Wednesday, November 03, 2010

We might be done with this room... for now.

It seems like Anna's room has been "in progress" for so long that I'm tempting fate by declaring it finished, but it is, indeed, finished for now. I guess we're focusing our energies elsewhere now that the big blank wall has been filled.

As of today, here is Anna's room:


(yes, that's a kewpie on her bookshelf!)

A new mirror was added on Sunday. I found this one at an antique store and then just painted it the same color as her bedside table, which was quite an adventure. I took the table into Home Depot and asked them to use their color-matching technology to create the color. It's actually not exact, but it's close enough for my liking. I just didn't want a bright yellow or a baby nursery yellow. It's a darker gray-ish yellow really.




She loves it and has been admiring herself and dancing in front of it for the last few days. I stole the idea of a low mirror from Kate, who has a really cute on in Georgia's room.



And finally we arrive at the perplexing BIG wall that has been staring at me for months. This was a last minute decision that I actually stumbled upon (literally) at Target. There are a lot of cool fabric stickers for walls out there on etsy, but they all seemed rather pricey to me and I wasn't sure I wanted to invest quite that much on what is essentially just an experiement.

However, Target sells plastic wall stickers for just $14.99 so I grabbed a set for Anna's wall and another for Abe's room. In the neverending duel between decorators that I'm sure will last us a lifetime, Anna actually selected the stickers herself and did not pick the one I was pushing :-) But they still look cute and I'm hopeful that when these start peeling off, I can convince her to go for the owls instead.




And there you have it. Anna's room. She is already enjoying the stickers and I am going to cross this room off my list for now. Woo-hoo!

4 comments:

Kelly said...

I LOVE this, Maggie! Such a sweet room - perfect for sweet Anna. Nice work!

Kate said...

Looks great! And thanks for the design credit on that low mirror, but I love yours way more than ours! Nicely done with the antique find and the paint job, my friend.

jessica said...

Beautiful room! I love how you have a mix of antique store finds, new items, and hand-made things. It makes it so much more personal. Again, I want to steal the headboard for myself, the vintage globe, and now I have to add that mirror to the list. That's a great find! I want you to take me to some of your favorite thrift stores the next time I'm in Chicago.

Ann Price said...

Can I fly you to NYC to design my girl's room? I love this! Seriously, nice mix of things and the mirror is awesome. Well done.