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Girls’ Bedroom Inspiration

January 22, 2016 by Yael 1 Comment

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Hello everyone! My daughters’ bedroom has been a work in progress for years… since my oldest daughter was five and ready for a room that could grow with her. Well she’s now 8 and her sister is 6. Achem! Time to tie all the loose ends, I think….

¡Hola a todas! El cuarto de mis hijas ha sido un proyecto muy lento por estos lados. De hecho, uno en el cual supuestamente llevo desde que mi hija cumplió cinco años y yo estaba lista para crear una habitación que pudiera crecer con ella, por decir. Bueno, la niña ya tiene ocho años y su hermana seis. (Y el cuarto aun sigue sin terminar.) Achem, tal vez es ora de darle un empujoncito a este proyecto…

I had save the image above, back then, as the inspiration for the colors that I would use for this room.

En aquel entonces había guardado la imagen anterior como inspiración de los colores que iba a utilizar para la habitación. 

Here are two inspiration boards that I had created based on that fabric. I’m sort of following both of them, but very sloooooowly. (Remember that budget thing?)

Estos son dos paneles de inspiración los cuales cree basado en la tela anterior y los cuales mas o menos he ido siguiendo lentamente. (¿Recuerdan lo del presupuesto?)

mood-board
Similar Headboard/sconces/nightstand/bedding/ghost chair/rug/throw/

 

mood-board2
Headboard/ Rug

I have many of the elements in the room ready, but haven’t committed to the larger pieces.

En realidad ya tengo muchos de los elementos del cuarto. The room is painted the best light pink ever, Gentle Butterfly by Benjamin Moore.

El cuarto está pintado en el rosado claro mas lindo, Gentle Butterfly de Benjamin Moore.

gentle-butterfly

Their room has built in bookcases with desks, similar to these below.

El cuarto tiene libreros ya incorporados y con escritorios, similares a estos.

via Traditional Home
via Traditional Home

While the bookcases and desk are white, we painted the back of the bookcases Benjamin Moore, Rose Petal.

Mientras que los libreros y escritorios son blancos, pintamos la parte de atrás de los libreros Rose Petal de Benjamin Moore.

rose petal

Both of the girls’ desks have these ghost chairs. We love them.

Ambas niñas tienen estas sillas fantasmas en su escritorio. Nos encantan. 

We have a blue bone inlay dresser separating both of the girls’ beds, exactly as this dresser. Except, I lucked out when I found it at Home Goods for a super, super, fraction of the price.

Tenemos un tocador igualito a este. Excepto, que tuve muchísima suerte cuando lo encontré en Home Goods a muchísimo, muchísimo menos. 

bone-inlay-dresser

In fact, I saw it, and even though it was exactly what I envisioned for the room, I passed on it because it was still more than I could afford. I went back to the store, a month or so later, and it was still there, but now on clearance bc it has some scratches on the legs, (you can’t even tell!) and I said, ok it’s a shiduch– you’re coming home with me!

De hecho, cuando lo vi, supe que era exactamente lo que quería para el cuarto, pero lo dejé pasar, pues costaba mucho mas de lo que podía gastar. Un mes mas tarde, pase por la tienda, y el tocador aún estaba ahí, pero ahora estaba en liquidación, pues tenia algunos rallados (ni se ven) y dije, “¡Ok, es un shiduj!” Me lo llevé.

I need two night stands for the other side of each of the girls beds (right now they have old ones that I really don’t like and I’ve debated painting them, but I just don’t like their shape for the space). I’m not sure what I will do there. I’ve been stuck with that for a while. I’ll know the right ones when I see them, I guess.

Necesito dos mechas de noche para cada lado de la cama de cada niña. Ahora tienen unas viejas que heredé de mi mama, pero la verdad no me gusta mucho el diseño y pensé muchas veces en pintarlas – el tema es que la forma no me parece que es lo que le va al espacio. Así es que no estoy segura de que haré con eso. Supongo que las mesas perfectas aparecerán. Cuando las vea, sabré. 

I bought sconces at Ikea for a fraction of the price of my inspiration ones and I will do a little Ikea hack. Doing something similar with lighting for their desks. I will show you soon, no worries.

Compré unas lámparas muy similares a las de mi panel de inspiración, pero baratísimas en Ikea y les haré una buena transformación. Voy a hacer algo similar con las lámparas de sus escritorios. Ya les mostraré.  

Now, I haven’t made the two major purchases, headboards and rug! After much debate, I already made my decision on which of the two headboards – pink or green…? Not telling you just yet.

Ahora, no he hecho las dos compras mas grandes, la cabecera y la alfombra. La cabecera será la próxima compra y ya decidí si compraré la verde o la rosada… aún no les diré. ;-)

Irrespective of what headboard I go with, I am definitely no ready to purchase an area rug. These are expensive purchases and I’m not ready to pull the trigger on this just yet. I’ll wait on something that will create the same effect, but more within my budget.

Independientemente de cual cabecera compre, definitivamente no estoy lista para comprar la alfombra. Estas son compras bien costosas y no estoy lista para la inversión. Tengo la sensación de que encontraré algo que cree el mismo efecto y que caiga bajo mi presupuesto. 

The seamstress is working already on the roman shades with trim, similar to these below. I picked blue trim exactly the color of the blue in the bone inlay dresser.

La costurera ya está trabajando en las cortinas con un borde similar a este. Conseguí la cinta en exactamente el mismo azul del tocador. 

via Lilly Bunn Interiors
via Lilly Bunn Interiors

I also have bedding that will work and it’s brand new, except I gave in, and let the girls use it before I had finished the room, and I just saw that my three year old colored all over one of the duvets. Yikes! He did it with washable marker, but I’m not sure it will come off. Ugg, my budding artists! I’ll try some drastic measures …with the stain! The stain, the stain…not my kid!

También tengo ropa de cama nueva que va a funcionar muy bien, pero después de guardarla varios meses decidí usarla. Y esta semana me di cuenta de que mi hijo de tres años ralló uno de los duvets nuevos con marcador. Y aunque fue con marcador lavable, no estoy segura si saldrà del todo. ¡Oy, mis artistas! Voy a tratar medidas drásticas… ¡con la mancha! ¡Con la mancha, la mancha, no con mi hijo!

So what do you think? Do you sometimes take color inspiration from other things you see around, like a fabric or other? Does it take you forever to finish any room in your house?

¿Qué creen? ¿Alguna vez toman inspiración en colores que ven en otras cosas como una tela u otro? ¿Les toma muchísimo tiempo terminar las distintas áreas de su casa? 

Yael

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