Home Sweet Home-Ellie's Room

We are slowly tackling spaces around here little by little and we want to share our progress as we complete them. It is great to see the spaces come to completion and I love to check things off my list! Ellie's room was the first space to get completed. It just kind of happened that way as she had most of her items already and so with just a few details it came together. The only thing we would want for her room is a little side table next to her bed and some blinds (she has the only room without blinds and has flower shades instead), but other than that I would say her room is complete. I have been waiting to take pictures of the completed room for it to be clean, but that is not exactly reality. ;) Ellie loves to watch house shows with me and then will decorate her room with "rugs"(otherwise known as blankets) and pillows and chairs become couches and room dividers. She is very creative and her room is always evolving to showcase that.

Before:

 This was Ellie's room right after we closed on the house. The whole house was painted grey with an underlying tone of purple, with the exception of the basement, two bathrooms and the master and master closet.

In Between:

 This is how her room was for about 6 months or more. She got paint and then pretty much used what she had from her last room. Ben decided to repaint her bed a softer white color and so it was being worked on.

After:

 Her bed is complete! It is so nice to have it back. Ben did a couple repairs and sanded it down and repainted it, which was more work than he thought it would be. She got new curtains and art, as well as a change in closet hardware. She had a brass knob and she chose a more updated one. I made the tissue paper flowers for her rainbow birthday party and after her party we hung them over her bed. Her room has turned out great and is one of my favorite rooms of the house! She has her own opinions and so she had just as much say in art and curtain choices as we did. I would give her options and then she would make the decision. It is her space and it was important for her to like her space!

With the bed and dresser next to each other you can see the change in color. We love the new color much more. Ben is planning on repainting the dresser in the future. 

So our first room pretty much complete! Fun and girly, which represents Ellie perfectly!