We took the first steps toward a big girl room and a new nursery this weekend.
On Friday we ordered all new big girl furniture from Pottery Barn Kids. I went back and forth on what kind of bed to get her, but in the end I chose a daybed with a trundle. I grew up with a daybed and loved it. The trundle will come in handy for sleepovers, or if my girls share a room someday. I also think A might sleep on the trundle at first, since it sits low to the ground. We’ll see.
Madeline Daybed & Trundle from Pottery Barn Kids
I also love that the daybed still leaves plenty of room for playing. Her room is the largest of the kids’ and guest bedrooms, so it doubles as the playroom, since we don’t have a dedicated one. I wanted to keep as much floor space open as possible.
I haven’t decided on bedding for her new bed yet. Do you have any good recommendations for sweet, girly bedding?
Here’s the inspiration board I created for Miss A’s nursery in this house…
Turquoise and Pink Girl’s Room Inspiration Board
And you can take a tour of it here…
I’m trying to decide whether to keep the art, pom poms and most of the decorations in place, or to do something else entirely. Decisions, decisions.
And do I want to reuse them in the baby’s room if they don’t stay in Miss A’s room?
I’m glad to be moving the dark wood crib and dresser out of her room, and I’m considering an all-natural chalk paint on the crib for the new baby’s room.
Girl Bedroom Inspiration from Lay Baby Lay
I’ve been pinning a few inspiration photos for the new nursery, and right now I think I’m going with a pale robin’s egg blue on the walls. Are you surprised? I doubt it. I think Coach will pull his hair out if I paint another wall a blue-green color. But he’ll probably just have to live with it, because it most likely will happen. Sorry, hon…
Follow The Turquoise Home’s Kids Room board on Pinterest.
We also donated our queen mattress and box springs this past weekend. It was our old mattress from before we got our king-sized bed… cue the hallelujah chorus! It had been serving as a guest bed, but now that we’re putting a baby in our middle extra bedroom, we don’t have room for a guest queen mattress. {We still have a double in our other guest bedroom/office.}
Now I just need to clear out all the junk and home decor I’ve been storing in there for the past two years. At least there’s room now to move the crib and dresser when the big girl furniture arrives.
I’m so excited that, after waiting more than two years, we finally get to give that middle bedroom a purpose!
Now off to clean and organize…
