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.

We encountered the same thing when we did our daughter's "big girl" room last summer. She had just turned 3. I can't show you a picture at the moment, as her bed is covered in clothes to be packed today for our beach trip,(yay!), but I would suggest finding a comforter/quilt set that you love and that she can grow with, then picking the paint color from there. I've found it to be MUCH easier to finding bedding before I paint. Then I take the pillow sham to the paint store and find a backdrop color, if you will. My daughter's room is SW Enchant (a lilac/light purple color). Her bedding is a white quilt with pink/purple/yellow butterflies and flowers. I plan to keep her room as is for several years to come. She's happy with it as well (turning 4). We were able to add a princess table & chairs this past year to her room easily, b/c of the colors that were already in there. If her bedding was Dora, it wouldn't have worked so well, naturally! Unless we were going for a compete Disney Collection style of bedroom! LOL! So now, back to my packing, instead of (happily) procrastinating here! Good luck and let us know how what you choose! Below is a JCP quilt set that is an example. Here is a link that might be useful: bedding

Thanks for the photos. Annz: It looks like your fixture is hardwired or is it hung by a chain? I see something that might look like a concealed chain but just not sure. My fixture came with a tubular shaped white cord. Very thick. I suppose I could wind a chain around the cord and hang it but i will look sort of thick and clumsy. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I had Macadamia in my great room and hallways in a previous home. I think it's a terrific color but would never put it in a little girl's room. Not at all a color that would go with pink or purple. What about a pale green?