This project was inspired by a bold blue accent wall. My client is renting so when she moves, only one wall needs to be painted back to white. We kept it sweet and simple with a white crib and dresser. A dark blue rug softens the wood floor and provides a play space for baby Silas.
This playroom took months to add onto our house, but it’s finally complete. The room was designed around the amazing rug, and I’m so happy with how it all came together. I wanted it all white, with big pops of color everywhere, and a boho feel. This room was designed with my three year old son’s love of orange in mind, and my nearly one year old daughter – hopefully she likes pink! The Ikea chairs were the perfect touch, along with the table and chairs from Target.
This is my daughters room. I have been a muralist for over 5 years and my poor kids have never had a mural in their room. I did a full room makeover on my daughters room adding 3-D components, a picture wall, and a mural.
Hunter’s name was the inspiration for this design; it had to be special, playful and magical. This is a modern take on a forest theme. The color scheme (blue, green and blue-green) is great for bedrooms because of the calming effects they produce. With kids, it’s essential to be able to quickly toss and hide all the toys that eventually get left around the room. An over-sized storage ottoman is perfect for not only toys, but also nice for propping your feet up during story time. It’s perfect to sit on during sleep training and midnight feedings. The dresser which doubles as a changing table was updated with zebra and number pulls. Working with a strict budget we paid attention to the little things like changing the hardware on an inexpensive dresser to give it a custom feel without the price tag. Next to the glider is an animal leg table for easily placing a bottle. Flanking the crib are two ladder bookshelves with large bottom drawers for additional storage. Toys from the parent’s childhood are styled alongside other architectural and colorful toys and a few playful grown-up accessories. The vibrant blue/green chandelier mimics the rug and brings in a touch of elegance. Little details like the blue/green glass closet knobs help to bring in more of the color palette, adding to the overall look. Handy branch hooks hang above the closet door and the curious giraffe mounted to the wall is gazing toward the crib. Babies love busy patterns so we chose the oak tree wallpaper. The little white bird mobile blends in naturally and he will be entertained by both for hours.
The focal point in the room is the custom neon sign that says “Hunter.” It’s written in his grandmother’s handwriting and will be a keepsake for him, but for now, it’s his night light.
Woodsy vibes for my little adventurer!
My little girl turned double digits this years , and I styled a Unicorn slumber party for her.
I haven’t seen many unicorn themed slumber parties out there, but hey, it’s a challenge I was more than glad to undertake!
For this unicorn slumber party we chose my daughter’s fave colors: pink and gold! She loves anything that shines, so the gold glitter effect we created on the unicorn printables was just what we needed to add sparkle and shine, without the effort and hassle of having to hand-glitter anything.
I LOVE how the glitter effect turned out and really added a fun touch to the printable decorations!
For the unicorn birthday invitations we couldn’t decide on the designs, so we created two. One with a full unicorn and the other just with the unicorn’s headshot in the hues of pink and blue with dashes of gold glitter. I still can’t pick which I prefer, so we’re offering both styles in the shop too!
For the desserts table backdrop, nothing simpler than a large Unicorn poster, personalized with her name. It really was super easy and inexpensive to print, and you can now find the same at BirdsParty.com.
Plus, the poster can be used in her bedroom as decor after the party! Totally loving it 😍
Since our color palette was pink, blue and gold, we chose to offer ‘midnight snacks’ type of food that matched our color palette, and that the girls could snack on before or after he party as they saw fit.
This was one of the easiest desserts table I have EVER styled, since all the food (except the cake) was shop bought!
We created a stack of pink strawberry and caramel donuts ‘magical donuts’ and decorated it with a printable unicorn cake topper from BirdsParty.com.
We also served ‘magical waffles’ with cream, fruits and all washed down with “unicorn tears” milk so the girls could easily eat them under the magical teepee!
I made the cake myself and designed it with it’s eyes shut to emulate the slumber party element. 😊 You can see the full tutorial here.
For the slumber party essentials, I turned to my talented friend Brenda from Great Stitch to create custom pyjamas/ pajamas that the girls got to wear during the party, and the personalized pillow cases that doubled as party favors too!
Brenda used our designs for the unicorn that matched the printables with the girls’ names on them! I LOVE how it all turned out, so beautiful!!
One of the elements that I really envisioned for this slumber party, was a tee pee all decorated to be the main focus of the slumber area. Full of cushion for a cozy party space that the girls simply adored!
I brainstormed a design with my husband, which had to be easy to make and inexpensive. The full DIY tutorial can be found on my blog here.
The tee pee was also decorated with lots of honeycomb balls and giant balloons with tassels from BirdsParty.fr and flowers to evoke the magical and girly aspect of this unicorn birthday theme! Super easy and eye catching decor, that can’t recommend enough!
In all my parties I like to have some sort of photo booth. In this case, the tee pee itself was the perfect backdrop to capture those special party moments.
So I thought it would be super awesome to make some unicorn headbands and sleeping masks for the girls to wear as photo props, but that also doubled as party favors for them to take home after the party!
My daughter helped me make ALL of them and the DIY tutorials can be found here and here.
We packaged all the DIY gifts and accessories along with some twirl lollipops as the unicorn horns and decorated with unicorn gift tags, mini jars of glitter (unicorn magic) and colored waffles sugar sprinkles into a cute favor bag from BirdsParty.fr and topped the bags with gold sequined ribbon and a cute printable favor tag from our unicorn kit!
It really was a charming party, and super easy to pull off!
At Everly & Monet, I design nurseries & Kids rooms. When choosing the right furniture for this project, I knew Newport Cottages was going to be the best choice. The Hilary collection is inspired by classic French Provincial designs mixed with shabby chic elements. The crib features hand-carved cabriole legs and the scalloped bottom gives it that feminine feel I was going for.
The comfy & cozy Sarah glider from Four Seasons is always a fav. We custom designed a slip-cover in sleek silver velvet fabric. It juxtaposes to the sweetness of the room. I went with the Max bookcase from Newport Cottages for a little modern edge, two toned with the coral. I swapped out the original hardware for a little glam with crystal knobs.
I always say the strength of the design is in the fabrics. The fabrics bring it all to life. With a variety of rich textured fabrics, I knew Bebe Chic was the right fit. We matched bedding on each crib with P, sheets, a gathered dust ruffle, pillows & toddler blankets. We used the same fabrics to create custom balloon valances with ruffles from Laurie McParland Designs.
When I found out my best friend was having a baby boy we wanted to shower her with a fun Popsicle inspired baby shower. She was due in the middle of summer so the theme was quite appropriate! We even made signature Popsicles for our guests.