Chloe's New Bedroom

So since we are expecting our second child, we have decided that it is time to move Chloe into a different room. I mean seriously we have an awesome nursery if I do say so myself. When we were pregnant with Chloe, my mom, aunts, Dave and I turned one of the bedrooms into the 100 Acre Woods. Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore even live there. So of course it is ideal to have the new baby just move into that room while it is still painted to be a nursery. So Chloe will move into the front bedroom. That picture is only 2 walls on the other 2 there is another tree, Tigger (jumping over the changing table), and Piglet (flying a kite on a hill with flowers on the wall with the closet).

There is so much to do to get it ready. Right now it is a junk/storage room. So first it has to get cleaned, which means come April, I will be having a garage sale, really a yard sale cause I will just set things in the front yard and driveway..lol. So the To Do list is a long one.

• Clean and organize room
• rip up carpet and assess hardwood floor
• either replace carpet or refinish hardwood (if we refinish hardwood I am going to have the hallway redone too)
• fix closet shelving
• paint walls cream or white

So right now that is the list. But I have been looking for beds and bedding for Chloe's new room. This I am super excited about, especially since I don't have a nursery to decorate. Of course the furniture is going to be white, unless I can find something I like in a blonde wood (which would be ideal for me).

The hard thing left now is to actually find a WOOD toddler bed. Everything seems to be plastic with either Dora, Elmo, or Pooh. Which isn't what we want. We are wanting something that is more "grown" up per say. Not too grown up, for gosh sakes she is only turning 2 in February. So I have found this bed on walmart.com. Which I really am starting to like, but it is from online. I would prefer seeing it in person. Originally I was looking for a white bed, but I think a natural one is more gender neutral. Do you agree? Because I do like this dresser too that goes with the natural colored bed. And not only do they have a dresser but they have a chest too. I need to look into the dimensions to make sure this is something that will grown with her. I am not talking myself into getting the natural cause it would grow more with her when she gets older than white. Right????

So on to the bedding selection. I really am in LOVE with this from pottery barn. I think how is it fun and kiddish, yet kinds grown up. And I think it would be something that would last until she outgrows the toddler bed. But I have 2 options my favorite Called Sophie (right) isn't Dave's but he likes my second choice. What do you think about getting it personalized? But my thought with this bedding would be to paint the walls a white linen color or a cream and then have the polka dots on the wall that the bed going to be placed on. At Target last night I found vinyl polka dot stickers that looked like the same colors as on the quilt. I like the idea of the stickers better than actually painting the polka dots on them. Then when she is older we can just peel the stickers off instead of repainting the entire room. For the second choice it is called Alyssa's Flower garden (Left). I like it in the pink and green, but Dave and I saw it at the Pottery Barn Kids in Chesterfield in Lavender and Green. It was very nice looking, but I prefer the pink. But Dave and I have talked about (with the vinyl stickers in mind) having my Aunts' Lisa and Jen make huge vinyl flowers to put on the walls in the bedroom. Using the colors pink, purple, green and yellow. We figured 2 flowers per wall, but we would do more or less if we wanted. I haven't talk to my aunts yet about doing it to make sure they can, but I think they could do it.

So my mom is coming home from Florida for 2 weeks and this is what she is going to have to endure, well and helping with planning Chloe's birthday party. Cause she is flying back on the 8th of February (my dad is staying down there) to be with some friends and then will be home a few days before Chloe's birthday on the 28th. Man these next 2 weeks are going to be nuts!!