Big Girl Room

This is the room that I built. Ok, I didn't build it build it, but I dreamt it up, designed it, painted it, and finally completed it this past weekend. And I'm pleased with it. Make that beyond pleased. It's just dripping with cute!

HGTV must be paying off for me or something. I don't think I have a knack for decorating. Like, at all. But Izzy's room blew my creativity brain and skills to new levels.

I still have a lot of wall stuff to hang, but you'll get the general idea from these pictures.

Ready to stripe
Isabel was eager to help

Taped and ready to start
First the green
Then the white
Then the chair rail (and about 15 thousand coats of white paint on the rail to hide the nails!)
Getting things set up
The bedding that inspired it all
I learned a valuable lesson during this project: If you are a perfectionist, do NOT try to do stripes on walls with texture. I spent countless hours with a detail brush trying to straighten out my lines. Why? Because I knew they were crooked! There has to be a better way.

I'll post a few pictures of the totally completed room as soon as I reach that point. There is a window shade on its way, a shelf that needs to be hung, and a few wall details I'm going to add. Once I get there, you'll see a new post. Until then, you can find me hanging out in Izzy's room adoring the cute!

**UPDATE**
I just added the wall letters that my sister-in-law so lovingly hand painted! Thanks Myrt - they are absolutely perfect!!!!!