The never ending projects

A while back back I said I'd post pictures of Graces room when I got it together.(Way back when I reminded you)  Well as together as we get around here.  The past few months  I have been getting her room organized and figuring out what I needed to best utilize the small space we have to work with.  We also got her new bed, new night stand and new toy box.  I thought I'd let you know what all we had to do to make it work.

We ordered the bed first.  That was back in April or may.  We ordered it through quilts extra.  Its a White(of course) wrought Iron bed.  It took about 8 weeks to arrive but it was worth the wait.  I have not one regret with this bed.  I'm in love with it.  We decided on a double bed, mainly because it would suit guests, but also I like the idea of Gracie having this bed for years and years to come.

So Gracies bed is a double.  I have learned if you want a bed spread to cover your mattress entirely buy a size up.. But as it happened, I had a Queen duvet just sitting in my closet.  All I needed was a duvet cover.  I friend and I were at Ikea, when she spotted that white duvet in the as is bin!  Thankfully, too, since I had a $90+ in my cart and this one rang in at $20!  Deal.  I also picked up yellow floral sheets at homesense for $30.  Pretty cute for a little girls room, to bad you cant see them here.  The latest addition to her bed, was a blanket I picked up on a recent therapy session to Homesense.  $36.  And yes, I'm in love.

Next, you may remember, but discovery of the Strathcona antique mall.  Which is was where I found the perfect night stand for Gracies room, an antique wash stand.  The best thing about it, was the near perfect condition it was in.  The other?  It was cream.  Love at first sight is real, I have the first hand experience.

The last thing I tackled was the closet.  I Did spend a bit of money on storage bins.  If you don't think its worth it, you'd be wrong.  Haha.  Just kidding.  But they really help me keep things handy and organized.  I bought 4 decorative ones from wall mart($10 ea.) They are home to receiving blankets, clothes that are still too big or the like.  I bought under the bed storage bins to keep her old baby clothes that I couldn't yet part with.  I also had my father in law build a shelve right about her hanging stuff(bad English but, why cant I think of the proper name, lol)  That shelf is great for blankets, taller foot wear or sometimes her stuffies that need a place to be seen but not always played with.  Teh shelf is the newest thing in her room and I am so happy with it!

On a good day, I like our closets to be somewhat "good-looking" too.  I dont know why.  But I get great happiness when I open up the doors and it looks like a display.  Maybe its because its sucha rarity in my life.  haha.

You might of noticed that Graces toy box was tucked away into her closet.  Well, 1)  her room is only so big.  2) the toys that sleep in there are the ones she doesn't use so often.  I bought the bins on top(homesense, $10 ea) to store the toys and things she plays with the most.  It makes for easy clean up at naptime or bed time.  I know a lovely lady that tackles old things that need some love, and gives them a fresh coat of paint, still leaving behind what we loved aboutthe piece.  Thats art to me!  Check her out Here .
Anyhow, that's that. The only things That didn't get covered: her pictures on her wall and her new whitewashed flooring.  The pictures on the wall?  I need serious help, any help I'd take.  And as for the flooring, why, oh why, didn't we do that sooner?