I right away need to apologize for the picture quality in this and upcoming posts. I've mainly been using my phone, which looks fine, well, on my phone, but once blown up a bit, it's a tad grainy. Sorry!
Here's what Jo's room looked like after we purchased it (and moved her toys in, and stuck art on the one nail in the wall):
When we had first looked at the house, there were also purple curtains and a huge purple bed in this room, so we were ready to be rid of the purple. I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but the walls were sponge-painted two tones of lavender. They even painted the outlet covers, switch plates, and the actual outlets and switches, too. That's a lot of purple.
The room also had a very funky smell, which I can actually still smell just looking at the above picture. We had had the carpets professionally cleaned, and even after several baking soda and essential oil treatments, the room still smelled funky, so a coat of paint seemed like it might help get rid of that smell.
I chose a very pleasant soft pink (we call it Little Tikes Pink). My mom helped me paint the whole room, and we also did the trim in white. What a difference! (And it got rid of the smell!)
Then my mom helped me decorate! (Oh sorry, and Jo did, too.)
Until I was able to make new curtains for her room, I hung up the
living room curtains from our old house.
The heart crayon art is something Chloe and I made with a friend several years back. It goes very nicely over Jo's kitchen. (Craigslist find!)
And here are the new curtains!!
They are fully lined with blackout fabric.
And they have beautiful unicorns!!!
The pink perfectly matches the walls (I actually chose the wall color to go with the fabric), and the bits of purple help tie in the existing carpet. But I love that having a teal background makes the whole room a little less overwhelmingly one color.
Love and Unicorns,
Leah Joy
