Alaina's Grown-Up Room

Let me take you on a little tour of Alaina's newly redecorated bedroom. She has been planning / designing this for months now. The end result required a bit of compromise between the two of us but we are both pleased with how it turned out.

She had some "REQUIREMENTS" which included having her easel set up and useable in her room, a place to display her Lion King collection, and keeping her large desk, as she likes to spread out while doing homework.

She also had a "WISH" list which included a small sofa for her friends to hang out on and a place for her fish to live.

Thanks to IKEA and Benjamin Moore we actually pulled it off. We also found a charming little fan at Home Depot (just the right size for a bedroom). Rob was a sweetheart and installed it for us. It made such a difference in keeping her room comfortable that I can't believe we haven't gotten around to putting one in her room before now.

Moving around her bedroom counter-clockwise....

The Lion King Collection and the Infamous Couch!

Alaina was so excited that we finally agreed to get her the couch that she took the box apart and carried it, piece by piece, upstairs to her bedroom. I had told her we may have to wait for her dad to get home from being out of state before we got it upstairs.

The Art Corner

The work corner

Look Em! The directors chair that we found at World Market fits fabulously in the room too. Apparently, this chair reminds random teenagers of a certain "Nancy Drew" computer game. Hmm, we may have to check it out sometime.

I love how the clock in the Big Ben clock tower turned out! My daughter is so creative!

The bed and dressing area