Princess Isis' Bedroom

Every girl wants to be a princess, right?  Isis is no exception. I had kind of a hard time finding insiration for this room.  All little girls rooms are supposed to be over-the-top and washed in pink fluffiness, and are supposed to cost tons of money. Search "girls rooms" and you will find this type of room, which I think are just kind of ugly or too commercial:


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Really?  That is too much pink, and how is that suposed to grow with her?  Also, that stuff really expensive. And Miss Isis wanted pink AND purple.

Isis has a small room, and needed storage.  The books needed a home, and Isis wanted a vanity.  While furiture shopping, she was always finding vanities and sitting at them and "doing her makeup."  Added to that, she needed touches of "princessness."  That's a lot for a tiny room to handle! Here is what we came up with:

Ikea bookshelf and toy storage bench.  I was not finished with the cushion for the bench in this picture.  The birds were Dollar Tree birds that I painted pink and purple.

Vanity: I found the mirror at Home Goods.  It was originally $89.00 but it was missing some of the rhinestones so I got it for $30 and went to JoAnn Fabrics and bought some and hot-glued them on.  This room is small, so space is at a premium.  Creative use of Ikea wall shevles and some baskets made a cute vanity, and kept it small.  I found the chair at Salvation Army for $10 and covered the fabric and spray-painted the chair pink. 

The bedding is from wall-mart and I think is actually in the "teen bedding" section, but we wanted a look that was ultra-girly but not fluffy pinkness.

Artwork:  This first artwork piece is a painting, a POTATO print!  I painted a canvas purple and then used 2 potatoes that I cut into a wide oval and a skinny oval, and stamped them in white to make a chain-link effect, kind of like a necklace.

The second is a butterfly installation.  Super easy, and made with poster board and srapbook paper.  The butterflies are attached to the wall with t-pins (which I attached with hot glue) so they stand off the wall and it looks like they are flying.

Dresser Makeover:  Painted it white and used paint to make the handles appear silver.  Very princess, don't you think?
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