A New Room for the Girls - part 1

I was so excited for the opportunity to do a girl's room for my two step-daughters. We decided to downsize and merge the office into our bedroom in order to give the girls their own space. I have always wanted to do the side-by-side twin bed arrangement, so that was my starting point.  I always default to white, especially in a bedroom, and my step-daughter requested either light blue or light green as well. I love the "Tiffany box" or "robin's egg" blue, and I like that it was a little more unconventional than pink. So I set out to find some white beds and bedding and one decorative piece to build around.

I found this blue vase at a discount store, and thought it was the right color and a perfect accent for the nightstand. The silk roses were found on the clearance rack at Kirkland's. 

As for the beds, I knew they would be the focal point of the room. I found a lady who refinishes furniture, and set out to find two matching beds or headboards that could be distressed in white. Enter good old Craigslist.

I found these antique circa 1940's headboards on a week-old Craigslist ad. They were still available, and I trekked across Jacksonville to pick them up. They were more beautiful than the pictures portrayed, and extremely heavy.

After I dropped off the headboards to be refinished in white, I had a better idea in my head of the direction I wanted to take the entire room. Time to shop the stores and the house for everything else. More on that coming up.