It’s finally finished! Yay! This project took a long time, but now it’s finally done! Woot!
It may seem strange that I only finished Zelie’s room a good year after she was born, but there are several reasons for that- we moved into this house when she was three months old and had other parts of the house that took higher priority; she slept in a co sleeper in our room till she just recently out grew it; and, as always, I was planning the perfect room but on a budget. Can’t go willy nilly spending on all the things at once 😜 . I’m grateful for taking the time to really do everything right, it pays off to have things done well rather than a slap dash job. I was also able to really capture Lady Z’s personality since we’ve come to know her in this last year- hopefully that shows here.
Without further ado, TA-DA!
I painted the room myself in two days. Although it’s a small room, it took that long because I didn’t it all during the day in little bits while the kids were busy. It’s not perfect, but I’m really proud of it. I can’t believe I was brave enough to go purple! I knew I wanted purple but I tend to shy away from anything that’s not white or beige. I’m so glad I did. It’s so utterly femme without being obnoxious. Deciding the paint color took several weeks haha!
This is her window with her sweet pink chair made by her pop-pop. Usually the curtains are semi down, but they let it a fabulous amount of light when full drawn back .
Best nursing chair ever right there. The purple and mint blanket is handed down from Chris’s family.
Whhooo’s that?
Here is a close up of a shelf. The sign is actually gray, it looks off white in this picture but its not. Those figurines were mine growing up. I collected them. The two playing instruments have seen better days but they were my mother’s and my aunt’s. The fairy is one I acquired as a girl and I just loved her. Her name is Twilight. There used to be more, but a certain brother (who shall rename nameless) got mad at me one day and smashed the rest. Sad 🙁
Here is the other shelf. The picture is one of Zelie’s newborn pictures. The hat is her first Easter hat. The bird is actually her adorable nightlight! And the bear was given to me by my grandpa (the story behind that is on Instagram :). See that tiny gorgeous brooch by the bear? That belonged to my great aunt Elsie. As you can see, I was a very sentimental child and grew into a very sentimental woman, holding onto all these things for my daughter 🙂 They just seem so important to me. I think, growing up as a girl, you see at least one period of your life where cling very tightly to where you came from because you just aren’t sure who you are or where you are going. The “from” is the only thing you know. I hope these things can give my daughter some courage and comfort if she ever feels lost.
The elephant in the left hand corner was my moms. I remember her mentioning she was thinking of getting rid of it when we were at my grandparents house once and I was horrified and immediately asked to keep it. I was about 6. I named her Elizabeth and she’s been with me ever since. I get easily attached…hah!
I wanted Zelie’s room to feel airy and light. Without clutter. I usually nix bedskirts but since I tend to use the space for storage I got this one. It makes me think of ballerinas.
I was really proud of this change. I popped off the closet doors, moved the dresser/changer into there and put up these curtains which I already had. It provides SO much more space! Then I put the lights behind it because the glow with the lights off is fantastic! So dreamy 🙂
The curtains easily pull back for diaper changes and clothes access. I almost pinned them up all fancy but decided I wanted to keep the option of closing them quickly and easily. Yes, she does have more hats, haha! Those are hand me downs from my sisters- believe it or not I worn the one on the left! I actually made it too, well decorated it 😉
The mountain of hair accessories! Her dirty clothes basket and diaper pail are right under the clothes hanging there. It all fits really nicely. Can you spot the repurposed baby food jars?
This is behind the door- Her birth shadow box!
This room is bitty, which is why I think I am so proud of it. The planning it took to get everything in and not feel cluttered was pretty intense.
This is what it looks like with the shades closed and the lights on in the closet – it is very cozy and dreamy. Loving those butterflies! Those letters are very similar to Caidoc’s . I got them at the same place but opted to have Zelie’s a little more girly, of course. So glad I did! It’s probably my favorite thing about the room.
I told Azelie to come in a look at her finished room. This is the look I got:
I think she likes it 🙂
Cheers!