The Girls' Rooms

Pretty much from the day we found out I was pregnant, people asked what we were going to do with Darby's room. It was almost like people were concerned about where we were going to put her. We just kept saying, well we are going to give her the office, but don't know what we are going to do in there. We talked about a couple of ideas, but nothing really stuck. Well, as time went by so did the idea of doing something to her room. Jump forward 9 months to January and still nothing had been done to Darby's room...enter Kim and Bill.

I am not going to pretend that I am the homemaking, creative type. I am just not. I think I missed that one in the gene pool. Luckily, I have an amazingly talented husband and a seamstress for a sister. So with their minds combined they turned both of my daughter's rooms into a magical kid wonderland.

We refer to Darby's room as the "Sky is the Limit" room. The fan is a picture of outer space, there are 4 hand painted hot air balloon pictures (made by Bill), a cloud mural with Darby's name in the middle, an awesome orange and blue circular rug, and homemade curtains and valence by Kim and Bill. We started messing with a few colors, then we just went crazy with color. I thought it was going to be over the top, but it turns out it is absolutely perfect. All of the pictures are still missing a crib (still waiting for Ryan to grow out of that bad boy, but we are in no rush whatsoever), and a recliner (right now ours is downstairs for extra seating for visitors).

The adorable valence and curtains. Curtains and valence sewed by Kim, constructed by Bill. The end table used to be in my room when I was a baby, just repainted. The lamp is a hot air balloon, from Hobby Lobby. Lastly, the sign on the far side of the room read, "Future Auburn Tiger." It is a baby present for Darbs from our neighbor.

I am obsessed with this rug as well, may be my favorite one I have ever owned. Bill's parents got it for Darby as her welcome home gift.

The cloud mural painted by Bill, letters and balloons from Hobby Lobby. Bill is so freaking talented.

Four hot air balloon paintings. At the bottom of each painting is a perfectly placed, "Daddy."Now, Ryan's room back in the Opelika house was like the epitome of a little girl's pink and brown room. I was so in love with her room. Bill worked so hard to make it absolutely amazing. It was definitely the hardest room to leave when we moved. I remember the new owner asked if she could send painters the last day we were in the house, and of course we did not mind. Well, the first room they painted was my sweet little girl's pink room. I almost cried as I saw them cover the lovely pink with dark coffee. Now the only problem with having such a themed nursery, is you have WAY too much pink and brown accessories, but unfortunately no pink and brown walls. So, we just had to make it work. We painted Ryan's new room this soft green and just put every bit of pink and brown accessory up that we could and just hoped that it would all mesh. Well, to me it never did, that was until tonight. My sister made the most amazing curtain/ valence combination. I am obsessed with it. The valence is covered with this adorable owl fabric. I knew I wanted some sort of animals in Ryan's room because she is a fanatic, and when I saw the owls I was sold. My grandma Shirley collects Owls and I love how every time I look at the owls I think of her. SO, finally we are done with the girl's room. Short of Ryan having the one bed that both of them need, we are done (don't worry we have a bassinet for Darbs).

I wanted to cry looking at this picture. It is truly what I wanted Ryan's room to be. Kim, you did such an amazing job!! This is the scene I see every night before bed time. Bill LOVES reading to his little girl. Bookshelves in the back built by Bill, and the toy box was built by Bill's dad and painted by his mom. I love how personalized our girls' rooms are! Little bit closer up. If you look closely you can see the owls, they are so stinking cute! Ryan makes the cutest face when she looks at them.

Picture up top taken by Bill, frame from the Koseks, dresser from Angel's antique.
"R" came from Storkland back in the day, the two outside pictures are framed sewing's that have hung in my mom's room, both me and my sister's rooms, and now in Ryan's room.

Sign came from Storkland, matching bookshelf created by Bill, measuring stick given to us from the Koseks. Ryan always stands against it and says, "tall, tall"

I have walked in their rooms repeatedly tonight and just smiled. It is amazing how much a nice window treatment can totally change the entire outlook of the room. Thanks Kimmer & Bill! Love you guys!!