A bedroom fit for a Teen Queen

Remember last year when I mentioned that I was working with my Aunt on my cousin Emma's  bedroom makeover? 

We actually finished it up last fall but my Aunt has been CRAZY busy since then and hadn't had time to take any photos, until last week.

I'm so excited to finally share this project with you!!! It was definite labor of love and my Aunt and I had a blast, the best part was Emma's reaction though......sweet tears of joy. 

It doesn't get better than that!

Bedding and Curtains from Anthropology

Emma's room is short on storage so we decided to hang these various hooks for her scarves, hats, purses and belts. 

Pretty and functional!

Custom 'Keep dreaming' sign made by blogger Susie Harris.

*All images by Caroline Madsen Photography


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Late nights

 Our older boys, two and almost five, have been sharing a room for over a year now. Everything started out pretty good. However, over the past six months they have been awful at bedtime! We let them have books, a nightlight and they can talk all they want as long as they do it quietly and stay in their beds. That didn't last long. They jumped on their beds, climbed up on and walked across the dresser between their beds to get to each other, stripped all the sheets and blankets off of their beds and threw them out in the hallway and any other naughty thing a young boy could come up with. They wouldn't stop coming out of their room so we  put up a baby gate in the doorway. Once they figured out how to climb over it we had to double up on them, thankfully they never climbed it, but all that it solved was keeping them in the room. It's steadily gotten worse and worse and Stanley and I were spending almost two hours every evening getting them to go to sleep. That meant the only time that we had with each other was spent in frustration. I had had enough.  We considered splitting them up and moving Jude downstairs but I knew he wouldn't sleep down there by himself. We had also talked about getting bunk beds, then at least they wouldn't be looking right at each other.  One day when Stanley was at work last week (after an especially late night), I moved the crib from the nursery into Jude's room and moved Phins bed into the nursery. The first day was a little rough, Phin is so used to sleeping with Jude and he was upset. One week later though bed time is bliss! We still have some nights that are a little rough but now we're looking at thirty minutes at the most and not two hours. Most importantly Stanley and I have our evenings back and I can't tell you how nice that is. This set up is only temporary though because Isaac is still in our room in the bassinet. Once he moves into the crib we'll have to see how things go. The boys may get moved downstairs at that point, who knows. For now I'm just happy that bedtime no longer makes me want to pull my hair out!

Anyone else have any problems like this??

PS- Anyone know if this is real La Fiorentina? It sure looks and feels like the real thing but I'm not sure of the colorway!? I ran into Ross a few weeks ago to return something and found a pair of these pillows for the exact amount of my return ($9.99 a pillow!). 

Score!!

Glam baby

light fixture/painting/stool/rocker/crib/paint/rug

Loving this mix for a wee ones room!

What I'm loving right now....

Hello from the land of breast milk, dirty diapers and sleepless nights!

Just popping in to say Hi and share a few of my loves of late.


1.These curtains, which are GORGEOUS in person.


Like so gorgeous you could make a wedding dress out of them- no joke!

Source: anthropologie.com via Katie on Pinterest

2.This nursery from the Traditional Home Hamptons 2012 Showhouse by House of Honey ............I don't have words for how fabulous it is.

Source: bitohoney.tumblr.com via Katie on Pinterest

Although I could do without the butterfly......

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Source: bitohoney.tumblr.com via Katie on Pinterest

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Source: bitohoney.tumblr.com via Katie on Pinterest

That rocker, the wallpaper and paint color, the rug, the styling.......it's all SO good!!



3.This rug which is for sale on Craigslist very near me and would be fab in our living room......anyone want to buy it for me?

Source: montana.craigslist.org via Katie on Pinterest

4.This vanilla bean cheesecake with chocolate crust and salted caramel looks so good!

Source: formerchef.com via Katie on Pinterest

However, seeing as how I have lost 38 pounds since having Isaac six weeks ago (YAY me!!),  I'm gonna pass and keep up my diet. But somebody make it and eat some for me!


And of course I'm loving these munchkins.

Happy Monday!!!

Boys room updates

 

   We've been working a lot on Jude and Phin's room over the last month.  Phin used to be blocked into his bed (we had it turned backwards with the headboard at the opposite end and then two bed rails on the sides.) but he managed to figure out how to squeeze his way out. There was no point in having his bed face the wrong way, since he could climb out anyway, so we turned it around and took one of the side rails off. 

Months ago I ordered matching white comforters for their beds, with the intention of making duvet covers for them. I'm still planning on doing this but it will probably be after Isaac is born. It's so nice to actually have their beds made with matching bedding (such a pet peeve of mine.)!  I bought twin size flat sheets to make the duvets out of, they're white with a simple khaki/green ticking stripe.

The bench was given to me by my Mother-in-law and it fits perfectly at the end of Jude's bed with a big wire basket of books underneath.

The horse picture was taken by a friend of mine from high school, it's one of my favorite pieces!

The armoire in their room was a piece I refinished years ago, it's from a vintage Thomasville bedroom set that my Aunt and Uncle gave to us years ago, the set includes the limed dresser in Isaac's nursery. They keep mostly toys in it but it also hides their CD player and extensive stuffed animal collection (EVERY Sesame Street character). They each have a dresser in the closet (plus the one in between their beds) for clothes.

I still have a lot I'd like to do in this room (like install the moroccan light fixture I've been hoarding for 2 years.) but I am shocked at how much we've gotten accomplished in the 10 months we've been here. This is what the room looked like before we moved in.

SOOOOO much better!!!!!!!!!!!!