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September 5, 2012

Tessa Jean's New Room!


Moving Tessa out of the nursery where she's slept for two and a half years hasn't been easy. For her, it's been no big deal, but for me it's been emotional to move her across the house, further away from my ears and eyes and heart, which is connected to hers with a wire that's wrapped tight round and round and round. 

But it was actually her idea to give up her room for baby Livvy, and when we went over all the options it made the most sense. My mom kept Tessa on Saturday night, and on Sunday Nekos and I woke (after sleeping in) with a mission: Make a new space that would knock our little girl's socks off. Here's what our guest room looked like before. We painted it in March before we knew we were expecting so decided to keep the color--Behr's Pismo Dunes--as it was.  


Other than her bedding, we didn't buy anything new. As I've blogged about, though, I did paint this old desk with Annie Sloan chalk paint, and used the same pink, "Antoinette" to accent her toy box, which I'd painted creamy white years ago. Plus we created a place to hang all of her art. She's very into painting so her work can be rotated out frequently. 


We drug these West Elm bookshelves up from the basement, cleaned them and set up a reading nook for our little bookworm. 


I made (and blogged about) this bunting a couple of years ago, and I'm so happy about how perfectly it matches the yellow-pink-blue color scheme of her new room. 


This ribbon lampshade, too, I made and blogged about a while ago. 


As for Tessa's reaction? I was anticipating it to be anti-climatic. (Remember when we told her she was going to have a baby sister?) But this little girl literally jumped up and down when she saw her new room, running around to examine every nook and cranny, even tripping and falling in her excitement. It was the best reaction we could have ever, ever hoped for. And that night, and every night thereafter, she slept like a baby big girl. Me? I may have had insomnia and hung on to the monitor like a lifeline. 

Next up: the nursery.  


Some details:
Bedding: Land of Nod's Petite Chateau Bedding
Blackout Curtains: Pottery Barn Kids's Mini Dot Panels 
Rug: Pottery Barn Kids
Paint colors: Wall, desk and toybox
Canopy: IKEA Himmel Bed Canopy
Run Wild My Child print: Etsy 

21 comments:

  1. FaithSeptember 5, 2012 at 11:45 AM

    Absolutely love it!!! It's a Big Girls room! And it is was so beautifully created.

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  2. Blair MundaySeptember 5, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    oh my it's gorgeous! great work mommy! :)

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    1. Ellen Mallernee BarnesSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:20 PM

      Thanks, Blair!!

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  3. Briana ShepleySeptember 5, 2012 at 1:23 PM

    It's absolutely perfect. Love every single bit of it.

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    1. Ellen Mallernee BarnesSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:20 PM

      Thank you so much, Briana!

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  4. ReidSeptember 5, 2012 at 3:37 PM

    Lovely! And inspiring :)

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  5. Beth HowellSeptember 5, 2012 at 4:59 PM

    I love it!!! Can you come do my room?! I cant wait to see the nursery!

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    1. Ellen Mallernee BarnesSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM

      haha. Thanks, Beth!

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  6. mouseinyourhouseSeptember 5, 2012 at 5:23 PM

    Gorgeous!! And I love that she was so happy with it. Smart girl ;)

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    1. Ellen Mallernee BarnesSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM

      Thanks, girlfriend!

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  7. Little Gray PixelSeptember 5, 2012 at 6:59 PM

    Ellen, it's beautiful. Would Tessa share her room with me? Haha.

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    1. Ellen Mallernee BarnesSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM

      Thanks so much! Hope all is well with your little family!

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  8. dreaSeptember 6, 2012 at 3:57 AM

    aw! Its magical!

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    1. Ellen Mallernee BarnesSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:18 PM

      Thanks, Drea!

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  9. JillSeptember 6, 2012 at 11:25 AM

    Come do my room?

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  10. LindseySeptember 6, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    It looks so great! We are about to redo our 2 yr old's room to make room for baby too... I hope she is just as excited and transitions as easily as Tessa!

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    1. Ellen Mallernee BarnesSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:18 PM

      Thanks, Lindsey! I hope you have an easy time with it, too. When are you due?

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  11. Lil Muse LilySeptember 7, 2012 at 6:59 AM

    it's perfect. just perfect. and how wonderful that she loves it and has been sleeping well in it. wonderful!!

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    1. Ellen Mallernee BarnesSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:17 PM

      Thanks, Claudia!

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  12. EmilySeptember 7, 2012 at 12:29 PM

    Gorgeous!!

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    1. Ellen Mallernee BarnesSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:18 PM

      Thanks, sugarplum!

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