House Tour: The Girls' Room

We are just a handful of days away from my c-section (how did that happen??!?), and Rhett and I have been working steadily for the past month+ to get our house in an almost settled state before the baby arrives.  We weren't going for perfection, but we've gotten through a bunch of projects and made a good number of purchases to help fill in our new home.  The projects have been suuuuch a nice distraction to get me away from my crazy pregnancy anxiety and they've made us really love this house.

Since we can't have all of our friends and family over to see the house, I figured I'd do a few posts on some rooms that we've completed (for now).  

The first room we finished was the girls' room.  Rhett and I really, really wanted them to feel settled and excited about their new digs.  I'm a terrible decorator, and we couldn't do a ton with their room in Northern VA anyway because we were just renting.  So, we hadn't purchased too many things to make their old room nice.  Here, I couldn't afford to go out and buy all new stuff, so I did what pretty much everyone else in America has to do and I used what we had to furnish the room plus some family hand-me-downs.  Rhett did give me a little house decorating budget though, so I was able to make a few purchases.  I utilized fancy retailers such as Target and Home Goods to make it all work.

Here is the room:

Walking in...

...and even further in 

Toys/books

Beds

The color on the walls is Sherwin Williams White Dogwood.  It is a pale pink, and it ended up working surprisingly well in the room (and I say surprising because I solely relied on Pinterest--I didn't even test a paint sample on the wall).  It's enough color without being overpowering, which was my fear in painting an entire room pink.  We used the girls old drapes and curtain rod from Pottery Barn Kids (sorry, I didn't get a good picture of those).  Their window is super low and small, and the drapes are massive, so we hung them high and wide and thankfully it makes the window look much bigger.

I got new crystal lamps from Home Goods for the dresser and Cate and Charlotte love them.  Thankfully they can turn them on themselves which I never really thought about, but is a HUGE help.

We also put an old Pottery Barn Kids shelving unit and a book rack from One Step Ahead in to tame some of the clutter.  Rhett proudly hung a Carolina pennant near the toys so the girls don't get too disillusioned seeing all of the Texas A&M gear here.  It's EVERYWHERE.

The beds were my grandparents' and they are old and perfect.  It makes me smile that we have them.  I ordered new white on white monogrammed duvets and shams from Pottery Barn when they had a big sale a few months ago.  I also used some pillows and storage benches from their old room.  My mom stitched needlepoints for both girls, and those appear over their beds.  They also have a hand-me-down nightstand with an old white lamp, the greatest clock in existence, and Cate's Russian dolls on it.

The room has been great so far and the girls are so happy to share.  When one has to go to bed before the other, they are sooooo sad to be by themselves.  I'm sure there are many hours of lost sleep from sharing, but the girls love being with each other so much, I could never split them up.

Hope you like the room--I think the girls do!