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!

A Spring Quick Fix: Lightening the Living Room

This past week I seem to have been inspired by the sunshine and have been trying to brighten the tones in my home. I'm a believer that by even adding a few small furnishings you can completely change the look of a room. Well my latest quick fix has been putting away my dark cushions and adding some new light coloured cushions to create a fresh new look. 

This time I fancied a change and instead of having all matching cushions I opted for a few different styles. I bought two square knitted style cushions from B&Q, two square LOVE motif cushions and two cute rectangle cushions with 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' printed on them. Both the latter items were bought from Tesco Direct. As I used vouchers I had for B&Q I only actually spent around £28 and I feel like the room has had a huge makeover. 

What I love is the colours will go with anything so when I get around to decorating the Living room later on this year I won't need to splash out on new cushions.

 The other thing I love this time of year is having fresh flowers around the house. What are your Spring time quick fixes?