns (ahem, horses) so we can update the chair with the rest of the room and not worry about wasting some expensive upholstery fabric!
The little kitty wagon is something my dad built for her second birthday. I saw a similar one online for storing books and I had to have it!! Isn't it the cutest thing ever? We have since built and painted an orange cat one for my niece and a brown bear one for my nephew!
And now:
Thanks for stopping by! I hope to come again soon and update you on the playroom and den office and all kind of seasonal decor. But we'll just be cautiously optimistic and say we'll see you at Christmas. I have yet to miss a Christmas on the blog! ;)
