Inspired

I know I said I would 'never over-decorate my child's room'....well, I take that back. I don't think I'm going to go over-board with a "young" theme, murals, everything coordinated...but I am REALLY excited about my daughter having her own room and maybe putting a little personality into it rather than just furniture. I grew up in a house that was old and my father would not let me paint the walls in my room. I was forever doomed to a life of eggshell white. I would have loved to have done a little room decorating and really made the space reflect who I was. I never got a chance to and now...I want to be able to give my daughter some of the options I didn't get. She's one, so she probably won't care too much about how I decorate her room for her, but I really want it to be able to grow with her. It can't be stuff that she'll outgrow in 2-3 years...maybe when she's a teenager! She's such a happy bubbly baby (toddler) most of the time that I think COLOR!! Sometimes she's really quiet and just likes to play by herself...and then I think cool colors, calming....Help!! So, here are my ideas...we'll see what our new space will lend itself to:

Bright colors: tangerine, turquoise blue, pink (SMALL amounts), small amounts of a purple, green, and yellow and her bedroom furniture which is a dark cherry brown

Cool colors: salmon pink, robin's egg blue, white, light yellow and her bedroom furniture which is a dark cherry brown (Although I'd prefer white with this color scheme)

I'd love to have a fabric tent for her to play in no matter which color scheme Maw-Bell Designs (link below) has a great pattern for one. They also have a fun crib bedding set; a little romantic for the bright colors...but it might be a fun combination all the same...a little "sassy."

I also want her to have some shelving, a dresser (I really wish I could have my dad's childhood dresser, restained it would have been PERFECT...alas, it is gone in the world of garage sales), and a small activities table. I found a fun one of those at Target the other day, with storage underneath...that's what I like to see (extra storage)!

I doubt I'll get to pain the walls either way since we'll be renting for at least a year. Too bad...I get really tired of white walls.

http://www.maw-belldesigns.com/