Princess Paradise

So, for Miss H's first birthday I made her a cardboard castle. I used boxes from my sister's southern living orders (she is a consultant) bought some oops paint and was able to make one for fairly cheap. That is a whole separate post in and of itself. The castle is HUGE! It will take up a whole wall, easy.

(This is a pic of the castle from her bday. Excuse the tutus. I made them as well and will post about that later too!)

That is my inspiration for her playroom. Since she already has the castle, I am just going with the whole princess theme. Her playroom is long and rectangular which is already an issue and she has a couch and a love seat in there as well. So, there is a lot of furniture and an odd space. My goal is to re-arrange it to make it more cohesive and create a TON of storage so it is hopefully not always a wreck. Here it goes. We will see how it turns out!

And so it begins...

I have decided to start blogging about all of my new craft projects I do as well as just life in general. I am a single mom of a beautiful 18 month old angel! Miss H's (my daughter's) life is already flying by me and I want to remember EVERY moment. We are currently living with my parents while I save up money for a house. Needless to say space and sanity are limited. I am totally grateful for everything my parents have done for me but it is hard to live under their roof again. I am trying to make the most of the little space we have. Soon enough we will be on our own and I can decorate a whole house and you can read about it! (Lucky you)
The first project I will be taking on is a step stool. Miss. H is brushing her teeth "alone" now so I figured it was time to invest in a step stool. Plus, we will be starting the whole potty training venture soon (Lord help us). A step stool will be needed to get up to the potty. Anyway, I was garage saleing (is that a word?) and found this one for $3!

It has storage and it is really sturdy so I figured it was a pretty good deal. I knew I wanted to make it super cute so I invested in some pink and purple acrylic paint from Hobby Lobby (I already had all the other colors). Miss H's bathroom has a butterfly theme so I knew I wanted to incorporate that somehow. So, for a total of $5 I created This...



Pottery Barn has this step stool for $69 and all it has is a name on it!!!
I think I did a really good job for $5 plus it is an original! Eat That Pottery Barn and your expensive prices!!!

My next venture is to take on her playroom and make it super cute and functional. Stay tuned to see how that goes...DUN DUN DUN!!!