Canopy bed

This room is mostly a collection of things that we found secondhand. I found the bed on Craigslist before we were really ready to start putting the room together, but I couldn’t pass it by. We had decided adding a twin bed to the nursery would allow us  sleep in the room with baby if we needed to, or just a place for guests. Both dressers are vintage and chalk painted by me. The changing station tucked into the closet was the boys, I found it at a yard sale years ago. Bedding is all from craigslist and ebay. The crib is new from IKEA. As we are adopting, the crib had to pass strict home study rules. I fell in love with the Coco Dot nursery line from Pottery Barn..and the coordinating BonBon from Pottery Barn Teen. I mixed them up a bit with the BabyBlooms sheets, I love how the floral coordinated perfect with the ribbon colors and my canvas print. The Beatrix Potter items are from my oldest son’s nursery and some are vintage Eden toys…

This room is a great example of a client who wasn’t afraid to take chances.  She was willing to paint the walls white and go bold with trim and accessories to make this a true statement room.

Colorful girl’s bedroom for a teen or tween girl featuring hot pink, black, aqua blue and lime green pieces.

Every girl wants a princess room. They are only children for a little while, so why not give them a room that they love to show off to everyone who visits. Let their imagination run free, they will be faced with the bieges and greys , browns of everyday life soon enough. My theory is “Give them color” ” Inspire them to love color and art” Psycologists who study the effect of color in children’s and infants rooms have found that pinks in particular tend to sooth a child as does soft blues. While neutral colors seem to have little effect one way or another.My favorite part of this room is the book shelf because reading is so important in a child’s life and the castle cutouts because dreams are just as important.

My niece wanted a canopy bed that was like the ones in fairy tales. The kind that you could close the sheers all the way around so I made one for her.