Rainbow Sprinkles (A Fresh Bedroom For Our Sweet Pea)

Sprinkles make everything extra special...especially when they are rainbow-colored.

So, what to do in the bedroom of our little love who thoroughly loves.all.the.colors and can't ever pick a single favorite?

Sprinkle it with rainbow colors, of course!

In moderation.

Her nursery was a sea of chocolatey brown, pale pink, and white.  When we updated her room with her "big girl bed" a few years back, the color scheme remained the same (read:  "we weren't ready to paint it again, just yet").

We had been planning and scheming her room redo for almost two years (doesn't life just go that way, sometimes?), which gave me plenty of time to pull it all together in my head.  I had already begun to collect items for her room, including a pom pom pillow (with leftover pompoms from her 5th birthday "art" party) and my very first embroidery project (which I had started working on while we were in the hospital last summer).  I wanted it to be fresh, bright, whimsical, airy, and sprinkled with bits of every color.

{  A 14" labor of love  }

{  book page mobiles and triangle bunting  }

A vanilla cupcake with rainbow sprinkles soon became the way I described it (does anyone else associate all their decorating and color-scheming with edibles every.single.time?  Or am I the only one?).

{  mix of vintage, new, handmade, and store-bought  }

Finally, the weekend came when we could let the kids have some grandma and grandpa time overnight while we painted her room and pulled it all together.  HOORAY!

{  reused window panels from Max's room topped with a vintage sheet and white pompoms  }

We began with a beautiful shade of white with a hint of warm gray in it:  Valspar's "Gilded Linen."  And once we added some heaping tablespoons of some (very fine) gold and silver glitter for the main wall, it truly was gilded!

{  the bottom 1/3 of a gallon and several {heaping} tablespoons of each color glitter  }

The glitter was just enough to be noticeable (especially when her lights are on), but subtle enough at the same time.  What girl doesn't love herself some glitter?!  (Here's a short video so you can see the glitter in action).

I had a few fun surprises up my sleeve besides the glitter, to include 2-inch metallic gold polka dots for the ceiling, some sweet, whimsical pinwheels, twinkle lights (which I love because you don't see them when they aren't lit!), a tassel garland, book page mobiles (that I had made for my SIL's baby shower), and art prints (sources for everything will be at the end of this post).  We had already added some fun rainbow elements to her room in anticipation of the redo (so they weren't surprises), including a Paisley Sprouts garland and pillow cover, sweetly gifted to her for her birthday last year from her "Aunt Alli" (and family) herself.

{  these prints are perfect in her room.  I spy a leftover baby shower pinwheel  }

{  tassels made from a dress & scarf that I never wore, strung on white sequins - artwork and photo area will be beneath  }

Add a HomeGoods score of a duvet cover ($30!!), our old queen-sized down comforter, and some repurposed items from around the house, and we are super excited with how it all turned out.

{  my favorite vignette in her room  }

{  every girl needs space for her books  }

She loved it.  Even Max loved it.  And then she asked if she could actually sleep there (adorable).

{  its safe to say they both loved it  }

We still have a few loose ends to tie up (a platform storage bed, an area for hanging personal art and pictures, an adorable "royal" pillow case, and reorganized closet), but it's safe to say that it's about 90% complete - and boy, does it feel so good.

I'd be lying if I told you that I never go into her room (when she's at school) and just enjoy it myself.  Must be the little girl in me.  

This room is SO VERY Camdyn.  Fun, bright colors, little details, some new, some vintage, glitter, and polka dots.  Oh, the glitter and polka dots.

{  can I move in?  }

Her room looks like a birthday party celebration every day...which I think is pretty perfect, given that the life of our little miracle girl should be celebrated every day, too.

Praise God for that!

{  happy pompoms and pinwheels  }

Room Sources:

Wall color:  Valspar's Gilded Linen in Satin

Trim color:  Valspar's Swiss Coffee in Semi-Gloss (used throughout our home)

Triangle garland & pillow cover:  Paisley Sprouts on Etsy

Gold polka dot decals:  All Four Walls on Etsy

Set of 2 pinwheels:  Celebrate Life on Etsy

3 Art prints (2 on hangers, 1 framed):  Pen and Paint on Etsy

Book page mobiles:  tutorial from Anthromollogies.com (found on Pinterest)

Twinkle lights:  found on Amazon