Girly accessories haul for a fairy themed bedroom

This week I've splashed out a little and bought a few new items for Gracie's bedroom. I couldn't resist when I saw them. I love Gracie's bedroom and I'm always thinking of new ways to make it more special. Now the weather is getting nicer I can soon start on a few of my planned up cycling projects. Until then here is my latest haul;

I love this beautiful stool from The Pink Fairy Cake it cost me £18.50 and my plan for this is to add a nice mirror low down on one of the walls in the bedroom so Gracie can pull up her stool and use it as a dressing area to play with her hair and pretend to apply her make up! We've bought many other items from The Pink Fairy Cake before, there is not much Karine can't make and I love watching her latest creations pop up in my news feed!

Next I spotted these DRONA storage boxes in IKEA. I bought a pale pink version a few years ago as there were no other colour choices but they look really shabby and are covered in marks from moving from house to house. These are exactly the same boxes but I bought two dark pink and two flower print boxes. The plain ones were £2.50 each and the flower print were £3.50 each. It's amazing how much you can fit in these boxes. I've always used them in the IKEA Expedit unit for toy storage, they look great and keep toys well hidden. Of course the old ones won't be wasted they will be perfect for storage in the top of the wardrobe!

What do you think? The stool is my personal fave!

Project One: Almost Complete!

I've been wanting to share with you our progress so far and can't wait until it's finished as there are a few jobs that will have to wait until after Christmas now. I need to put in a panel under her window to paint or paper and add blinds/curtains. I also have plans to paint her wardrobe door next summer. I guess we can never be truly finished with a project can we?

Anyway so far it is all painted and most of the furnishings and accessories are in (of course until I find more!) I added the bed canopy which was £7.50 from IKEA to make the bed a bit more exciting. The bed itself was a bargain a few months back, just £10 from a charity shop so we just had to buy a mattress. The bedding I reviewed on my other blog a few months back from BabyFace UK (You can read the review here). I bought the Toadstool Cushion from Asda for just £6. I also bought the hanging to tidy for £3 from IKEA again along with the pretty paper ceiling decorations which were £10 each. I have found them much cheaper online since! The Expedit shelving unit is another old buy. We've been using it to store toys since Gracie was a baby, they hold so much and look great too with a large range of coloured boxes. The shelving unit in white is just £20 and the boxes are £2.50 each. The Wigwam is another review item this time from Garden Games Ltd and it costs just £48.95, the review will be available shortly. Oh and the cute fairy lights were a bargain from B&M reduced to £2.99! (Please ignore the window area! It is in the process of being done).

I have a few plans for some fun crafts to make some nice accessories for her bedroom which we will be making sometime in the new year, including some handmade fairies to hang from the ceilings and a knitted patchwork blanket which I have already started knitting squares for! Also the Bench pictured (in front of window) is going to be upcycled, it is currently being used as a dressin up box and just needs prettying up!

So the room is very almost finished! What do you think?

Project One: Painting

We spent the whole of last week painting Gracie's bedroom. I've painted the two larger walls in Pixie Green and the two smaller walls in Berry Smoothie. I love the colours they are even better than I hoped they would be. I spent a grand total of £54 on just Dulux paint from Homebase. It took just two days of painting. Using masking tape on the skirting boards, ceiling and in the corners of the room to separate where the pink and green would go really helped get the job done quick with no mess.

We've also had a green carpet fitted to give it a grassy feel perfectly fitting for the fairy theme. The carpet including fitting costed £88.

Now that the two major jobs are done I get to do the fun bits. Over the next week or so I'm hoping to get all the accessories and finishing touches done as well as finally unpacking the boxes of toys and clothes. 

I can't wait to show you the finished project!

Project One: Gracie's fairy bedroom

The first project in the house is probably the most exciting for me. I decided straight away that I would do Gracie's room first as she has been the most affected by all the upheaval and I wanted to do something special for her.

Anyway after spending probably too much time on pinterest. I decided on a fairy theme so she can have a really magical room. We are painting two walls green and two walls pink, replacing the very old tatty carpet and accessorising to make the room look like a fairy wonderland. I won't say too much now as my plans may change slightly as I get further into it. But here are the pictures of the room the day we moved in: 

The paint work has started this week so I will hopefully have an update soon. In the meantime you can see where I got inspiration from on my Pinterest board here: http://www.pinterest.com/mummyandchunks/gracies-new-bedroom-ideas/