Home Tour Tuesday---Little Lovelies (Children's Rooms)

Happy day-after Valentine's Tuesday to you, friends! Hopefully Cupid and your special someone left your hearts full of love, wrists full of bling, and tummies full of all things decadently chocolate!

It's fun to be back co-hosting Home Tour Tuesday with sweet Daphne, after a few weeks away. With a munchkin of my own, I am particularly excited to stroll through your homes this week and take a peek into your own Little Lovelies' rooms. Considering all the creativity and fabulous, yet diverse, tastes of our readers, I'm sure this week's Home Tour will not disappoint!

I first shared a look inside Sweet Bean's room just weeks after I began this blog, and almost a month before her arrival. Though some things have changed since then, much remains the same, and likely will until we move GG from nursery to big girl room.

Though my tastes have changed, looking back there's not much I'd do differently. Yes, it's true that dust is attracted to the mahogany furniture like a four-year old to a Snickers, and the custom hand-sewn bedding needs to be ironed even after a round in the dryer, but it's what I wanted. And, thanks to the generosity of my parents, I got exactly what I wanted and more---the perfect room for Gillian Grace!

It's funny as I look back on that first posting about GG's nursery, I closed with these words, "Hopefully she will love her new digs as much as we do."

I'd say Gillian Grace loves her room, don't y'all think?

Sweet Bean's Nursery

Bret spent hours painting the stripes on the walls. We chose to do horizontal instead of vertical stripes after receiving some advice from our local paint guy who'd just recently painted stripes in his daughter's bathroom. As everyone knows, Bret is painstakingly meticulous. He measured and remeasured numerous times before, while, and after painting. The stripes are one of my favorite touches in the room!

You wouldn't believe how comfy the rocker recliner is! I spent more nights than I can count here, snuggled up with Sweet Bean in my arms.

I have many favorites in the nursery and Gillian's bedding ranks right up there at the top! We had her bedding custom-made and it's appropriately called PINK PAISLEY. Fingers crossed that she'll have nothing but peaceful sweet dreams in this cozy crib.

Of course we had to have more shelves to display pictures of family, friends, and perhaps the most important stuffed animal of them all---a GATOR!

On the wall we've placed pictures of Bret and me as babies in black and white. Gillian Grace's picture is in color in the center. When she was first born we thought she looked a lot like me as a baby. Now, she's just Gillian Grace, the very best of both of us!


The bench is another one of Bret's projects. The bench itself was something mom gave me and Bret painted white. I then got the idea to stencil flip flops and bathing suits on the bench to tie in our subtle theme---the beach.

My Aunt Helen is truly talented. After searching for pictures for the nursery and discovering that my choices were not only limited but also very pricey, she volunteered to paint canvas pictures for us. All I had to do was show her examples of what I wanted. Not only did she follow through and create absolutely beautiful and whimsical paintings for Gillian Grace, she far exceeded my expectations (which we all know are high). Having paintings done by a family member makes Sweet Bean's room even more special!

Gillian's initials and another favorite---a pink and white gingham chandelier.

I may be creative, but I'm not all that crafty! After seeing bow hangers on Etsy and in shops costing anywhere from $45 to $75, I decided I could make my own. Even after using the wrong kind of paint, my first attempt, though far from perfect, turned out okay. And best of all, we're finally able to keep track of the million plus bows GG owns. 

Now it's your turn! Grab our button and link up, pretty please! We've shown you ours, now show us yours!

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