Fit For a Princess

I am so proud of the bedroom I created for my Princess Grace. I really had no inspiration for this room, I just kind of winged it, and it turned out beautiful. Grace loves her room and I know she is going to miss it as much as I will. I'll just have to make her next room even more spectacular!!!

If I weren't moving, I'd paint the trim white, and who knows, maybe even the floor.







A few details...

• Chandelier from Canadian Tire ($99)
• Floral Mirror Decal from Len's Mill Store ($14)
• Curtains from Ikea ($39/pair)
• Chinese Lanterns from Ebay (just pennies and free shipping right from China!)
• Bedding from Target ($160)
• Bed Skirt from www.bedbathstore.com ($25)
• Crystal Closet Door from www.shopwildthings.com ($14/ea, I used 4)
• Crystal Curtain behind bed www.shopwildthings.com ($22)
• "Couture" print, frames, feather wreath, floral all from Home Sense

I love the DIY projects in this room. The light switch/outlet covers were really simple to make. I ordered the mirror covers on Ebay. They were a third of the price at Home Depot. I ordered the crystal stickers on EBay as well. They are actually cell phone stickers. They didn't even cost me a dollar!!! I love how they turned out, but I actually broke one installing it. The mirror is so delicate and I tightened the screw just a tad to tight and smashed it. Frustrating!

I had an ugly floor lamp from Ikea collecting dust in my garage so I decided to spray paint it white. I picked up a cheap lamp shade and some feather boas from Len's Mill Store in Port Dover. I think the feather boas were $4 each and I bought 3. I just glue gunned them around the shade and hung some extra crystals I had from the chandelier. I love it. Too bad the lamp is a piece of junk and doesn't work anymore!!!! Poor Grace is always tugging at the switch and saying "It's broken".

A few special things are in this room. The "Grace" letters and growth chart were hand made by my Dad. Can you see the crystal sitting on the shelf? It's from my brother's wedding. And the dream catcher is from Auntie Baba. Ryan won't let me hang it in the window!!!

I love this room and plan on taking everything with me to the new house to recreate Grace's Princess room. Maybe I'll go peach instead of purple this time. Who knows!!

Floor Plans Are In

I'm building my dream home! This is absolutely a dream come true for me. The house is in Waterford, Ontario and is scheduled to be completed November 30th, this year. Unfortunately, we are closing on the farm house August 30th, so we'll be moving into one of our rental properties in Jarvis for 3 months. A little inconvenient, but well worth it!!! We are working with Landstar Homes. A fellow Ukrainian that has standards on par with mine.

I can't believe the floor plans are here already. I'm posting the original plan without our changes. We have a revised, hand drawn rough copy, and once it's drafted up properly, I'll post it.

New Little Treasure

My Mother in Law and I were in one of my most favourite stores in Waterford today. TradeWinds Emporium on Main st. Waterford natives would know it as 'the store next to Yin's'!!!. We were there picking up a chair and my mom in law says "ohhhhhh, look at this". On the floor, under a table, was this beautiful little treasure. Being a Libra (Scales is the symbol), I knew it was mine. I took it home for just $14.99.
It's perfect in my front entrance. LOVE IT!!!!

Most Favourite Washroom

This room, along with many of my friends, is my absolute favourite room in the farm house. I searched for months for the perfect shower curtain, wall decor, and door knobs. The new shower itself took just over a week to complete, but it took me a lot longer than that to finish up all of the details...painting the walls, refinishing the vanity, painting the molding, and fixing up the old mirror. Every hour was worth it, because this room screams sunshine. Every time I walk in it, I get in a good mood!!!

This is the kids bathroom, so I knew I could get away with doing something crazy colourful. The first thing I thougt of was Amy Butler. Her fabric designs are cheerful, colourful and full of life. I found the shower curtain, matching valance, and matching hand towels at www.bedbathandbeyond.com.

I then got to work on the new shower. I picked a simple white subway tile because I knew it was neutral enough to work around - we all know I'll get bored in a year and change everything!!!
I refinished the vanity mirror by painting it and distressing it with sandpaper. And added some final touches that I was lucky enough to score at Home Sense.

One of the best finds was the toilet paper holder and towel rack. They were less than $30 for the 2. What a deal.

Oh My Goodness - How could I forget to mention my prized door knobs!!! These things took me forever to find! I wanted a dramatic, overstated knob for the vanity, and look what I found. Can you believe I can across these at Home Sense. Totally random, I was in line paying for a few other things, and there they were. Sitting, abandoned at a cash. Just enough for my vanity. I scooped them up and they now have a loving home! One of my most favourite finds EVER!

Hope you like my kids bathroom as much as they do!

I'll track down the paint can and post the paint colour.