Miss MJ's Bedroom Reveal

To finish decorating MJ's room we added Moroccan style mirrors on both sides of the bed. This was one of my favorite finds. I first fell in love with these mirrors on a visit to Pottery Barn Kids. However, they were a bit more than the budget allowed at $159.00 a piece. A few days later I was shopping at Gordman's in Farmington Station and found these look a like mirrors for $19.99 a piece. That's almost $280.00 savings....score!!

 

Pottery Barn Kids

 

 

 Gordman's

 

Originally I wanted to hang the Moroccan mirrors just slightly above the bedside tables, but my client liked the idea of hanging them higher up to mimic windows in the room. I do like that from their reflections you can see the butterflies around the room. I also added a pink and white butterfly mobile from Pottery Barn Kids to balance out the butterfly theme in the room.

 

For another side table, I purchased this gem from World Market and added a cute mason jar vase, filled with flowers from Michaels.

Next, to brighten up the flooring,  I found this gorgeous Moroccan patterned rug that mimicked the mirrors, at Home Goods. I was having a difficult time fitting the price of a rug into the budget and couldn't pass this baby up for under $60 dollars.

 

 

My client found this darling chandelier, that Miss MJ fell in love with, at Lowes. I think it fits in perfectly.

 

 

This side of the room is complete!! Just a reminder of what it looked like before....

 

My client painted the desk grey and then had art work from MJ's old room that we hung above the desk. We also added a few of her favorite photos, a pink piggy bank and velvet pink desk chair. With so much going on around the room, we wanted to keep this space simple and sweet.

 

 

With a few added accessories to the dresser, the room is complete. 

 

 

Here are the before pictures....

 

 

And here are the after...

 

 

 

Check out Miss MJ's reaction, it's priceless, and by far my most favorite part of this whole process. She also added a sign on her door for the finishing touch.

 

 

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Miss MJ's Butterfly Wall

 

 

 

 

 

MJ has a lively personality, that is all girl. I knew that I needed to come up with something outside the box for the blank bedroom wall that her dresser and mirror were positioned against. There are lots of techniques I could use to turn this spot into something special.  As I said in my earlier post, she loves butterflies, and this Etsy picture caught my eye.

 

I could have ordered the paper 3D butterflies from Etsy, but because I have a silhouette cutting machine, I was able to choose the exact colors I needed, and cut them out of card stock in varying sizes. 

 

 

 

 

I first started to apply the butterflies with glue dots in a circular pattern.  There wasn't an exact  pattern that I followed, because I wanted to add dimension and bring a bit of whimsy to the room.

 

 

 

After I played around with the circle shape, I started to trail them off in different directions to cover the wall.

I purposely led the trail of butterflies over the mirror. This made the basic white mirror that many bedroom set come with, come to life with a 3D effect. It also made the mirror feel special and integrated into the design of MJ's room.

 

 

 My purpose for starting the butterflies in a circular pattern and then trailing them to each corner, was to draw your eye to across the whole wall, and make the space feel larger.

 

Before...

 

After.....

 

 

Stay tuned for tomorrow, I'll be revealing MJ's finished bedroom.

 

 

Miss MJ's room

I started the design process on Miss MJ's room with my post yesterday. I left off with my inspiration photo of paper 3D butterflies and my client's favorite accents colors she wanted to implement in Miss MJ's room.

I choose the wall MJ's bed was positioned against as my starting point. I had a frame built, slightly larger than the headboard, out of molding and painted white to give the wall a focal point. Of course we had to add the pink "M" at the top, made in this post. I love that the headboard fits snug inside the molding and grounds the space.

Adding layers to MJ's bedding allowed us to bring in the accent colors she loves, and add a little pizazz to the grey duvet cover.

I went with a white and pink polka dot sheet set,

 

A floral quilted sham with a matching quilt for the end of the bed,  

 

darling yellow flower pillows and a accent green and white love pillow. All purchased at Marshalls & Home Goods.

 

 

 

Check out the before...

 

and after...

Can you believe it??  It looks like a completely different duvet cover with the addition of some layers.  YAY!!

 

Visit the blog tomorrow as we continue to finish MJ's room. 

 

 

 

Starting Miss MJ's room

I received a call from a former client who wanted me to help her with her daughter's bedroom.

She had purchased a bed, dresser, side table, curtains and a desk,

 

and also wanted to use an expensive duvet cover that she already had,

 

 

but needed my help in pulling it all together on a budget.

 

First, I met with my client to take a look at the bedroom.

 

 

My client had purchase some great items for the room, but it did need a little color and life, to reflect her daughter's personality. I suggested that we start by finding a color scheme that would incorporate the grey duvet color, but also bring in some other colors her daughter loves, to make the room feel bright & fun.

 

 

Once we finalized the color scheme and established the budget, I needed some inspiration from my client's daughter Miss MJ.  MJ loves butterflies. LOVES BUTTERFLIES!! So looking online, I found paper 3D butterflies here on Etsy that became my inspiration for the space.



 

Stay tuned this week as I reveal how we injected color and life into MJ's room.

 

 

 

 

 

Notes by Natalie giveaway winner!!

Congrats to Susan Gorringe!!! You are the lucky winner in our "Notes by Natalie" giveaway. Thank you Natalie for partnering up with us for this giveaway. Be sure to check out Natalie's Etsy shop link "Notes by Natalie", for more darling hand drawn calligraphy prints.

Notes by Natalie Giveaway

Several months ago I won a splendid prize at Bunco. It was a darling handmade calligraphy print from a Etsy shop called "NotesbyNatalie".  I adore this saying and knew it would look perfect on my bedroom dresser.

I was so impressed by her work, that I had to take a peek at Natalie's Etsy shop. Her prints are affordable, handmade, and can be customized with your favorite saying or phrase. After gushing over her work,  I am beyond thrilled to announce a giveaway with her Etsy shop for my blog.

The giveaway starts today and will go until Friday May 16th. The giveaway is for one of these two darling quotes. 

PRINT DETAILS: original hand-lettered print is copied onto white premium card stock.  Size: 8x10 **Frame not included**  

All you have to do to enter is: like me on Facebook (West Creek Designs), and follow me on Instagram @sarahmdee1, also follow Natalie on Instagram @natalielarsgard once you've done so leave a comment on the blog. Good Luck !!!

In the meantime check out Natalie's Etsy shop, NotesByNatalie ,for hand-lettered prints genuinely designed to brighten your home with words or to be the perfect gift for a special occasion.

Update on Mrs. E's Office

While patience is a virtue, I'm dying for the rest of the accessories (rugs, bookshelf etc.) to arrive for Mrs. E's office. Here is a quick update on how things are coming along. Because the lighting in the office changes throughout the day, the original paint color selection wasn't quite what she was looking for. After trying out a couple of colors on the wall we found one that was perfect, "Stone Hearth" from Benjamin Moore.

Next we had the ceiling painted white, which brightened things up.

Then I had my carpenter/handyman Jon add white crown molding around the top of the ceiling and a special molding treatment on the wall.

 Mrs. E's office has a beautiful arch window that we also trimmed out in white. WOW, what a difference the molding made in the room. It literally took my breath away when I saw the molding complete for the first time.

 

 

Mrs. E needed a substantial computer desk with lots of storage to work in this space. After going back and forth between having custom cabinetry built or buying one that was already complete, she ultimately decided to go with Pottery Barn's Logan wall system. It was finally (after being back ordered for a several weeks) delivered, and assembled. YAY!!!

It fits the space perfectly and looks great with the wall color.  Now the fun part of adding color to the space. The first task was finding a gorgeous office chair that would add some of the color we were looking for. Because the back of the chair would be what most people see, we decided to try to find a chair that had a great print on the back. After looking at several choices she went with the Maxine dining chair in the Atlantic floral print.

Here are some more pictures of this beautiful desk. I can't wait to do a final reveal for this gorgeous, classic, take your breath away office space. Stay tuned.....