Around her room

Welcome to Kylie's room! The paint is a soft-white and the carpet is a lovely light beige but with all the pink bouncing around in the room, the photos all look slightly pink.



As you enter her room, you immediately see her full-sized bed. (She's doing great sleeping in it; no troubles at all about moving up from the toddler bed.) I put some little steps at the bottom of the bed to help her climb up. She uses the steps as a jewelry box and mailbox. Underneath the bed are two suitcases that belonged to my Nanny J. They hold Kylie's Barbies and her Little Ponies. You can also see her princess lamp and her tea set sitting on her nightstand.

There was an 80's style ceiling fan as her light fixture. It wobbled and creaked and was fairly scary and ugly. We took it down and replaced it with a simple hanging bulb set that we got at Home Depot. Around the hanging bulb we suspended an over-sized white Japanese lantern we got at Pier One. I loved the look of the lanterns and filled the ceiling with them!

At the foot of the bed is Kylie's foldable princess tent. Behind the tent (not shown in picture) is a padded bench with a flip-top lid that holds some of her stuffed animals. The curtains are ones from her nursery. The curtain rod was a real find a Target for just $10.


As your eye moves around the room, you'll see her closet (with bi-fold doors) that holds three bookcases of books, her clothes, and other sundries.


Then we have her lamp (from her nursery) and her dresser. On her dresser is her bank, her white-noise sound machine and night-light and an inflatable globe. This is the art above her dresser.


The large picture is one I took from her recent 3rd birthday. On either side, I have framed small fragments of her baby onesies in Ikea Ribba pre-matted frames. I cut the pictures out of some of my favorite onesies that she wore as a newborn and infant. They've been sitting in a box waiting to be put into a scrapbook. I'm so tickled with how they came out as framed pieces of art/history.

As we move back to the door, we have Kylie's pink and white spotted anywhere chair. And above the chair, I have this framed piece of art.

This is a one-of-a-kind art piece created by Native American elder, teacher, author, artist and family friend Joseph Rael. Joseph gifted Kylie with her Native American Spirit name of U-cha-waa Spring Blossoms which translates into "Blossoms sing summer into be-ing". My mom commissioned the painting from Joseph and I'm pleased it has a place of honor in Kylie's room.

I plan to add a few other art pieces to Kylie's room. I have to say I just love the 3M picture hanging strips. It gives me a free feeling to know that I can pull a picture down and rearrange them and not have to deal with nail holes.

So that's Kylie's room! More of the house is to come.

For now I'll leave you with today's beach pictures!



Hair in a ponytail...I love it!