Never in a MILLION years...........

did I ever think that I would allow Salem to have a princess theme bedroom. Now, the time has come, and there is No turning back. For her upcoming birthday, my mom purchased her a princess castle loft bed (it's a white framed bunk style bed with the bed on top, and a loft area on the bottom. The castle part is pink and purple with stairs going up on one side and a slide coming off the top on the other). It is very cute and I KNOW Salem will love it. Okay, I couldn't pull the photo up, so I just took a picture of it with my camera.


For her bedding, I decided NOT to go with a princess theme. Too much of that stuff would make me want to vomit. So, I went with this set from Pottery Barn and I'm SOOOO in love with it. I also got her name embroidered on it for an extra special touch.
(I just took a picture of one of the shams to give you an idea. The colors are purple, light purple, teal, and green.)





Then, I found this lady, through a friend, that does custom paintings and dirt, DIRT cheap. I paid $89 and she did 6 custom drawings for me on canvas and even matched them perfectly to the colors in the bedding. I couldn't believe it and I don't know how this lady made and $. She lives here in Texas (in Georgetown), and ships anywhere in the U.S. If any of you are in need, please email or call me and I can put you in touch with her. Not only that, but all you need to do is give her a detailed description of what you're looking for, and she'll email you back and forth with sketches of possibilities. She can also make murals; which I think are even better, but Andrew liked the individual ones better because it allows you more flexibility on where to put them. The canvas's are 16x20, so they are a nice (large) sized paintings.


So, all of this wouldn't have been my first choice on room decor for Salem's "Big Girl Room", but I know SHE will have a lot of fun with it, and that's all that matters, right? I figure it's a cheap way to have a cute room, and after we get settled in one spot in the next few years, then we'll buy her "nice" bedroom furniture. Now, I just need to find the nearest IKEA to buy coordinating white dressers, bookcases, etc. I guess I'm more or less letting my kid be a kid. Salem acts older than her age, so at times, I have to bring myself back to reality and remind myself that she's only 19 months old and not 10 (not that she acts 10, but you know what I mean). If it were 100% up to me, I would already decorate her room in teeny bopper stuff (NOT Hannah Montana or High School Musical crap, but cute girly stuff), but what fun would that be for a 2 year old?

So, be honest with me with and tell me what your thoughts are on all of this!