I was born in the 90’s, so I vividly remember watching TLC’s Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with my family growing up. Anyone else specifically get the Paige Davis “flip” haircut….? 😁

Our generation loves a good before and after! I didn’t get the DIY thumb though and we haven’t ventured into the land of home improvement much beyond simple little modifications. Our home was pretty move-in ready when we purchased it 3.5 years ago! We’ve really only painted one room, and did such a rough job with the trim and ceiling that we decided to just leave the rest in their cream color haha.

When I found out Brynnley was a girl, I started buying little things for her nursery. I shopped at Hobby Lobby and Target, and I really liked pastel sunflowers as a “theme.” Rather than painting the walls, we opted to keep them their neutral light beige and add large vinyl sunflower decals throughout the room.

With pink curtains and a pink rug, her room is definitely girlie but a little hodge podge. A few months ago I saw some Pinterest images of kids rooms that had two-toned walls with beadboard on the bottom, separated by thick white trim. I loved the idea, and knew I wanted to incorporate more of the sage green from the sunflower stems as the pop of color for Brynnley’s room. It doesn’t need to be pink to be girlie, I realized!

Before:

Zeb and I took many trips to Lowe’s over the last couple of weeks. We initially went in looking for beadboard but were drawn to the wainscoting instead. We used one of the framed sunflower pictures in Brynnley’s room for the paint color reference, and picked out a chunky white trim for the middle border. (I’ll make a section at the bottom of this blog post with links to anything I can find online, if you like this theme too ☺️)

Zeb got to work painting, cutting, and attaching the wainscoting and trim to Brynnley’s walls. We just relocated any of the vinyl sunflowers that were on the lower half to new positions in the top half of the wall. I replaced the pink curtains with simple white black-out curtains, and some pretty golden rope tie-backs. We replaced the curtain rod with a longer golden version to match the gold mirror and shelves. I also found a rug for a great price on Amazon that just happened to go really well with the color scheme.

After:

Lastly, we relocated Brynnley’s bookcase to the hallway because (shhhhh) she will be getting a play kitchen for her birthday next month! We didn’t want to attach the bookcase to the wall for only a short amount of time. Until her kitchen arrives, her new toddler-sized table and chairs are the perfect addition and she was SO excited to have a special spot that is just her size! I picked this set because it can grow with your kids, with three adjustable heights for the table and chairs. She’s at the lowest height right now. It’s also supposed to be erasable and easy to wipe clean. We haven’t had to test that feature out yet!

LINKS TO ITEMS SHOWN:

I’ve tried to find the exact links to anything I could from Brynnley’s room. If there’s something you’re looking for that I didn’t include, just send me a comment!

• Pastel Watercolor Sunflower Wall Decals (we used two packages for Brynnley’s 10×10 bedroom.)
• Sunflower Crib Sheet
• Sunflower Blanket
• Sunflower Changing Table Cover
• Green Knitted Crib Blanket
• Green, White & Yellow Rug (ours is 4×6 and fits great but there are several sizes)
• White Black-out Curtains (these do a good job of darkening the room.)
• Golden Rope Curtain Tie-Backs (they have magnets to hold them together so you can easily tie back the curtain with one hand if you’ve got a baby in the other hand.)
• Toddler Table & Chairs Set
• Large Tan Woven Storage Basket

Brynnley will be TWO at the end of this month! She is so full of spunk and character, and quite a Chatty Cathy. She asks me all day long, “whatcha doin’ Mommy?” and of course expects to be asked in return. Yesterday I took her on a Mommy/Daughter coffee date to a new coffee shop that just opened in the last month. She made everyone in the coffee shop smile with her infectious joy!

I love how her room feels now, very bright and happy and mature. We have no intention of moving her out of her crib any time soon because she seems to enjoy it just fine and has never tried to “escape” or climb out. In fact, thanks to a sleep training course we did with Taking Cara Babies when Brynnley was about 8 months old, she loves going into her crib and will happily sing to herself or play with her stuffed animals for up to 30 minutes before she falls asleep. As long as she’s content in there, I’m all for it! :)

One week from today, we are leaving on a family vacation. I wish I could say we are headed towards sunshine but the weather forecast isn’t looking in our favor. We are just going to have to embrace some rain and roll with it, but I will take you along on the adventure!

xoxo Kenz