By The Wiz
Here is a picture of my little Vampiress’ room. This is the view as you walk in.
This is the view from her bed. You have to pretend that the walls are painted a lovely yellowish called “Napery” or “Banana Cream” I haven’t decided which one yet. However, I’m leaning toward ‘Napery.’
In case you can’t tell, those are fairies in the pictures. I didn’t notice the pics are a little crooked, so just pretend they’re straightened out. You also may have noticed the random scraps of paper taped to the wall. Those are ’signs’ that periodically appear on the door, saying things like ‘please come in’ and ‘nobody allowed’ and ‘Daddy come in, but not Mommy’. You know, loving thoughts from our youngest girl.
I don’t usually do blue, but the walls came painted that color, and so we decided to go with a blue and yellow theme so as to support my lazy nature. Also, the flowers above the bed are not in a wood frame (it’s a silver), they just look that way in the picture.
My friend wanted me to post these pics after we covered the headboard in yellow fabric, (and by ‘we’, I mean my husband) so if you think this post is lame, well then, blame her. And I just want to say that for the record, recovering a headboard is something I have never even considered before now. I didn’t even realize it was within the realm of reality. Apparently it is.
But I also wanted a record of her room while she was still little, and to prove to the world that once upon a time, it was clean.
I will post pics of my oldest girls room (who needs a blog nickname - thoughts on that?) when her walls no longer look like they’re dripping Pepto Bismol. It’s a little overwhelming, but on the plus side, your upset stomach is cured just by walking in. Maybe I’ll do a before and after. If I remember. And if I get around to painting it before she leaves for college. Which I hope I do. Me love sentence fragments.
I am slowly getting this house put together. It’s fun to do, when you have a designer friend holding your hand every step of the way. Unfortunately, she lives in Utah and I live here, but there are ways of making that work. We have the technology.
Thanks for indulging me in a little record keeping. You may now return to your regularly scheduled activities, already in progress.




That is so darling! I love yellow and blue and it’s reassuring that even a novice can recover something, b/c my cousin does it beautifully and I’ve always wanted to try but am afraid it would turn out horribly. So maybe I’ll give it a go after all!
Comment #1 by StarababaSeptember 15th, 2007 at 10:49 amThe headboard looks so good, you (and by you I mean your husband) have inspired me to recover my dog. Maybe something in a nice blue.
Seriously- it looks great!! Congrats on finishing the project!
Comment #2 by JustRandiSeptember 15th, 2007 at 11:14 amStarababa - If you decide to recover something, and you really are a novice, pick a fabric that doesn’t need ‘centering’ No stripes, etc. Get fabric where the pattern is the same all over, or no pattern at all. It makes things much easier.
Comment #3 by The WizSeptember 15th, 2007 at 12:54 pmI’m jealous that she has matching furniture, let a lone a cool “new” headboard!
I wish I had the energy to redecorate my bedroom.
Hopefully this fall…this fall.
What is it fall already?
At least we only have “fall” weather in Vegas. So I’ll have all “winter” long.
Comment #4 by LaceySeptember 15th, 2007 at 1:14 pmLovely! And I want a decorator to help with my room…..
One thing: do you get earthquakes where you live? My SIL had two glass-framed photos above her kid’s crib and an earthquake resulted in much, much badness. Not trying to inspire paranoa, but her “no glass above the bed” did seem like good advice.”
Comment #5 by JanetSeptember 15th, 2007 at 4:17 pmI love blue and yellow for a girl’s room (well, I only have girls, but I’d probably love it in a boy’s room as well). I did our first baby’s room in blue and yellow Peter Rabbit (it sounds so tacky, but it was really cute since I have mostly antiques). I have kept it up in different versions through 5 houses and three kids now, re-using different pieces in different combinations. I’ve had almost the exact shades you have in these pictures- lurve it! (as my 11 yo would say)
Comment #6 by claireSeptember 15th, 2007 at 6:39 pmJustRandi - LOL!
Janet, please say that the child who was in the crib is alive and okay. I have wondered about pictures hung over beds before (they say Utah is due for a huge earthquake some time) but it’s easy to get careless when there aren’t minor quakes to keep you on your toes.
Comment #7 by Zina WSeptember 15th, 2007 at 7:24 pmCute rooms. We just moved into a new place and I’ve been going through home magazines and racking my brain on how to paint (or if to paint) and what to do with this blank slate. My walls were freshly painted this off-white color before we moved in, and so they don’t need painted, but everything looks so blah I feel like I’m living in a motel.
Your daughter’s room looks good! In our other house I painted the kids’ room a bright sky blue and then did clouds on the ceiling. It was so much fun!
Comment #8 by meemsSeptember 15th, 2007 at 8:32 pmThere is no glass covering those pics. I don’t think we have earthquakes, but I’m not sure.
Comment #9 by The WizSeptember 16th, 2007 at 2:00 pmBorn in AZ, lived there until I was 18 and my mom still lives there. No earthquakes.
Comment #10 by berzerkcarrottopSeptember 16th, 2007 at 4:08 pmOh it really is beautiful-
Comment #11 by Lisa MSeptember 16th, 2007 at 5:47 pmVery cute. Before dd was born, we painted the trim in our front room a lovely shade of green. It was our first experience trying to pick out a paint color, and it was a trying experience. dh and I said that we hoped naming the baby would be easier than picking a paint color. It was.
Comment #12 by AmandaSeptember 17th, 2007 at 10:21 amI love that little yellow couch/chair thing. Does it have a clever name or can I just call it a chouch?
Comment #13 by SarahSeptember 18th, 2007 at 4:17 amI have no idea what it is. It was just here, and Vampiress really wanted it. Mostly it’s used as a bed for her dolls.
Comment #14 by The WizSeptember 18th, 2007 at 6:32 am