Lily's New Room

Lily's new room is officially finished. We kept the frog theme since I was so proud of my frog valances and she's received several frog figurines from people. Lily picked the bedding color from blue, pink, and green. She seems to gravitate toward blues when given an option, so I'm guessing it may be her favorite color. Although when asked, it changes daily.

The wall color is called Pear Green. I have to admit, I was wary once I started painting. It looked neon, and I was afraid it would end up being day-glow green and we wouldn't actually need a light fixture, but after the second coat went on, it looked exactly like I'd imagined. We picked up an inexpensive bookcase and painted it the same color as the wall. I felt so HGTV - making it look like we included some custom pieces in the room. I had originally planned for the vinyl wall art to go on the painted wall, but we decided it looked better over the bed. So I'm still trying to decide if the painted wall needs something besides the paint. I figure I'll give it a couple weeks and see how I feel.

Lily slept in her new bed for the first time about a week ago, and the transition was a lot smoother than I expected. The same day, I converted her toddler bed back into a crib and put the new crib bedding in it so I could show her that her old room was now for "baby brother." She did ask to be put in the crib so she could see, but once she took it all in, she just said, "OK" and headed back to her new room. She hasn't looked back since. We still have the occasional request to rock, but we're slowly weaning her from that since the glider will stay in the nursery. She's getting better about not needing it; the last couple nights, she's been satisfied with having me sit in bed with her for a minute or two.

I really expected to have at least a couple nights of wanting to sleep in her old room or being scared to sleep in such a big bed, but I guess I should have known better since she's not really afraid of anything.

Lily says she loves her new room and seems to be enjoying it. Now on to the nursery...