Annalisa has had an aversion for her crib since we first came home. We tried many different methods to try to get her to sleep in her room/crib but in the year and a half we have been a family nothing has worked for more than a few weeks.
For the past four or five months Annalisa has been sleeping with Mommy and Daddy.
Her room had become a shrine!
Her room had become a shrine!
Really pretty but nobody ever used it.
We knew we needed to encourage her to sleep in her room but we also knew that we would never succeed with the crib. So we got rid of the crib and have been working on building the excitement for her new big girl room.
A few weeks ago I was at Pier One Kids and found this poster bed on sale.
Great buy! The web site lists it at $359 but I got a floor model headboard, foot board and rails for $250 (full size).
With my inspiration piece in the room I started working on the rest of the room.I found these end tables at the Salvation Army for $10 each!
Painted them pink with green accents. Put tulle around the bottom and ribbon all the way around!
So far Annalisa is pleased about the progress!
(By the way those band aid she has on her legs are not covering booboos, she uses them as stickers)
After I ordered the bedding I realized that there was no hot pink in the color scheme of the room so I changed the ribbon to a more muted green!
The Door Decoration!
After I ordered the bedding I realized that there was no hot pink in the color scheme of the room so I changed the ribbon to a more muted green!The Door Decoration! Next, I repainted the dresser!
Painted the drawers a light green, distressed them and stained them to match the headboard and foot board!
This is what we did put inside one of the drawers.
Next I painted, distressed and stained the dresser pink.
Dresser with the drawers
And here is the bedding from Pottery Barn Kids!
Stay tuned for more progress soon!
Painted the drawers a light green, distressed them and stained them to match the headboard and foot board!
This is what we did put inside one of the drawers. Next I painted, distressed and stained the dresser pink.Dresser with the drawers And here is the bedding from Pottery Barn Kids!Stay tuned for more progress soon!
2 comments:
That is so beautiful - she will feel like a princess in her new bedroom suite! Good Luck with the new sleeping arrangements - in our house it was Crib or Crib - (I am such a hard nose) but hey there is only one of me...
Can't wait to see the finished product!
Hugs fm us
ps we had a GREAT time Sunday!
Wow -what a beautiful room Annalisa will soon have!!! Every piece is just so pretty...I especially love how you did the tables w/ paint + tulle. The best part? That it was done 100% with LOVE!!!!
(Now let's hope that your little princess loves to sleep the whole night in her new abode!)
Sue B
(PS- was Annalisa in foster care? Josie was and we ended up co-sleeping for a while since that is what she was used to. She still comes in once in a while around
4 am but goes to sleep in her bed just fine.)
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