flowers and butterflies

big changes have come about in the watney home. for a while now I have know that we would not have a playroom for much longer. the kids absolutely loved rooming together, it created some of the sweetest moments and bonding that i will be forever grateful for. but alas, the time came for there to be a girl room and a boys room.

a couple months ago i started the process of switching everything around, wow was that a big ongoing job :) i have had a lot of fun planning what to do in julie's room, we decided on a garden room. it is still not totally finished, but i just love how things are going so far. it is of course pink, a little darker shade behind her bed. the cute bedding has flowers and butterflies to carry out the garden theme. i am in love with vinyl decals that you literally 'stick' on the wall. so much easier than painting everything and pretty reasonably priced on etsy. julie's name and all of the flowers and butterflies are just that, stickers :) i think they make the room and i can't wait to finish putting them throughout the room. I ordered one section of vinyl fencing to act as her headboard and have the flowers coming from behind the fence, makes for a nice 3D effect as well :)

a rug and new window treatments will be the next step in pulling this room together. i also want to get some art canvases and let julie paint her own garden on them. i think it will give her some ownership of her room while decorating the empty wall above her bookcase. oh yeah, i bought that bookcase at a garage sale and painted it to match her bed. i will paint her night stand and dresser the same color, just have to find the time :)

with julie is her own room, it has allowed me to think of how to decorate a now all boys room.

for many years now james has had a deep love for all things fireman, so there was no other decor he wanted than a fire room. jacob of course is so easy going and wants to do just what his big brother does, so a fire room it is. so far all the planning is still in my head, there are some great vinyls i will be purchasing soon with firetrucks that have the boys names in them along with some other fun 'fire' type sings i've found on ebay. i want to go to a firehouse and take pictures of the boys dressed up in their fire gear, hopefully on the truck. i have 2 big picture frames that i think will work well to have those photos blown up and displayed in. can't wait to put this room together, i will post pics as soon as i get working on it! i did however opt out of the fire pole that james wanted to get down from his bunkbed, a good idea i think! :)