I don’t know about you, but in my house we have to keep everything “fair” amongst the girls.  The “fair perception” from their young minds is so important, so that no one is feeling slighted.  In the spirit of “fairness”, I had to create not one, BUT TWO uniquely decorated and fun bedrooms.  For this daughter, I chose a “Garden” theme.  Very similar to my other daughters room, yet just enough different.

I created a tree using a tree branch that fell from a neighbors tree.  Believe me…when I told my husband what my plans were with the fallen branch, he thought I had “LOST MY MIND!!!”  I have a tendency to “rope” him into my crazy ideas!  I created the tree similarly to the other post I made about my other daughters “Garden” room.  Once the branch was securely bolted to the wall, my husband drilled holes and I wood glued in the smaller branches to create the tree shape.  I then hot glued on each leaf.  It was a tedious task, but worth the effort.  I even included a bird nest in the tree.

I mounted wisteria to a beam in the room that hangs lower than the ceiling.  It created a fun effect!

I stapled white picket fence from Home Depot and fake flowers from The Dollar Tree and Walmart to the wall.  I used an air compressor & pneumatic nail gun for the stapling.  I added green ivy crawling up the trim and across the baseboard.

…and topped off the room with a personalization.

I painted wood letters from Michaels Crafts and nailed them to the wall.

Happy decorating…

“Wonder what I will come up with next”…

When my daughters were toddlers, I wanted to create fun, unique rooms for them that they wouldn’t outgrow quickly.  I thought, if I am going to put all of this effort into a room décor, I don’t want to have to change it in 2-3 years.  I decided on a “Forest” & owl theme for one of my girls.

I created a willow tree and a cherry blossom tree.  For the willow tree, I started with a branch from a live tree and bolted it to the wall.  I then drilled holes and inserted smaller branches to create the tree shape.  I used wood glue to keep the branches in place.  I then attached plastic willow pieces that I bought at Michaels crafts with wire to the ends of each branch.  For the cherry blossom tree, I started with a branch from a live tree.  I created the branches similarly to the willow tree.  I found cherry blossom picks at The Dollar Tree and hot glued the blossoms to the branches.

I stapled wood colored picket fence from Home Depot to the wall using an air compressor & pneumatic staple gun.  I stapled greenery I bought at Michaels crafts and numerous different fake flowers purchased at The Dollar Tree to the walls.

A forest was created.  I chose an owl theme quilt from Target that has trees to finish the room.

Happy Decorating…

“Wonder what I will come up with next”…

If your kids are like mine, they associate with all of the kids movies and characters that are popular.  They want “character” theme bedrooms, parties, etc.  I accommodated my daughters love of mermaids and swimming with an “Under the Ocean” theme bathroom.

I started with a reef wall decal that I found online.

I bought additional wall decals and paint that has sand in it to create the bottom of the ocean.

I couldn’t find any mermaid wall decals, so I made my own.  I took a mermaid book and had color copies made at Office Max.  I then cut them out and used a spray adhesive to attach them to the walls.

Of course the décor needed nets filled with starfish and shells, and glass bouys hanging from the ceiling.  I found the styrofoam chain during Halloween.  It was from a shackle and I bought it on clearance, then made an anchor to match.  I used a Styrofoam disc, drew & cut the anchor.  Bought 4 colors of paint that matched with the chain & sponge painted the colors onto the Styrofoam.  The anchor looks old & rusty.

I decided that the bathroom needed jelly fish hanging from the ceiling, so I bought plastic bowls & glued iridescent tissue & basket filler inside.  I hung them with clear thread & paper clips from the vent.  Too cute!

Happy decorating…

“Wonder what I will come up with next”…