Lucy's room

I had a request to show some more of the rooms in my house.  I'm holding out on my master bedroom until it's all finished, so I'll pick some other rooms to share with you.  It's hard to pick because they are all a work in progress and many of them I did 7 years ago when I moved into our house, so they don't necessarily reflect what I'm doing right now.  But I still like them and think you might like to see.  

Today we're looking at Lucy's room.  Hannah got a new room when I had Lucy, so I had many pieces I wanted to use from Hannah's nursery in Lucy's room.  But, I wanted Lucy to have some things that were just hers, so I picked a few new items to mix in with what I already had.

So Hannah's nursery was pink, cream, and brown.  The walls were already pink, I already had the crib and dresser, and I had the three frames on the wall (with different pictures).  I rewired and painted an old chandelier that was given to me by my sister in-law.

I got Lucy new bedding from Pottery Barn Kids, new flower artwork and new drapes.  The flowers are painted on wood and the hooks and ribbons were already there.  When I went to hang the new pictures up, they were too small and looked too far apart.  So I took the old frames I had, took out the glass, spray painted them a bright turquoise color, and hung the new pictures up inside the old frames.

Okay, so this is where you see that this is a room we LIVE in and not a model home.  Please don't judge the grungy old glider.  The quilt on the back of the chair was from Hannah's old crib set.  I found the dresser at a consignment store when I was pregnant with Hannah, painted it in a random stripe pattern and added crystal knobs from Restoration Hardware.  The bookshelf is from Land of Nod and the pillow is from Pottery Barn Kids.

And there you go, with just a few new items, we changed from a very lovely soft, pink, cream, and brown nursery for Hannah, to a brighter more colorful nursery for Lucy.

If you aren't happy with a room, or even just want something different, there's no need to scrap the whole thing and start over.  With just a few new or different items, you can change the entire look and feel of a room.