BIG GIRL ROOM

LittleBit has a lot of growing up to do in the near-term horizon.  She is more than ready, I think.  Mommy is the hold up.  I completely admit that I'm clinging to her babyhood.  She is a wonderful baby and has been from the start.  Most importantly, she's MY baby.  I fully embrace the fact that this is a limited-time engagement and that my babies will be grown in the blink of an eye.  I want them each to be fully immersed in each phase of their life.  I was most guilty of "being too big for my britches" as Mama would say.  I was always striving to be a little more grown up.  Well, here we are...all growed up.  And loving the sight and sound of her little paci...her sweet eyelashes laying on her cheek...how she looks running around in her little diapers...laying her down in her baby crib to sleep.  Anyway, as everyone is keen to remind me - I will have another baby to cherish in just a few short months.  And there's no stopping the growing.  I tried to make a deal with LittleBit to just be my baby forever, but she is re-trading the terms.  So, following her lead, the next couple months will include paci abandonment, a crib-to-bed transition and likely potty training.  Heaven help me.

First up, and easiest to stomach, is the big girl bed.  Here are the plans:

PAINT
Walls are SW Possibly Pink.  Love it.  If I were doing it again, I think I'd test at 50% and 75%.  Trim will be Benjamin Moore White Dove.  Doors will be Benjamin Moore Ashley Gray.  Debating on whether to paint below the chair rail in Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter or to leave it white.

FURNITURE
Planning to use my childhood bed (which was also my mothers and my grandmothers).  It is a very simple white-painted child bed.  I am planning to paint it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Coco.

Moving my antique carved, distressed armoire into the room.  We'll finish the trunk that my darling husband built to use as a night table, space permitting, and perhaps paint another old spare night table with the Coco paint.  Eventually, I'd like to move our Ikea mirror up there as a floor mirror.

BEDDING

Hopefully no bedskirt.  We'll see how it looks.  Pottery Barn Pearl Embroidered Sheet Set, Sandalwood (no longer available).

Pottery Barn Grand Embroidered Duvet Cover and Standard Shams in Espresso.  

I have some old standard shams in a blue-gray velvet that might look nice.  And the piece de resistance, a pair of throw pillows in this beautiful fabric.

 Finally, this precious Taylor Linens pillow that was a gift from Grandma.

ACCESSORIES
Lamps - reusing an old pair of  scrolled lamps that are currently in the guest room.  Need new ivory shades.

Artwork - will reuse LittleBit's alphabet prints from Etsy (digital files arranged and edited by ME), likely on either side of her bed, above the night tables

Canopy - considering sewing a canopy for above/behind the bed using the same fabric as the throw pillows along with a solid colored lining.

Curtains - either using the blue silk, or sewing some linen panels.  Leaning toward the linen panels now.

Going to build a play tent for LittleBit.  Plans look like a teepee, with lots of girly upgrades.

BATHROOM
Is painted Sherwin Williams Possibly Pink.  Now that I'm leaning toward the linen curtains, I'm undecided on a shower curtain.  Was going to move the blue gray from the guest room, but we will just see how that looks.  Definitely sewing a relaxed roman shade from the same fabric above for the window.  Thinking of painting the vanity Benjamin Moore Ashley Gray.

Need new bathroom art to go with the new color scheme.  Just like for Baby's bathroom, I'm loving the Restoration Hardware Baby & Child Hand Folded Vintage Map.  We shall see if this is DIY possible.  Would love to have one for each of them!

The vanity knobs are from Anthropologie (no longer available).

Her vanity set is from Target - the Threshold Oil Can set in Pink.

Her towels are Hotel Collection in white with a pink monogram.

This weekend we managed to get started on the nursery.  Moved the bed out and prepped for painting.  My sweet husband is patching sheetrock over three of our lovely vintage intercoms.  Can't tell you how glad I am to see those things go! He finished painting one (of four) doors in the nursery Ashley Gray.  And Joss & Main brought back the Addison carved panels for the nursery.  After a tense half hour of refreshing my browser - haha - I was able to "add to cart".  Hope they arrive soon!