Kate's Room--Part I

Before I get into the details of the nursery, let me give you a little background information on the color scheme we chose.  Initially, Eli & Kate were going to share a room.  With Eli having a Cardinal's room, Kate was going to have to match (in an "oh so feminine" kind of way, of course).  With this plan in mind, I went ahead and bought the fabric for a bumper pad in red and blue flowers, started sewing little felt birds, and such.  Then we decided to get rid of the guest room and move Eli into the "bigger, cooler room."  However, I already had the fabric for the  bumper pad, little birds, and such, so I really wanted to use it anyway.  Here's what we've done with the top half of her room:

I made a valance for her window out of the remnants of fabric and bias tape from the bumper pad.  It can, therefore, be considered free.  Yay!

We then found this little chandelier thingy at IKEA.  It was a little under $20.00.  Could I have made one much like it?  Probably.  But, I couldn't have beat their cost, and it would've take a significant amount of time.  Anyway, the colors are perfect, and it looks like it was made for this room.  It was a must have.  My Scott installed it for me and got rid of the ceiling fan that lived there before.

These little gems were found at Hobby Lobby for 50% off.  That made the set $6.00. 

I'm rather proud of this shelf, because I made it!  It's just a board (spray painted white), pvc pipe (donated & cut by my dad :)  I love that man!), and little saw-tooth hanger upper thingies.  I put a few of the little birds I made in the holes of the pipe on leaf nests.  Then on top, I have gerbera daisy/butterfly arrangements in Hobby Lobby pots (all parts 50% off).  I added the navy ribbon.  In the middle one, there's a bug "tree."  It will be covered in little bug hairbows.  I'm just not to that point yet.

This is the top part of Kate's room.  At some point, I'll blog again about the bottom half of the room--bedding, wall stickers, flower lamp, etc. 

Totally unrelated to Kate's room, Eli helped me make some Christmas cookies.  He wears chocolate well, doesn't he?  This is one of my favorite pictures, as of late, so I had to share it!

Lingering thought of the day:  Today was exactly what I needed.  I spent the day with a good friend, had a happy boy wake up from his nap, made bunches of bows, hung decor (and made the shelf), tidied house, and got to spend some time with the hubs tonight.  Life is good!