Makeover Monday – Kids Bedrooms, part 1

Welcome back to Makeover Monday!  I know you’re excited, right?

This week I’m showing off the older girls’ bedroom.  Some of you might remember that Annie and Catie actually prefer to share a bedroom.  Weird, right?  Anyway, the room was painted a lovely shade for a master bedroom, but not such a lovely shade for a little girls room.  It needed an overhaul, and I decided to do this while they were away so that it was a total surprise to them when they got home. 

Well, not a total surprise since they had picked the paint colors.  But they didn’t know when I was going to do it, or what all I was going to do.  And it was a very nice surprise I think!

This bedroom is actually quite large with a  H-U-G-E walk-in closet (bigger than the one in our MBR!) and it has a great layout for sharing, as there is a very large dormer in the back of the room that makes a second, semi-private area.  We bought Annie a loft bed with storage underneath and put her in the alcove area:

I also painted a picket fence and grass in that area, opposite the bed.  The flowers are little Wallies stickers (from Dollar Tree no less!) and the ladybug, bumblebee, butterfly, and dragonfly on the wall are wooden cutouts that Annie and I had painted one day.

Her bedding is also new, and appropriately enough it was named Annie’s Country Patch!  Unfortunately I couldn’t find the matching valance (still can’t!) so if you’re ever at TJ Maxx and see it please snag one for me – I’d be ever so grateful to reimburse you for the trouble.  If you read about my giveaway a few weeks ago you may have also seen the personalized name pillows that I made the girls which coordinate with their new quilts.

On the other side of the room is Catie’s bed.  Hers isn’t a loft but it does have great storage drawers underneath – 3 of them, the entire depth of the bed, and all three are stuffed to the brim with dress up clothes!

You can’t see her bedding quite as well but it’s called Fancy Frocks and it’s little dresses that are adorable and perfectly suited to my little fashionista.

In the front of the house this room also has a small dormer which we thought was a perfect spot to build in a desk:

The kids loved that as well, since they then got their own computer.  And mommy loves not having to negotiate screen time!

The wall you are seeing above has also been transformed, even since the initial makeover.  The mirror on a stand has found a new home and I mounted one on the wall behind their door instead.  I also relocated that bookcase above to Annie’s side of the room.

The reason?  Their ever-growing assortment of American Girl dolls was taking over the house!  I love these dolls also, but if you’ve ever purchased one you know what the price tag is and I’m not willing to leave that much money laying around for the puppy to chew.  We needed a safe spot and I wanted it to be beautiful to showcase their collection.  The solution I came up with is this:

The top shelf holds trophies, dance awards, soccer medals, etc.  I put a dowel rod underneath the bottom shelf so they could hang some of the doll dresses there.  I think it looks cute, but we need more hangers as most of the clothes are still in the drawers underneath Annie’s bed.  We also need more doll stands, as the brood has expanded!

So there you have it – our all-new girls room!  It’s for a younger girl and I know it won’t last for ages, but frankly we don’t intend to be in this house for ages either, and I think it will suit them as long as we plan to be here.  Surely at some point they’ll see the merit in separate bedrooms, right?

That’s it for this week!  Mr. Linky is ready and waiting if you’d like to play along (and I hope you do!)  Next week I think I’ll continue my kids room tour and show you Lilly’s new room.  I need some wall ideas there so I’ll be picking your brains…