Hi! I took last week off to use the time to prep for Laelia’s birthday! Her actual birthday was on Wednesday and we went to the grove with Aunt Kristina and Beth, Orion, and baby Fawn. We got her a bitty baby from the American Girl store and went to lunch. We bought sprinkles cupcakes to bring home for dessert! Then her party was on Saturday at Beth’s house. I’ll be sharing the photos just as soon as possible! But today, I’d like to share our bedroom progress, before the whole thing is totally finished!
Before:
We laid out a new rug from Rugs USA, which we got for a great deal! The wardrobes are all set up and organized. Now they are ready to be styled and have the drawer fronts put on. 
I put two large baskets at the bottom for laundry and blankets. They work great!
This mirror is AMAZING! It’s so great being able to see your whole self in a mirror! I didn’t realize what a difference it made until we brought this mirror home, and suddenly I’m more inspired to work out and put more effort into my clothing. As a reminder, this is the tiny “before” mirror: 
The blue tape here is because I still need to paint a small detail in the frame, and I just haven’t gotten to it yet!
This is the most pathetic view of our new bedroom; the TV works but is broken and we haven’t decided whether we want to replace it or just buy an iPad, which is why it has not been re-centered and we haven’t hidden the wires yet. Also, we are going to strip the black off this dresser soon!
So, we’ve made a huge impact pretty quickly! We love-love-love it. We kinda want to do everything in our new room! However, I’d say our room is not nearly complete!
Here’s our bedroom to do list:
PAX WardrobesPaintRearrange roomNew Curtain RodHang the curtains higherKnob for mailboxMirror- Light above Mirror (still isn’t properly wired)
Artwork above closet- Curtains for closet
- O’verlays for the doors
- Drawer Fronts
- Strip & Repaint Dresser
- Paint Closet
- Night Stands
- Light Fixture
- New Lamps?
- More artwork
- Replace or remove TV
- Style shelves
- Re-upholster or replace ottomans
I’m probably forgetting a few things more things I’d like to do in there, but you get the idea. I’m really hoping to be able to find a good brass sputnik lamp that is NOT thousands of dollars (I’m hoping more like $2-300). Wouldn’t a sputnik lamp look AMAZING in here?!! If anyone has a good lead, please let me know!
Ty was home sick and in bed all day, so I couldn’t fiddle around with the details in our bedroom today. As I had finished up the last of some freelance responsibilities yesterday, I was still itching to get stuff done; I put myself to good use and finally got around to finishing up these benches and finalizing frame placement in the hallway (things changed in there after the picture ledges moved to Laelia’s new room). I’d say both the kitchen and the hallway are 90-95% done! Woo-hoo!
Anyway, we eventually moved onto here:
Definitely getting somewhere better here, but then I thought up a new way of having our room about 6 months ago, and I started preparing for the transition and our bedroom lost a lot of love, and it didn’t have a lot to begin with. Does anyone else do that? The second you decide on a making over a room, even if it is a YEAR away, you just start to tend to it less? I mean, I let the curtain rod in this room just totally droop and I completely ignored it, despite the screws having completely removed themselves from the walls!
(And, why, yes, I did recently write a post about 
Headband: Old Navy
I finished painting the flowers on Laelia’s night stands last week! I’m super happy with how they turned out. I’m thinking I’d like to add a more fuchia-y color at some point in the future, but I’ll see how it plays off the quilt (whenever I get to that… all the fabric is almost cut, and my sewing machine is set up on the kitchen table and it’s calling my name, but I have a HUGE list of things I can do before I sit down and sew! D: )
Painting the flowers was pretty straightforward and easy, and I took my inspiration from the 
Cape: Target
