For the majority of the summer, the talk of the house has been 1st grade. What a big girl she is....How exciting it's going be....How different the school is going to be compared to where she is now...etc. etc. etc.
So, a few months ago she, quite matter of factly, told me that if she was going to be a big girl in the 1st grade, then she felt as though she deserved a big girl bedroom. Personally I didn't think she had a baby room by any stretch of the imagination. I was a bit perplexed about what part of her bedroom she dubbed as "babyish". So, I asked:
"What exactly is a big girl room sweetie?"
She looked at me...rolled her eyes so hard that they are still currently looking out of the back of her head...and said:
"DUH! Pink!"
After choking back a bit of vomit I thought: Awesome.
We agreed, as adults do, that I got to choose what colors would go in - and what accessories. Mom would do the room - and surprise her.
Because over my dead body was there going to be a pink princess room with a pink canopy and princess decals stuck to the walls. It was one of those foolish things I said out loud when I was pregnant and found out I was having a girl:
"I will never have a pink room in my house"
I am now, officially, eating my words.
It's taken me three days, many trips to Target and my house still has the stench of paint. But it's done. I unveil to the internet: My girls "big girl room".
6 comments:
That turned out so darn cute!!! I really, really like it.
Uh, I want that room. For ME.
I'm so impressed with this great room. I think I will make plans soon to see it in person. Perhaps you should be a decorator!
Um, that is gorgeous. The before looks better than any room I have ever done, and the after is awesome!
i LOVE it! nice job!!!!!
we're re-doing a room this weekend. going from crib / mattress on the floor to bunkbeds. really stepping it up here.
Both the before and after look better than any room in my entire house. I don't even have anything on the walls of my baby's room.
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