Elise has been inching back her wake-up time for a couple of months. Before she starts waking with the birds, we thought some blackout curtains for her room were in order. After a fruitless search for something off-the-shelf, the hunt for fabric to make my own curtains was on. I wanted a small pattern that was fun […]
Elise’s Room: Low- or no-cost artwork
I thought I’d share some of the low-cost or no-cost pieces of artwork in Elise’s room. (This is my last post about her room for now. I promise.) The shadowbox house was a $3 Goodwill find. Strangely, I went into the store that day specifically looking for a shadowbox and I walked out with this […]
Elise’s room: Furniture
I hope you don’t mind that I’m milking Elise’s room for a couple more posts. I’m really proud of it and there’s just so much in there to talk about! Like I mentioned before, the crib was the only main expenditure for the room. The rest of the furniture cost us very little. The dresser […]
Elise’s bedroom tour
You’ve seen Elise’s closet, but I can’t believe I haven’t posted about her bedroom yet. I decorated it mostly before she was born, and other than shuffling some things around, it hasn’t changed that much in 16 months. I wanted to create a bright, colorful space that wasn’t too babyish. We knew we were expecting […]