Remember back in 1988 when I showed a sneak peak of what I was doing in my daughter’s room? Well, here it is 21 years later, and I’m finally ready to show you. Here’s what her room looked like before.
I loved her room. Loved it. But she needed a more sturdy bed, and she wanted something that guests could sleep on. With a new bed comes new walls, I guess.
Ta-Da!!! Not bad, eh? The hardest part was finding a tree that I liked to paint! There’s a lot of version of trees out there, and I just couldn’t find the right one! 
I’m so thankful to Jennifer over at The Magic Brush. She gave me some tips about paint and told me the key was good brushes. Boy was she right. They made a world of difference! Thank you, Jennifer!
Luckily, I kept my accent colors the same, so I didn’t have to overhaul too many accessories. I did, however, buy this little ballerina for $7 at TJMaxx. I had to paint her, but she sure is pretty.
Remember when I purchased the fabric swatches from Etsy? Well, I finally put them to use. I love the splash of color.
Of course, one of the highlights for my daughter is the new trundle. Her brother’s gotten the most use out of it, but I’m sure that’ll change someday. Until then, they have “sleepovers” and giggle until we yell at them. 
The pink (reversible) quilt is by Pottery Barn. I purchased it off of Ebay about two years ago. The green one was $20 at Marshall’s. Perfect!
I used some leftover wall paint for the top of her table and spray painted her chairs. Notice the missing spindle in the chair? Guess who ate that? Grrr.
There you have it. A wonderful compromise between my 7-year old who would have loved purple glittered walls and pink fur pillows and me who would have loved toile and ruffles.
Oh, one last thing. I am fully aware of the “flood curtains”. I was confident that I had bought 95” panels—confident! I steamed them, hung them, and laughed out loud. Oops. Don’t worry. I’ll fix it, and I’ll show you how.
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Very pretty! I love the color, what is it?
Rachelle
Looks fantastic!!
I have had the worst baby on the brain lately, and you showing pictures of your perfect daughter's room is kind of making me see pink! My husband wouldn't be very happy with you, right now
Oh, LOVELY!! I love it all!
Suzanne
CHRIS! This is gooooooorgeous!! How did you do that tree?
It's lovely – having had three adult sons, all adult sons now, I got to decorate in such a sweet fashion!
It turned out fantastic! The tree you painted reminds me of one I blogged about in May – avaliable from Modern Wall Graphics:
http://never-without.blogspot.com/2009/04/and-walls-became-world-all-around.html
WELL DONE!
I absolutely love it!!! Love how it is feminine without the look of pepto in the room. And my fav is the mailbox. I just might have to start looking for one for my little girl.
I LOVE the wall color and the tree. The whole room is what I'd imagine for my little girl…although she doesn't have a room yet so tell me where you found that Geor tree and what paint you use. I'd love to know.
Beautiful! If only I had a daughter to decorate such pretty colors for! I have a house of boys…;)
It's beautiful. I love the tree!!! I'm sure you'll fix the flood curtains up so cute to. I remember the post you did a long while back about wanting to get a new white bed and the hefty price tags to. So where'd ya find it?!! Share share!!!
Everything is awesome!
You did a really nice job on the tree. I thought it was a vinyl!
That looks fantastic! I love it. DREAM room.
I LOVE it!!!
What a lucky girl to have such a beautiful bedroom and such a stylish momma!
Love this tree on the wall. How about a tutorial? I would love to know the color on the walls also.
I literally gasped when I saw the after. I LOVE IT! You did a wonderful job!
This is terrific!
Such a cute redo! The tree looks amazing (as do the accent pillows!)!
it is beautiful! and, you are right the tree is perfect!
Looks beautiful…I esp. love the tree
It's really cute. Love the colors! Can you do a tree tutorial?!
oh I love it. Were did you buy the trundle. We are looking for something similiar for my daughter. She would think she was in heaven if we found a bed like that.
This looks great, Chris! This could grow with her, too.
Oh my, it's adorable! Love the color, love the pattern, love the spindleless chair!
The room came out beautifully! I love the color of the chairs. Can you please tell me what color you spray painted them? Thanks so much!
It's beautiful! I love the little ballerina figurine.
Oh, Chris, it's be-you-ta-full!!!! I just love it . . . a little grown-up, but with a touch of youthful whimsy. Great job! You're daughter must be in heaven in her new room.
Thanks so much for sharing.
I love it. Oh how I wish I had some pink in my house of three boys!
It's beautiful. You are so talented!
oh, I LOVE it! She is surely one happy little girl! Beautiful! the tree is gorgeous! And I love the colors!
that room is the perfect combo of elegant yet little-girly. wow!
WOW…I love it…beautiful blue…with the pink, and that tree…I have a spare bedroom that needs 'something'…care to take a stab at it?? LOL
It so gorg!! i love the colors the bed the tree the lamp the ballerina so pretty!!
I LOVE it! So pretty!
Oh it amazing! Makes me wish I were a little girl again! Great job!
So adorable.
Would you please share your tips for painting the tree? After the holidays, I'm attempting to paint one in my son's room.
Merry Christmas!
Gorgeous! Love the simplicity of the quilts and the FUN of the pillows. I would love that room..thank you very much!
W.O.W.
LOVE the tree, LOVE the fun punchy pillows, LOVE that it's simple, but fun at the same time, LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. You get me? Love.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT BED?!?!?
We are about to give my 2 year old a "big girl" room and that is exactly what I am looking for!
I love the stream lined design of this room. Gorgeous!
Soooo cute! Wish I had a little girl to decorate for.
What a gorgeous room! I love everything about it, especially the tree! What color are the walls? I love it!
Love the wall color! Is that snow outside the window? SO pretty!!
so cute! I LOVE the tree!
That room is so beautiful, I want to live there! Love the tree, and the bed is GORGEOUS!
Gorgeous! LOVE that tree and the paint!
Beautiful room. My daughter would love it.
Oh my, I adore that room!
Yes and how did you do the tree!!?
WOW! it is so lovely! and LOVE the tree-so Pottery-Barn-ish. Great job! It looks like a pic out of a magazine!
umm and we all need a tree tutorial please
Beautiful!!!!!! Love the colors! And the trundle! Where did you find that? We have been looking for something along those lines for our girls.
So very pretty. Love the color palate and I am guilty of painting everything but I was inspired by how you painted the simple ballerina. My daughter was married last year and I am looking at her hot pink/orange and green room and thinking it is time for a redo. Thanks for the inspiration.
I am getting ready to paint my daughter's room and would love to know the paint color on your walls. I also love, love, love that tree!! You are very talented!
Absolutely beautiful. I don't know a thing about little girls' rooms, but I would think anyone would be happy with this space. It looks fantastic.
It'll be fun to see what you do with those high waters. I'm guessing it'll be much prettier than the plain panels would have been.
This turned out so amazing! I have been in the process of updating my daughters room, and I always love seeing girls room like this, so inspiring. What is the color you used on the wall?
lovely, i can't wait to see how you fix the curtains. i did the exact same thing to my sons room and they're still hanging there looking all tacky and sad. maybe if you show me then i can give his a fix.
We all know who got stuck with the purple wall theme around here. smerk.
We have a 2 hour delay today. For what I have no idea other than to drive me insane. The whole morning is pretty much thrown out the window. Ugh.
Very pretty. What a great change the color alone makes! Everything about it is wonderful! Lucky girl!
XO*tricia
So pretty! The colors are beautiful.
Wow – beautiful job.
Wow — I love this. Could you please post the color you used on the walls and how you did the tree?
Super lovely. Loving the colors. Soft yet bright! Splendid.
Beautiful!! I can't believe you painted the tree, I was thinking maybe it was one of those vinyl sticky type things!
Apparently my daughter & yours have similar taste, but I gave in to some of it, she has the purple room, minus the glitter and the furry pillows! But she shows them to me still everytime we go to Ross. 
I love it! Can you please share the paint color?
I love it… What a great job. We are converting the unfinish basement to my daughter's room. It's such a long process. But I am having so much fun. I will post pictures once it's done.
Hey thanks so much for the shout out!!!!!! YOu did a great job!!!! I love the room and appreciate you mentioning me! So sweet!
so darn cute!!!!! i want to redo my girls' room right now!!! i love the colors you chose – so soft looking
I love, love, love, love, LOVE that room! Will you share how you did the tree?
I LOVE this room!! Nice work.
Kim
It's beautiful! I wish I had a little girl so I could decorate her room. I'd totally copy you.
-ella
It looks fantastic, Chris! I couldn't love the tree more!
So pretty! I'll bet Olivia loves to sleep there when she comes home from grad school.
Beautiful!!!
I think it was a good compromise. Good practice for you…yall will have to be compromising a lot in the next few years! haha.
Amazing. Not your typical little girl color and thats what I'm loving. What color of blue is it? Also Tree tutorial please. You are awesome.
Thank you so much for the sweet compliments! I just love your blog, so that means a lot coming from you. The peace sign I made myself out of an old piece of wood. I just found a quote I loved, and painted it on. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!
Sooooo pretty! I loooove it! Great job on the tree!
Are you kidding me! That room is unbelieveable! Are you sure you didn't cut and paste from PB? Love it.
Please, please, please – a tutorial on the tree!! The room is great!
The room is beautiful! Great job!
That turned out soooo cute! I love the tree and trundle bed too!
Wowza!!!
Ditto all the questions:
Tree color and how you painted it?
Wall color?
I'm dying to know!
The room makeover is gorgeous! I love the tree! But what if we don't have an overhead projector? I don't and wish I did.
You did a beautiful job.
Wow soooooo darned pretty, a room that can grow with your daughter, love it!!
JaNae
We have a lovely member of our family that eats the things we love too. gotta love them. The room is beautiful. Thanks for sharing
Wow, amazing! The room is so beautiful and sophisticated. Your dog chews very random stuff just like mine does. Today she chew one of our Christmas cards that I had out to mail. Why do we keep them!?!?
-Desiree
LOVE it! I made the mistake of showing my 6 year old daughter the pictures…the look on her face was priceless. She wants the bed and the "lantern" and the tree. Thankfully she did ask me to do it to her new room, if we move. I love the color as well, it looks very similar to my bathroom color, Tide Pools from Behr…BEAUTIFUL!
i am not sure if you posted the color of the wall but i NEED to know what color that is. would love to paint my little daughters room that color. thanks!
sigh. so cute. sigh
It looks gorgeous!
I love the color,
Work from home India
Looks absolutely beautiful. I love the comforter on the truntle. And you did a great job on the tree.
I love it. I noticed the curtains…can't wait to see what you do w/ them. I fixed my daughters curtains by adding polka dot fabric and pom poms.
Catherine said…
Where did you get CHAIRS high enough for a 7 yr old??? I have been searching for months and all i can find are little toddler height ones- would you mind emailing me your source and the chair dimensions ( seat height especially)? my email is catherine@creativejam.com
Thanks!
My daughter wants to know if you will come paint a tree in her room.
I would love for my bedroom to look something like this.
Can't wait to read more of your blogs!
So cute! I saw this on another blog and saved it because I love it so much. I want to have a baby so I can do this in the nursery!
I just found your blog and I am in love with this room. (along with everyone else it seems.)
Please tell us the wall color. It is so fabulous. Pottery Barn has a similar color in one of their rooms and I'm really wanting to know yours!!!
Great job!! What is the color you used for the chairs? I love how they go with the walls!!
Please, could you tell me the name of the paint color? I’m desperately trying to talk my daughter out of pink and she would probably love this. But I have to move quick!
Also, where did you get that duvet?
Not sure where you got the bed, but we just got a similar one for her from Ikea. It also has the trundle, hoping it works well!
Thank you!
I did a whole post on it last week, Amanda! Here you go. http://justagirlblog.com/girls-room-resource/
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