Maiya's room makeover!

This is not a typical post for me, but I had so much fun decorating Maiya's room these days, that I decided to dedicate a post to it alone.
Here is a pic of her room before I started decorating....sooooo sad! It looks like this because I had taken Tysons and Maiyas fun and cute toddler beds out. Tyson moved in with the boys and Maiya got a very basic big girl bed. They didn't have a dresser because she has shelves in her closet. I had not bothered decorating the walls before, so as sad as it looks...this was her room. I freshly painted the walls to get rid of all of the artwork that my children decided to adorn them with. The carpet is horrible, but I can't replace them yet (Tyson got Marker and nailpolish etc all over). So I decided this room needed to be much nicer than just an area to sleep in, but to actually enjoy being in.
So I started pulling things together. I took a photo prop that I had (a little vintage doll carriage that Maiya loves) and I decided to put it in her room to let her play with it, and then go from there. It was a blast finding things that would piece the look together.

A before pic (although I had already painted the walls...we have to stick with neutrals because we rent).

Here is the vintage carriage it all began with:

 

I took Maiya out for a little shoot to match her room, and the pic above of the carriage ended up going on her nightstand.

This is the picture that I chose from the shoot to be featured on her wall.

This picture frame I already owned, but it was in storage. I decided to give it a vintage look in the colour of the room decor. So being in a rush at the time, I didn't bother prepping it. I just sprayed it with the dusty blue spray paint. It ended up bubbling and looking weird, and I was disappointed....UNTIL I realized that it looked fabulous that way with the picture I had of Maiya!

I had a nightstand that was small and cute.  I had bought it off the swap n' buy for $5.

I thought it would look better in white for the look of the room. I also added a small photo of the bear in the carriage to go on the nightstand. The frame was from the dollar store and I spray painted it white. I got the cute little vintage clock from the thrift store for $3. It was so perfect for the look. The little basket underneath is also from the thrift store for $2. I loved how it looked like a bucket from a well, that's where she keeps a few books for night reading.

I got this headboard for free off the swap n buy (thank you Kim). It was already cute and perfect for the look,

but I decided to spray it white (except for the light brown at the top which I liked like that). You`ll see a pic in the final picture, I didn`t take a seperate after photo.

I got this cute dresser from the swap n' buy for $10 and I just hadn`t done anything with yet, but it had major potential. It was forest green with brown accents (drawers, doors). I forgot to take a before pic until I already had the doors off and the drawers out, so this is the best before pic I've got.

I decided to spray the dresser and knobs blue and the doors and drawers white. You will see the after in the final pic as I did not take an individual after pic.
Here is my next little addition to the room. I unfortunately did not take a before pic. I got this spicerack that I thought was pretty hideous from a white elephant gift game and it was in my "getting rid of" bag. It was an old run down looking brown wood with black accents. You could see through the "screen" as well. I then saw it for the potential it had, to go with the theme. So I snagged it back out of the bag and started to work on it:

I sprayed it white, and scuffed it up a bit. Then I added some scrapbook paper on the back of each screen to get some nice colour popping through, as well as to hide the little racks inside. I also found the perfect butterfly in the craft section at wal mart to add the finishing touch.
I wanted to put something overtop her bed, so I sprayed a wooden hanger white and hung a dress that she had just outgrown that I liked the look of. I liked how it looked on the wall.

I found this sign at HomeSense and just had to have it for the room as well.

I added 3 smaller pictures to her wall from the shoot as well...it might need more on that part of the wall, but I'll see how it goes

I put a few things on top of the dresser that I thought looked appropriate for the room

I got the vintage camera off the swap n' buy. The books are from our selection. The jewellery holder was from the dollar store, and the box (or whatever you call it) was also from the swap n' buy.

I also got a throw rug from the swap n' buy for free to cover the ugly stains on the carpet, and also picked up this sweet quilt for $20 from the swap n' buy (handy little site). I use one of my props now (a little vintage style white bath basin) for a laundry basket.

I am now addicted to thrifting and a bit of spray paint. 

Here is how the room looks now...

It was hard to fit the room into one picture (used my wide angle lens). I have a few ambitions to add some vinyl to my little wash basin that says laundry 5c or something....and I also envision pussy willows in the room. We'll see if I come up with anything else!