Even before we knew Little Sister was in fact Litle Sister I had a vision for what her bedroom would look like. I didn't want to do just another pink bedroom...I wanted to do light blue walls, paint the crib yellow, add bright accents of pinks and reds and aquas. Something like this.....
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I had even found this fabric that would be the perfect jumping off point.
I was well on my way of having a firm design plan for her room. I was picking a blue paint color for the walls. I showed Tim thinking he would really appreciate a blue bedroom. But much to my dismay he seemed rather disinterested in the color scheme. He said something like "I think her room should be purple."
I let it go and tried again later. Similar reaction..."she's not a boy. why would you give her a blue room?"
Again I let it go....I was trying the wear him down technique. Third times a charm right? Nope. "I thought we were going to paint her room purple?"
I was losing my battle for a blue room.
Meanwhile I was thinking...maybe we could do a purple room. See I kind of have a soft spot for Tim and as the soon to be father of three girls I thought he should have some say in her room. I guess if he thought she should have a purple room I could do that. I love decorating so I should be able to pull this off...right?
The only problem....everytime I thought of purple I thought of this type of purple....
and that was not what I was looking for in a baby's bedroom.
So it was time for a new plan. I needed some inspiration....of course I consulted my favorite place for inspiriation....pinterest.
I found these color schemes..
I even looked for inspiration in everyday items. Like these bottles of body spray.
I was starting to think I could really pull this off....I decided to start by picking fabric for her baby quilt.
While the girls were away I headed out on a fabric hunt. After striking out at both JoAnns and Hobby Lobby I headed to my last hope....the Quilting Connection. I got lucky and walked away with this very happy pile of fabrics.
Once I had a color scheme--light purple, pinkish purple, pinks, and aqua-- things started to come together very quickly. The next step choosing a paint color was rather simple. I wanted a light pinkish-purpleish kind of liliac-ish color. I picked Santolina Blooms immediately.
I was well on my way with a new design plan. About the same time I started working on Little Sister's room The Handmade Home started posting a series on a Handmade Nursery. This series gave me a lot of inspiration of what I wanted to do in Little Sister's bedroom.
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These ideas along with a few great finds on a couple shopping trips really got my creative juices flowing...Little Sister's "purple" bedroom was well on it's way to coming together just perfectly!
Next time I will share with you the finished room. I think it is going to be the perfect space for this sweet little one!
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These ideas along with a few great finds on a couple shopping trips really got my creative juices flowing...Little Sister's "purple" bedroom was well on it's way to coming together just perfectly!
Next time I will share with you the finished room. I think it is going to be the perfect space for this sweet little one!
