It's always a 'Lovely Day' in Ruby Mae's room. Her mom Jenn shares: When we found out we were having a girl, my mind immediately started thinking about her room! The room needed to feel peaceful and clean while sparking fun and imagination at the same time...a little girl's room that she would love to be in at each stage of her life.
We combined vintage pieces with family heirlooms and Ikea basics to build a room that the whole family loves to be in. Color was brought in through the accents....the rugs (2 Ikea rugs taped together), the knick knacks on her shelf, books and the animal busts (from The Cherry Box.......I LOVE these!!!). We were lucky to score a 1969 vintage Eames Lounge chair and the dresser/mirror to bring the decor of the house into Ruby Mae's room. Ikea provided the crib, rugs, lamps and hamper.
The rest of the room was either pieces from our own childhood (my baby blanket and lifelong friend Big Ted, a clown my Great Aunt had made 30 years ago, favorite books our parents had saved, etc...) or from our friends and travels (Feathers painting by Kirsten Blair, handmade onesie/tutu, souveniers...). And what little girl's room is complete without a Wonder Woman?!?! I really wanted to share our love of music and positivity with her, and felt that a painting of the lyrics to Lovely Day by Bill Withers was the perfect way to do that.
All in all we really love this room. Hope you enjoy it too!
Thanks Jenn! We do!
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It IS beautiful here!
I love that Bill Withers song. What a great idea! Did they do the painting themselves, or have someone do it for them?
I have that same Ikea rug, and it's a little small for the room. I was thinking I'd get another rug (a remnant) and put it underneath, then layer them. But it would be MUCH cheaper to just boy another Ikea rug that's the same and join them together like you did.
Question: How did you attach the two rugs, and was it expensive?
Love this room!
Love it! Don't get the whole sheepskin on the diaper changer, though. Looks good....can't imagine trying to clean poop off of it.
Love the type poster and pillow! Great job with the room.
Thanks for the nice comments!!
I had painted the picture....it was super simple, just very very time consuming!
The rugs....I taped them together with duct tape, then got a large non-slip mat and taped that to them to hold it all together. I haven't had any problems with it separating yet and it's been a year and a half. Good luck!
Finally the sheepskin....I actually use a swaddle blanket to cover half of the pad that her bottom lies on. That way I can easily throw that in the hamper and put a new one on. Plus I like the way she is nice and cozy in there instead of rolling around.
How in the world did you paint that? I love it and would love to try something like it!
My eyes zeroed in on the picture and I quickly recognized the lyrics. How lovely, indeed!
OK....to paint it. (I think I might have even found this from someone else's post a while back....). Super easy. I layed out the lyrics in illustrator and had it printed 3x4' at kinkos. I got carbon tracing paper at the local art store. Unfortunately they don't have giant pieces, but I was able to get a 12' long piece that was 12" wide. So I just had to cut three 4' strips and tape it onto the canvas. Then taped the printed paper over and got to tracing. I did large black solid letters on white paper....in hindsight, if i did a black/non-white background and did the lines of the letters dropped out in white, it would have been easier to track what had been traced and what still needed to be done..... Once it was traced, I painted. Thankfully I wasn't too picky on the color of the words being perfect white, so I was able to just paint the black and leave the letters the color of the canvas. I am really happy with the way it turned out. I would say this, in total, took me about 40-50 hours (I am a slow painter I guess!). Worth every second! Good luck.