I'm looking for Shabby Chic girls rooms too. I'm looking for more of the stuff that I see directly from Rachel Ashwell's books. No bright anywhere. Totally different direction than what I was planning originally but yesterday I painted her wall color and when I stepped back it just whispered super simple, shabby chic so now the hunt is on! This will be the 3rd set of bedding that I am taking back now. I've been pouring over my RA Shabby Chic books & just orderd her new one. The paint I chose is SW Conservative Gray. Trim was already bright white. I'm going to do white washable bedding from Target w/ blush colored sheets w/ ruffles and will try to pick that up in some pillows. So far window treatments I'm leaning towards are simple white IKEA roman shades. I'm painting her bureau and side table the palest blush. I'm thinking about throwing up some picture framing on the walls too. I saw a great alphabet project on Sara's House where they cut out letters from scrap MDF in all differnt fonts and placed them on a plate rail around the room. I showed it to DH and he is going to see if any of his business acquantainces through work have a C&C router to cut out the letters for me and then I am going to glitter them in shades of antique gold and blush. It'll be a bit until I have pictures but I'm getting ready to go back up and work plus I also need to wait for Rachels new book to arrive to get more ideas. It literally fell together in my head in about 15 minuttttes last night. It was my Ah Hah moment when I stepped back and looked at the finished wall.

Because her room appears to be on the smaller side, I am not sure I would do something that hangs. I think this one would be wonderful as a ceiling light, lots of sparkle! antique white french garden light I would be sure to have the light on a dimmer, so you don't get that awful overhead glare when it is being used, but get a warm, sparkly effect. Then I would add a couple of these on the wall by her headboard for use most of the time, for reading or playing on the bed, etc. antique white wall lamp These are plug-in style, so no hard-wiring required. There is also a larger swing-arm style that is similar, but I think two of these would be charming.

I got sick of my own indecision and after trying about seven different yellow samples I decided I just needed to paint the room. I couldn't tell one thing from another because of the yellow background so I just picked the one that was closest to what I wanted and I'm hoping for the best. At this point, repainting will be cheaper than buying more samples :-) I will make sure to show better after pictures once I finished.

Hello, The colors and the furniture are just fine, very girly. It does not really matter how you set up the furniture in the room. You will need the same floor space. However, to maximize your daughter's space on the floor for playing, I suggest using your walls and possibly even the ceilings. You could use small or bigger wall units or hanging frames for attaching items on, think of hanging bags on hooks or basket etc. to keep the floor space available. Regarding the style and the costs, these are small changes but you can spend as much or as little if you want. You could use designer pieces for the wall units or you could go for DIY- for instance using a wooden mattress frame on nice hooks on the ceiling above the bed or on the ceiling where you enter the room. Alternatively, a metal frame coated in white to have it disappear with the background. As an add on, you could use these little lights with feathers or so around the frame, to give it a dreamy feeling. By making use of other spaces than the floors, you add not only storage for toys, personal items, and creative things that your daughter makes, (I am sure she has loads of them during staying indoor time) but you also give more dimension to the room. Just make sure that colors and shapes are returning to keep it calm and create certain areas in the room with an assigned function (it does not matter if that is in the air or on the floor). You can think of: sleeping, reading, playing, studying, etc. I hope this helps you. Regards from Switzerland. Minou of Eden Spaces Interior Design and Styling