Makeover Monday – Lilly’s room
Finally, the saga continues. We’re still upstairs in solid kid territory and Lilly’s room was next to get a facelift. It was painted a nice golden camel color which I really like in our living room, but not so much in the kids rooms – it looked so dull and dreary. You might recall that I had already done one lovely lime green room, and as luck would have it there was a whole gallon of paint left over (huge shout-out to Wal-Mart for their one-coat coverage paint which actually does cover in one coat!) So guess what color Lilly got?
I timed her new paint job to coincide with the switchover from nursery to big girl-room, so it was very easy to pull out the crib, changing table, etc and paint in an empty room. Definitely made the project go faster (which is awesome since I do these things all by myself) and felt like a more dramatic change. I also replaced the basic light fixture in her room with a ceiling fan. I know they aren’t the most attractive things in the world, but they are functional, and I’m a practical kinda gal.
If you knew me 20-odd years ago, then you have probably seen this daybed before! It used to be back satin (wow – what a look) and fit in perfectly with my Chicago Bulls themed room. When I moved out my mom recovered the bed with this tone-on-tone stripe. Looks pretty good for its age, doesn’t it? I like it because it sits nice and high so there’s plenty of storage underneath. Though we’ve actually kept it empty because it’s a pretty cool place to play, too.
The bounce and spin zebra has been re-homed now as well. See that huge Mickey over there? He’s sitting in a high chair that belonged to my great-grandfather when he was a baby. How cool is that? I only regret not taking a picture of each of the girls in it when they were still small enough to fit. I’m terrible about remembering things like that.
I really hate these ugly stuffed animal nets. My kids don’t even like stuffed animals and never, ever play with them. Unfortunately though, people keep on giving them to us, and I feel rude immediately chucking them. I think there must be a polite waiting period before you get rid of a gift, right?
And this is the room entrance/closet door. As you can tell from the pictures, it’s still not done. The problem is that I can’t figure out what to hang on those bare walls! I can’t find anything that matches the bedding nicely, so I’d love to hear your suggestions! My sister offered to paint a mural while she was here this summer but I felt bad having her do that on her vacation. I now wish I hadn’t been so polite.
That’s it for this edition of Makeover Monday. Stop by next week for the girly chic makeover I did on the kids’ bathroom. I think it might be my favorite new room upstairs!
And of course, if you’d like to play along I’d love to see what you’ve been up to!
Tags: Lilly, Makeover Monday
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By AJ, October 19, 2009 @ 5:33 pm
What a cool room — the yellow drawers really pop against the green walls and make the space uber-cheerful. Love the idea of keeping the space under the bed free for making forts. Thanks for sharing!
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By Darcie - Such The Spot, October 19, 2009 @ 10:14 pm
I love the color.
And oh my gosh I’m not a fan of the stuffed animals either. Only I’m not as nice as you and I make it known to everybody and their brother that we don’t accept stuffed animals. Period. Such a scrooge, aren’t I?
Love the room though. All of the rooms that you’ve “showcased” actually.:)
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By Amanda, October 20, 2009 @ 4:16 pm
I’d totally go back on the nothankyou and beg your sis to do the mural. This room is ABSOLUTELY adorable! The mural would look so fab in there.
Okay, did you like actually like INSTALL the ceiling fan yourself? If so, I’d like to give you mega props, because I think I’d be about as good at that as constructing a whole house from the ground up. Or discovering penicillin. Or something of that nature. That’s amazing.
Also, for wall stuff (just in case you don’t want to bug your sister), The Nester blog always has so many good ideas that a person can do themselves. And since you already did a totally rockin’ job on this room yourself, you can obviously do anything!!!
Nice work, dear! Lilly is a blessed little doll!
By owen, October 23, 2009 @ 5:53 am
Color is very bright with no help cut white furniture, all my favorite.