"The Catch All" finds its place!

 

Our spare bedroom has conveniently become an extra storage room/closet that was well needed for readily available items. Not to mention it stores all my seasonal clothes that I swap out every few months along with all the other shoes that won't fit into my bedroom closet. Yet with another little munchkin coming into this household it was time to turn the "grey room" into Isla's big girl room. 

This room is a great size and has excellent natural light as it's facing the east. It is a little hard for me to see Isla leave her nursery, but is just that, a perfect nursery. I need the new baby to go into her current room because of the amazing layout and functionality of the room for a newborn. 

The transformation of the room was a pretty uneventful one. It was obvious that it would be an extra bedroom. The only question would be "what color?". I always wanted a grey and yellow room. It  was a color scheme that I always thought worked so well together. The original swatch I picked out was called "Pewter ring", a darker grey. However, on the walls with the natural light it appeared purple! You have to be very careful with greys. They can have a hue of so many other colors- such as brown, blue, or purple... I hated this color! So I went back to home depot and choose another swatch that had less purple and more black!

 

The second swatch was called "Suede Grey" and was definitely less purple. After it dried I was still seeing some blue, so I hung some black and white photos to see if it would change the hue a little. You would be surprised what artwork and decor can do to a wall color! It can totally pull color from the artwork to change its tint.

The pictures below show the process from start to finish. The old wall paper was removed & the walls were painted.

This is the first grey that appeared blue-ish/purple. It looked horrible!

This is the second choice I made with black and white artwork. That stayed there temporarily until we started working on changing it to Isla's new bedroom. It's a huge difference in grey right!?

As for the yellow and grey theme - I lost interest in it & wanted to try grey and coral. Well let me tell you that a coral colored comforter is not easy to find! I settled for an "orange-ish coral" color. It still looks great with the grey, especially with a pop of turquoise!

A photo of the pretty bedding...

However not such a beautiful scene below with piles of clothes to sort through and a bookcase to paint! 

The bookcase was mine when I lived at my parents. It needed a nice facelift. I used a flat matte white paint. I love the way a flat paint looks on furniture. I'm not always a fan of the glossy finish, besides I had the whole can left from a previous project & put it to good use! I spray painted the hardware with krylon brushed bronze & it looks like new! 

Almost done... Just need some more decor, but absolutely loving the color scheme! 

A little art project I wanted to get started incorporated the letters auntie Jill had made for her previous room that were once white with red ribbon to match the lady bug theme, but now they are painted a bright blue and glued on top of cute orange chevron fabric. 

I used left over insulation board from a previous project. I cut them to size then stapled the material on to the board. Here is a picture of the first few stages...

I wasn't sure what I wanted to add to the letters I painted blue. I wanted it to be bright and colorful. It was the perfect decision to go with large rainbow colored gerber daisies. I hot glued them around the letters making the signs look so playful and bright! I think they turned out great :)

I moved some of the artwork around and added some additional items that I had bought and painted. I wanted the room to have endless color. I'm very happy with the asthetic of the room now! 

Ok friends - after a couple months and getting settled, I think Isla's room is compete with decor and all! Here is a final look! The only thing we have yet to do is install the bifold doors for the closet - so for now, it is an open concept. :)