We have four bedrooms, two baths and a laundry room upstairs. I suppose I'll start with the least exciting space. :)
Warning: it looks AWFUL at present...
This is our overflow room. As you can see, I still have a few boxes to unpack. The middle of the floor is covered with things I've begun to sort, so I can more easily make decisions about where to put these last things.
The curtain rods you see over the windows were left by the previous owners. I have new rods and curtains to go up, whenever I can get to the windows to hang them :)
Some of our pictures and wall hangings are laying around in this room as well. A few of them have a place to go, but others I haven't decided yet.
When I consider hanging pictures on the walls, I think to myself, "You might as well wait until you paint that room before putting that up." The more time that passes without finishing my painting projects, the more I hang on the walls. :)
This room has just hit the top of the list and holds first place among my priorities for the house. So far this week, I emptied a few boxes, found a place for some of the things I'd sorted, picked out the paint, and found bedding that may work (on a bed we don't have yet). lol
Eventually, we hope to use this room as a nursery. There's plenty of room, so what should I put in it? hmm...
A friend of mine always had a bed in her nursery to use the room for guests when someone came in town. When someone visited, she'd move the baby to her room for nighttime, unless the guest was her mother or MIL. Then, they'd welcome sharing the room with the baby.
She gave me the idea of putting a twin bed in the room when we use it for a nursery. This is partly for extra room for guests and partly a bed for Mommy on difficult nights, so Daddy doesn't lose sleep. Our goal (wish us luck) is to have our babies sleep in their own room from the start. (And no, there's no news on that front.)
Just to give you a preview of what I'm thinking...
I bought this canvas about 10 years ago. At the time, I thought I'd use it in my little girl's room one day. I loved the bright colors and the verse is my Dad's favorite. It seemed perfect.
As you can see, it's still in the heavy plastic it was wrapped in when I bought it. It's literally never been unwrapped. It keeps making the move from house to house; being stowed in a safe, easily accessible place. Maybe I'll use it one day.
My choice of paint color was influenced by this canvas. You can see the paint chip at the bottom of the canvas in the pic above. I wanted a shade between the two blues, but toward the lighter color. Before long, we'll see how it looks on the walls!
I've been looking for the right bedding to coordinate with the color scheme without being too plain or matching too much. So far, I've had limited success...and I've spent a lot of time looking. This is one set that I'm considering, but I'm having trouble visualizing it in the room.
Picture care of Pottery Barn
Will it look right with the wall color? The canvas and other accessories? I'm not sure yet. It's difficult to color-match online.
I like the idea of using blue and white as the main colors and keeping it simple for the time being. The curtains I bought for this room are white sheers. When we get it, the furniture will be dark brown wood to provide some contrast between light and dark.
Since I love bright and vibrant colors, I will bring in more color with accessories based on the sex of the baby we hope to have one day. I like the idea of using orange with a boy and dark pink with a girl, but this is way too early to be figuring all of that out.
The main thing is that the room will be versatile. No matter how we dedicate its use, we can make it work without having to repaint. I like the sound of that.
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