the garden room.

As you all know, one of my very favorite projects is designing childrens rooms!  So it is no surprise that Ashlyn and I loved putting together her garden room.  The inspiration for this room came from the little white iron table I discovered at a quaint little shop.  It was a splurge, so the rest of the room was done on a fairly tight budget.

We found the bed at a consignment shop and painted it a buttery yellow, and I made the duvet cover from a sheet set found from Home Goods--my favorite trick for getting lots of cute fabric for a great price!

The hutch was rescued from Jimmy's grandparents cellar--it had been built by his grandfather inside the cellar (I love these sentimental pieces--they always have such stories), so we couldn't fit it up the steep staircase.  Jimmy and I loved the glass doors and glass knobs and handles and couldn't bear the thought of leaving it in the cellar when his grandma moved, so we decided to remove the top half and move it out in two pieces.  Jimmy reattached the top and I gave it a fresh coat of paint and a few stripes and it has been a great keeper of all Ashlyn's treasures over the last few years.

The sign is in acknowledgment of those many painful semesters of french I took in college!  Sadly this (and reading instruction manuals with a convincing french accent) is about the extent of my french language knowledge these days.

These curtains were my first attempt at making drapes and if you have an inkling to try them yourself, I highly recommend it.  They were so easy--it's just basically sewing a giant rectangle.  The other window treatment-the london shade-not so easy, so I had that one made.  Jimmy made the window box and awning, which we stapled some whimsical awning-ish looking fabric to.  Also pictured is the growing chart that has never been used :)

And my favorite part?  My cute girl, of course!