Girls bedrooms are so fun to decorate. I had so much fun with this one…it’s our daughter’s.
The cape cod home we bought had been on and off the market for well over a year before we stumbled on it. When I walked into the house, I immediately knew it was “the one”. My husband was completely underwhelmed (but luckily is game for just about anything). Our realtor thought we were nuts for wanting to put an offer on it. “Why” you ask? Well, there are many examples I could give, but we’ll just talk about our daughter’s room right now.
This was the bedroom BEFORE.
MY OTHER PROJECTS
This may come as a shock, but compared to several rooms in the house, this one is only mildly offensive. Smurf-er-ific, right?!
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We wanted to kill the smurf.
It’s not very P.C. to say, but it’s the ugly (in this case, VERY ugly) truth. The smurf room had to die. We had other ideas in mind for this girl’s bedroom. We started by getting rid of the carpet, and installing hickory handscraped hardwoods. A bold yellow damask wallpaper was chosen for the walls. We took out the ceiling fan (even though I do agree that a nice ceiling fan can be very useful) and installed a petite shabby chic chandelier (similar to this)…
See the random ledge that sat under the window in the picture above?
And here:
That’s where a bunch of HVAC ductwork was housed, so the hubs and my Pop made some built-ins on top of it to help make some sense of it being there.
Here’s how it all turned out!
We used a striped fabric for the window treatments that brought in the yellow from the wallpaper as well as some pinks and greens. My mother-in-law was kind enough to sew them for us. Had a little cushion upholstered for the window seat and piped with extra yardage from the window treatments.
I used some inexpensive unfinished wood chairs and painted them with colors I had matched at Home Depot from a swatch of the curtain fabric. The table and chair set we ended up with is similar to this one (linked), that is already done for you. We used the little chairs to make a little tea party/crafting area.
girl’s room source list
- Chandelier
- Wall Art Frames and Scrapbook Paper
- Kids Table & Chair Set
- Tea Set
- Wallpaper: Seabrook, Vivace, Printers Guild Productions
- Handscraped hickory hardwood flooring
a girl’s bedroom doesn’t have to be ALL PINK, to be pretty.
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BEAUTIFUL!!! Love that wallpaper!
This looks great! If I had a house, I'd hire you to consult and design for me.
It is gorgeous, what a lucky little girl!
LOVE all of it! The wallpaper, floors, chandelier-really beautiful together. I just found your blog and am looking for seeing more of your projects!
Amazing job! Love the window shelves…whats the tiny little door lead to? THat is awesome. I love stuff like that!
my eyes no longer hurt from looking at that smurftastic room. i loooove the built ins. darling.
What a spectacular makeover – WOW – ( and it was ugly – and it DID need to die LMHO )
Beautiful vision – love love love!
Pinning a couple of these photos for inspiration
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Wow Heather what a fabulous makeover! Such a lucky girl to have such a beautiful room with built-in bookcases and a reading nook. Love the damask stencil – so soft. You killed that smurf gooooood! LOL
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Oh my goodness, thanks so much Marie!
What an absolutely magical room for a lucky little girl! I love the wallpaper and the built-ins. Every little girl should have a special reading nook. And all the angles in the room just add to it's charm! Very sweet Heather!
Thanks so much Sharon!
Awesome! I hope you have shown your realtor photos of the house now.
What a beautifully perfect room for a little girl!!! That wallpaper is gorgeous. Love it!
I know I already wrote on your Facebook page about how much I LOVE this space, but seriously, this is the best little girl's room I've ever seen! I want to hang out it here. Thanks so much for sharing it at The Makers!
You are so sweet Katie! We'll have a tea party someday in there 😉
Beautiful little girl's room. I thought for a moment that you had stenciled the walls, which would have been awesome, too.
Oh my goodness this room is awesome! I love that you had a vision for that offensive room. The lines of the ceiling are amazing and what a great little girl's room it makes. You did a great job making sense of that ledge too! Love everything about it!
Corey @ TinySidekick.com
Holy Moly! I'm so excited for y'all that you got to kill that ugly Smurf! 😉
The room is gorgeous! Well done!
~ Ashley
WOW…this is absolutely gorgeous!
Amazing transformation!! Love the wallpaper and the little table and chairs!!
What a lovely room! Your little girl is so lucky!
Gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing at the Twirl & Take a Bow Party! I'm pinning and sharing on my FB page!
Leslie
House on the Way
This is such a pretty room. I absolutely love that wallpaper.
What a great room, Heather! So pretty and such a great size. This will really grow with her. Love the wallpaper you chose. I did my granddaughter's bedroom makeover when my daughter moved into her first/new house a few years ago and it was also blue. Due to budget we did keep the blue carpet and used blue as a very minor accent color, but everything else was white or cream colored. As little as my granddaughter was (2, I think), she loved and still loves her room!
Your granddaughter's room sounds lovely Kathy! Thanks for the kind words 🙂
This room is fabulous! The built-in shelving really just took it over the top!! The wallpaper is pretty amazing too. Great job!!
Jeannine @ The Concrete Cottage
Stop by House on the Way tonight and see your gorgeous room featured at the Twirl & Take a Bow Party!
Leslie
This is beautiful – well done you
Sarah @ EDEA Smith
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Heather,
Seriously gorgeous! All traces of the Smurf room are completely gone! Love the colors and wallpaper. Wow! Love it!
wow that is a huge transformation!! It looks awesome, I would love it for my room!
-Shonee
http://www.hawthorneandmain.com
I love the before and after photos. It really shows how much of a difference color makes in a room. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Drooling over this room! It's adorable!
You are so talented. I love, love, love this room makeover! I love the wall paper and the shelves. Man I wish I had this room. I am featuring it for worthwhile Wednesdays! Were live at 8pm. Stop by grab your button, and link up again!
~Allie http://WWW.CRAFTYALLIEBLOG.COM/
So sweet of you Allie, thank you very much!
Oh my goodness…this room is ADORABLE! Your kids have the best bedrooms! I don't know what I like better–the chandelier or the damask wall paper. It's all gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing this with our Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop readers.
Wow what a gorgeous transformation!! Love the bookshelves!!
I totally love what you did with the window! We added built-in bookshelves, too, to our windows. They are so handy. I see what attracted you to this house, those sloped ceilings in the bedroom are so fun!!!!
Wow! Amazing transformation. I am so jealous of your built-ins. I've been asking for a very similar built-in set up for a while. Great job! Nobody is going to miss Smurfy. Thanks for sharing at Show Me Saturday link party.
This is so stinking adorable!!!
I thought I kind of liked the wall color… before I saw the after photos. Wow!
Fit for a princess! I love the wallpaper!
Hi Heather! We just wanted to drop by and say we loved your room so much! We are featuring it on Found & Foraged tonight!
I'm so in love with this room!! It's gorgeous and I love every single detail, especially the wallpaper and shelves.
Wow! What an amazing little girls room! I love it! We just moved (again) so we get to redo parts of our little girls room. I am so excited! She is 15 months right now, but I want something she can grow into. I love how this room will grow with your little one. Great job!
I think this is the cutest little girl's space I have ever seen! Love it! Shared on FB 🙂
Thank you so much Christy! I am thrilled that you love it, as I LOVE your site! Cheers! Heather
It’s so pretty!! I love it!!!
I like how this bedroom can grow with your child!
Guys this room is AWESOME!!!!!!! This is a very loved little/big girl by all her family. The room is amazing and to be loved by any little or big girl. The color combo is gorgeous.
THANK YOU so very much 🙂 We really do love that space, too. It was a little slice of little girl heaven for her.