its pinkalicious!

Ever since we have moved in there have been constant decorating projects going on. Backsplash, painting, levelling, there are talks of adding an exercise/weight room, shutters you name it! but by far the room I have spent the most amount of time on , and had the most fun with was Piper's Pinkalicious room! she is 5 so i didnt give her alot of choice, just went with what I knew she would love. She loves the book Pinkalicious, and all things princessy. I don't go for characters so just didnt offer or mention them. She is over the top girly and when looking at clothes for me, she chooses a sparkly pink evening gown, and that pretty much describes her style...and her room :)

First came the paint. We walked into Lowe's and let her choose. I showed her the hot pinks and rose petals and everything in between, making extreme effort to avoid pepto-ish. Of course, she marched right over to the Laura Ashley section and chose "Rosewater" which, by some, could be considered medicinal. But it has grown on me and she absolutely loved the color from day 1.

We then bought her some new white girly furniture...she had been sharing with a boy before (YUK) so now there was no consideration for the gender neutral option. I chose the stuff with the sparkly knobs....Beau asked her what she wanted and of course she chose the same...a mother knows these things.

She tags everything......like a graffiti artist...you name it, somewhere on it, there is her name. This has been happening ever since she learned to write it. The filing cabinet, the fridge, the inside of my dryer, inside cabinet doors, all of our sheets. We never catch her in the act so we just kinda let it slide cause she is careful to do it where its not noticeable. It has become a family joke, hopefully it is not indicative of the future lol. Because of this talent for tagging, i knew she would love her name on the wall.

We added some hooks out of necessity. The dress up clothes are mighty plentiful. The mirror is the perfect compliment :) and every princess forgets her crown now and then so the mirror is always equipped.

I got her the dress form, just because i found it too fabulous to pass up. I snuck it into her room and when she finally noticed she thought it was the most beautiful thing ever. she loves to dress it up, and hates for paxton to come in her room when its naked!!haaaaa

I needed something to do with her hair bows. they were taking over the fishy bathroom that she shares with the younger boys. I searched and searched and almost went with a simply ribbon bow hanger, but then i stumbled across tutu bow holders. I couldn't find just what we wanted, but fortunately there was an awesome etsyseller willing to do a custom.

We put blinds on her window but I intended to add a curtain. I just couldn't find anything i loved. It couldn't be simple, that just wasn't her. but there just wasn't anything out there that fit :( I am soo not crafty and cant make a thing but I had a vision. a feather boa valance. I thought it would be easy, id just hang some hooks and toss it up there. It turned out to require 4 boas and alot of nails but in the end she loves it. She is under strict instruction not to mess with it. She is really good at obeying (unlike her four brothers) and she loves how pretty it looks so she just admires it and rubs it occasionally haaa. Pearce is after it for sure, so we will see how long it lasts :)

She got the chandelier for her bday and it took her daddy a week or more to install but in the end it was worth it. She had wanted one forever (they are in the book) and chosen her favorites over and over. it doesn't give off a ton of light but it looks great and thats what counts :)

all thats left is some artwork. we are eyeing a few pieces, but no decision yet. hopefully by this weekend.

its soo fabulously pinkalicious i just cant stand it. if you think its a little much, your right , it is :) but thats what she loves!