Oh I remember my easy bake oven! How neat you are getting her one! This is sad. We always do an "angel" child (off what they call the angel tree) for Christmas and the tag I got for mine is a 6 year old girl - wanting pants and tops. Each child has 3 tags, 1 is clothing, 1 is toys and 1 is pjs/shoes. Anyway, it listed her clothing sizes and I will enjoy buying outfits for a little girl. The sad thing is, I read further down the tag and it said, "homeless". My husband and I felt so sad that a little 6 year old girl would be homeless. I talked to one of the ladies over the angel tree (this is done through my church), and she said there were other children in the family. Just broke my heart! To the OP - since she asked for a doll, I would get a doll. I like the idea of a doll with long hair also. Although I used to give all my dolls a haircut (and my sister's too LOL). I loved dolls from a very young age up to almost a teenager (barbies at that point)! tina

OH YES<........ she is amazing. Imagine....9 years old! Thanks for sharing.

My inclination would be to paint the walls bright white and let the rest of the accents be the color players. White is the backdrop I've often seen, or been drawn to, when I look up bohemian pictures. I'd also put a really large area rug in the room that only left a few inches of bare floor around the perimeter of the room. This way, no matter which way the room is arranged, the rug is always the right size. If your daughter is anything like I was, the room will be rearranged many times during her teen years! : ) You could still layer her little rug over the large rug for her reading nook. You might like to plug the room into homestyler.com for working on the layout. Your kitties might be disappointed, but muscles with thank you. : ) If you save a snapshot of the homestyler layout to your computer, you can upload it onto here using the photo link. That would allow us to see the plan overview, and will make it easier for us to help with the arrangement.

Will the girls be sharing for the rest of the time that you live in this home? If so, I would recommend planning for matching twin beds or bunkbeds now, so you can be sure you can match when it's time for little sis to have a big girl bed too.