Lillie's New Room

Well, here is Lillie's new room. There are still two things that aren't quite finished. We have a new sign that is going to go on the wall to the right of her desk and I'm on the hunt for a larger storage type bench for under her gallery wall but other than that her room is pretty much finished so I figured we would go ahead and share the pictures. As we mentioned in the preview post we shared last month, we mostly used furniture we already had in the two guest rooms but because they all had a more "grown-up" type feel to them, we tried to make it still feel child-like and whimsical with the addition of the wallpaper and some of the accessories. I think it is my new favorite wallpaper! It's from Wallpaper Direct and you can find it here. We just did one wall to start with, but Lillie and I both love it so much I think we will probably end up doing her whole room with it. In fact that's on our list of things to do this spring. We'll see if that actually happens or not, though. Ha!

I had been eyeing a small gold chandelier to add in here but then we took the chandelier down from the room she and Lola had been sharing because we put a basketball hoop in there now that it is just Lola's room. Seeing how there was no way a basketball and a chandelier would mix it made sense to move it in here. Plus this was the chandelier my parent's bought for Lillie's nursery when I was pregnant with her so it was sweet to be able to add it in here. We kept the basic white bedding and pom pom trimmed bedskirt from Country Curtains that was already on this bed but then added some beautiful shams and a gorgeous ruffled duvet from Land of Nod which was a nice way to add some of the pink that Lillie loves in here. We already had the black and white pillows that we bought at Target several years ago and the dresser and side table we've had for years as well. The white dresser is a little bit bigger and bulkier than I'd like to have over there but for now seeing how it's something we already had it works fine. In time I'd like to switch it out to something a little bit smaller. 

Over on this side of the room we added a fun gallery wall for Lillie full of some black and white posters with scenes from her beloved Sound of Music that we found online at the Movie Market. She's been obsessed with that movie since last summer and I can't tell you how many times she's watched it over and over and over... She and Lola even dressed up as Liesl for Halloween and my mom dressed up as Maria. Then we mixed in a "L" that we found at Michael's and she painted it glitter gold. And then we added a clipboard and hung one of our old prints, several of her favorite photos and a sweet little "Go Lillie" sign that her friend Amelia made and brought to one of Lillie's basketball games earlier this winter. I'd like to swap out the little trunk that's there now with something longer but that also has some storage space. That's where she currently keeps all of her stuffed animals. 

Lillie's favorite items in her new room are the two new pieces - her desk and chair. She's been asking for her own desk for what feels like forever - ha! We got the adorable bunny chair during a big sale right after Christmas at Pottery Barn Teen. And the desk was a floor model piece on huge clearance from Pottery Barn Kids. It's funny, it's not at all what I had in mind when I was looking for a desk for this space but the second Lillie and I saw it we both knew it was going to be perfect for her room!  The heart marquee and little dog tape dispenser are both from Target, the gold L is from Michael's and the little bunny was a thrift shop find my mom found her. The "This Little Light of Mine Print" is from our shop. We made her little pinboard from a frame we had in the attic that I think I've had for probably ten years or so. I think it was originally something I found at a consignment shop and painted and then covered what was on there with some extra fabric. The corkboard we'd added at one point (that's underneath the fabric) was in pretty rough shape so at some point I need to fix it up a bit more but seeing how it's usually covered in all sorts of things she pins on there you can't really even see it - ha! The rest of the room is pretty true to how her room always looks but I did tidy up her pinboard both for the sake of photos and to remove quite a few of the items on her pinboard that were more personal like pictures of friends, class lists, homework stuff, etc. As soon as I finished taking these pictures I quickly pinned them all back. =) 

The chair was on clearance from a local outlet store a couple of years ago and was already in this room. I originally wasn't planning on keeping it in here because it felt a little too grown up, however it has turned into a nice little spot for Lillie to snuggle up and read in so I think we actually will leave it in there. We added this cute little pillow and pink tufted poof both from Land of Nod to help make it feel more fun. And she found this fuzzy cozy rug at HomeGoods and it worked out perfectly in there.

We stole the deer painting I did for Lola's room just for these photos. Later this week we plan on adding our brand new Dear Lillie sign to that spot on the wall. 

We found this cute little heart shaped pinboards at Target a couple of months ago and added them to the girls' doors and she and Lola love leaving little notes on them. She informed me she would like me to mention she can write much neater than this - she was just writing quickly. Haha! 

You can't see them in most of the other photos because I had them turned off but these fun little star lights we found from Restoration Hardware Teen add some nice lighting at night to read by. They look way more yellow in this photo than they really are. They are more of a white light. 

They are really thin so when they are turned off you cannot even tell they are there!

We found this cute little heart garland with lights at Target and the horse bookend is from HomeGoods. The frame was from Target years ago. The curtains were already in here so we just added some pom pom trim that we bought at Joann's to make it feel a little more fun. The dresser was already in this room on the opposite wall that I don't think we ever shared when it was a guest room. We got it from Joss and Main several years ago. We removed the handles and spray painted them gold to go with the other gold accents in the room. The lamp was from a thrift store years ago and we just swapped it out from the other guest room when we did the switch. 

We made this little  bunny pillow by copying one of the little characters from the wallpaper. I messed up when I was sewing the ears and they are way taller and skinnier than how I had originally sketched them out - whoops! Oh well.

The cute little lamp, notebook and and frame are all from HomeGoods and the gold vase was actually once a candle from Target. And then there's the current American Girl book she's reading. 

The mirror was from Pottery Barn almost ten years ago and the piggy bank was a gift from my sister, Dana, to Lillie when she was tiny. I think it was from Target. The little polka dot jewelry box is from Target and I love the trophy urn from the Arrow's Nest.

And I think that about covers it!

Source List:

Wall Color - Graystone by Benjamin Moore
Trim Color - Simply White in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Door Color - Mopboard Black in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Wallpaper - Portraits from Wallpaper Direct
Bed - Overstock and we changed out the fabric
Antique Style Ruffled Duvet and Shams - Land of Nod
White Quilt - have had for years and years, I think possibly from Target
Pom Pom Bedskirt and Shams - Country Curtains a couple of years ago
Bunny Pillow - We made it
Black and White Pillows on Bed - Target
Rug - HomeGoods
Chair - The Loft furniture outlet in Williamsburg
Pink Tufted Poof - Land of Nod
Little Girl Pillow - Land of Nod
Black Velvet Pillow - HomeGoods
Black and White Throw - Ikea
Heart Garland - Target
Tall Dresser - Joss and Main
Trophy Urn - Arrows' Nest
Horse Bookend - HomeGoods
Mirror above Dresser - Pottery Barn close to ten years ago
Standing Lamp - from a consignment shop years and years ago
Drapery Panels - Ritva Panels from IKEA (96") with Pom Pom trim from JoAnn's
Shades - from Lowe's, they are now discontinued
Bunny Desk Chair - Pottery Barn Teen
Desk - Pottery Barn Kids
Chandelier - Restoration Hardware Baby and Child (over seven years ago)
Heart Shaped Pin Board - Target
Heart Shaped Marquee Light - Target
Dog Tape Dispenser - Target
Silver Chest - TJMaxx with pulls from HomeGoods
Little White Round Table - Target years and years ago
Lamp on Table - HomeGoods
Piggy Bank - Gift years ago (from Target)
Books - American Girl
Polka Dot Jewelry Box - Target
Chest with Stuffed Animals - HomeGoods
L on Desk - Michael's 
L on wall - Micheal's
Bunny on desk - thrift shop
notebooks and pencils - HomeGoods
Sound of Music posters - Movie Market 
Metal Boxes next to desk - HomeGoods
You Are My Sunshine Print - Dear Lillie (sold out)
This Little Light of Mine Print - Dear Lillie

I hope you all are have a fabulous week!

Thank you so much to Wallpaper Direct and Land of Nod for providing items for this room. 

Lillie's Almost Finished New Room

First, let me just say we are definitely not finished with Lillie's new room but we've made enough progress in here that we figured we at least share what we've done so far. The first thing we did was switch the beds from the two guest rooms. Honestly for about 2-3 weeks I kept trying to coming up with a plan that made it so we could keep the guest beds in the rooms that they were already in because I was dreading taking the two beds apart (well, technically the white tufted one is quite easy, but this canopy one is a nightmare!) but deep down I knew that I would always kick myself that I didn't take the time to switch them. This room made more sense to be Lillie's room due to the overall layout of our house but the bed that was in here was a queen size and we wanted to keep the queen size bed for our guests seeing how we have a lot of family that visit quite regularly. So, about two weeks ago I finally went ahead and spent the day taking the beds apart and moving a bunch of the furniture and I am so glad that I did. 

Once we had the furniture switched it was time to have some fun. We tried to use mostly all furniture we already had in the two guest rooms but because that all had a more "grown-up" type feel to it so we tried to make it still feel child-like and whimsical with the addition of the wallpaper and some of the accessories. I think think is my new favorite wallpaper! It's from Wallpaper Direct and you can find it here. We just did one wall to start with but Lillie and I both love it so much I think we will probably end up doing her whole room with it. 

I had been eyeing a small gold chandelier to add in here but then we took the chandelier down from the room she and Lola had been sharing because we are putting a basketball hoop in there now that it is just Lola's room (well, at least that's the plan - we spent quite a bit of time working on that the last few days but haven't quite finished it yet so are not completely sure it's going to work - ha!) Seeing how there was no way a basketball and a chandelier would mix it made sense to move it in here. Plus this was the chandelier my parent's bought for Lillie's nursery when I was pregnant for her so it was sweet to be able to add it in here. We kept the basic white bedding and pom pom trimmed bedskirt that was already on this bed but then added some beautiful shams and a gorgeous ruffled duvet from Land of Nod that we were perfect way to add some of the pink that Lillie loves in here. We already had the black and white pillows that we bought at Target several years ago and the two side table/nightstands we've had for years as well. I'm not a huge fan of how the silver one looks in here as we are using mostly gold accents so I will either paint it white or move it into another room and add a boxier type piece. 

The curtains were already in here so we just added some pom pom trim that we bought at Joann's to make it feel a little more fun. The dresser was already in this room. We got it from Joss and Main several years ago. We removed the handles and spray painted them gold to go with the other gold accents in the room. The lamp was from a thrift store years ago and we just swapped it out from the other guest room when we did the switch. 

The chair was already in this room and originally I wasn't planning on keeping it in here because it felt a little too grown up, however I have already walked in several times in the last few days to find Lillie snuggled up in the chair reading so I think we actually will leave it in there. We added this cute little pillow and pink tufted poof both from Land of Nod to help make it feel more fun. And she found this fuzzy cozy rug at HomeGoods and it worked out perfectly in there.

We found this cute little heart garland with lights at Target and the horse bookend is from HomeGoods. The mirror is from a consignment shop and we've had it for years and years. I'd like to put an oval mirror or something a little more narrow up there eventually but for now this is good. I love the trophy urn from the Arrow's Nest.

Lillie has turned into such a reader and is almost finished with the Samantha series. My sister's and I loved the American Girl books when we were little and I loved that my mom saved ours so now Lillie can read them.

You can see part of Lillie new desk chair with the bunny ears that we got during big sale right after Christmas at Pottery Barn Teen. I'll have more pictures of it and that whole wall once we've finished that section of her room.

The desk was a floor model piece on huge clearance from Pottery Barn Kids after Christmas (we'll share more pictures of this side of the room once it's done). And the heart marquee and little dog tape dispenser are both from Target. We made her little pinboard from a frame we had in the attic and some extra fabric. It still needs a little work though.

The sign was one we made and carried in our shop this fall but not one we currently have listed.

We made this little  bunny pillow by copying one of the little characters from the wallpaper. I messed up when I was sewing the ears and they are way taller and skinnier than how I had originally sketched them out - whoops! Oh well.

Lillie's favorite part of her room is definitely her desk. She's been asking for a desk for what seems like forever and has spent hours on end sitting there working on all her sketches and "scripts" and stories she loves to write. But I think her second favorite is this little heart shaped pin board we found at Target that she leaves little notes on about a hundred times a day - haha!

That's all for now. We are still plugging away on the one bare wall (the wall on the right when you walk in that's not shown in any of these images) where we are planning on doing a gallery type wall with several Sound of Music posters/pictures and some of her other favorite photos and probably some of her artwork as well. We are still playing around with it and figuring out just how much we can get up there - ha! And then we are working on the wall with her desk. And hopefully we will end up wallpapering the whole room. However, even though it's definitely not finished, it's nice to have it well on it's way!

And yes, we are making over Lola's room a little bit too now that it is her very own room and will share images from her room in another week or two once we've made a little more progress.

Source List:

Wall Color - Graystone by Benjamin Moore
Trim Color - Simply White in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Door Color - Mopboard Black in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Wallpaper - Portraits from Wallpaper Direct
Bed - Overstock
Antique Style Ruffled Duvet and Shams - Land of Nod
White Quilt - have had for years
Pom Pom Bedskirt and Shams - Country Curtains a couple of years ago
Bunny Pillow - We made it
Black and White Pillows on Bed - Target
Rug - HomeGoods
Chair - The Loft furniture outlet in Williamsburg
Pink Tufted Poof - Land of Nod
Little Girl Pillow - Land of Nod
Black Velvet Pillow - HomeGoods
Black and White Throw - Ikea
Heart Garland - Target
Tall Dresser - Joss and Main
Trophy Urn - Arrows' Nest
Horse Bookend - HomeGoods
Mirror above Dresser - from a consignment shop years and years ago
Standing Lamp - from a consignment shop years and years ago
Drapery Panels - Ritva Panels from IKEA with Pom Pom trim from JoAnn's
Shades - from Lowe's, they are now discontinued
Bunny Desk Chair - Pottery Barn Teen
Desk - Pottery Barn Kids
Chandelier - Restoration Hardware Baby and Child (over seven years ago)
Heart Shaped Pin Board - Target
Heart Shaped Marquee Light - Target
Dog Tape Dispenser - Target
Sign - Dear Lillie
Silver Chest - TJMaxx with pulls from HomeGoods
Little White Round Table - Target years and years ago
Lamp on Table - HomeGoods
Piggy Bank - Gift years ago (from Target)

I hope you all are having a fabulous weekend!

Thank you so much to Wallpaper Direct and Land of Nod for providing items for this room.