Annie's Room (Finally)

If you're looking for info. on the Clickin Moms drawing, here it is.

If you'd given up hope that I'd ever show photos of Annie's room, read on...

I actually planned to post photos of Annie's room a long time ago, but kept holding off because it's not quite finished.

The baseboards still aren't nailed up, her closet and bedroom doors haven't been painted, I need to find some new drawer pulls, etc., but since I've already moved on to Courtney's room, I figured I might as well show you what I've got so far...

That's the view from the front door. (I tried to refinish the floors myself, but after busting a half-dozen sanding belts, I gave up and hired someone who knew what he was doing.)

Annie sleeps on top of that big puppy almost every night. (A Christmas present from Grandma Jo & Grandpa Tom.)

I found the quilt at an old junk shop. (It's a little short, but its so cute, I couldn't pass it up.)

The pillow and the old Raggedy Ann are junk shop finds as well. (Much to my husband's dismay, I just buy stuff at junk shops/garage sales and store it until I find a place for it in the house.)

I made the bed out of old, solid-wood doors that I picked up for $35 each.

Basically, I made the headboard out of three panels of a door and the footboard out of two panels of a door and then I attached another full-sized door (to support the mattress) to the headboard and footboard with big, metal L-brackets.

Unfortunately, the whole frame would sway forward and backward whenever Annie crawled onto it, so I attached the headboard to the wall with screws to keep the whole bed in place.

I'm still looking for a cool metal letter 'A' to attach to the headboard.

I just lucked out finding the perfect sized wooden boxes to hold books between the mattress and the footboard.

I made the frame high enough to put another mattress underneath it. (I made it for sleep-overs with cousins and friends, but it also makes a really great fort.)

And I made the hanging hearts out of old books, patterned paper, cardstock and fishing line.

Basically, there is a front and a back side to each heart and I attached them to the fishing line (and then attached them to the ceiling with white tacks) using Hermafix tabs (Does anyone even use those anymore?) and glue. (So the fishing line is sandwhiched in between two paper hearts.)

I kind of did it the hard way (individually cutting out each heart only to find that I didn't cut them all perfectly so when I glued them back to back on the fishing line, they weren't exactly the same size, requiring me to do even more trimming), but that's just how I seem to learn best.

Of course, you could use a die-cut machine and whip this project out in no time, but if you don't have access to one of those, feel free to use the guide and instructions below:

1. Double-click on the heart image below.

2. Right-click on the heart image and select 'save as' and save the file to your computer.

3. Cut patterned paper to 8.5x11 inches and print this guide onto the back of the paper. (You may have to resize the guide to 8.5x11 inches before doing this.)

4. Place two pieces of patterned paper together with the patterned sides facing each other (so the back sides of the paper are facing out) and begin cutting out the hearts (You'll be cutting out two hearts at a time and since those hearts will be cut out exactly the same, those are the two hearts that you should attach back to back on the fishing line.)

5. Attach the hearts to the fishing fishing line using using adhesive (I used Hermafix tabs along the center of the hearts to initially hold the fishing line in place and glue along the rest of the heart) so the fishing line is sandwhiched in between the two hearts.

6. Tie the fishing line around the tip of a tack and then press the tack into the ceiling. (You may want to stick a glue dot to the underside of the tack to really make it stay in place well.)

 

On either side of the bed, there's six 10x10 prints, mounted onto white foam board. (I had these done at ScrapbookPictures.com, but they recently went out of business. Anyone know who else prints onto WHITE foam board? And the borders on the prints are some that I designed myself a long time ago.)

That calendar was a countdown calendar while Josh Downs was in Afghanistan. (He made one for each of us.)

Since the bed is so high, I put an old stool alongside the bed.

Found that old globe for $12.

I already had the lamp, but found the cute little shade for it at another junk shop.

Got that shelf from Target a few years back.

the wire baskets at the bottom are from Office Depot.

The suitcase and the top blanket are from junk shops and the white blanket is one of Annie's old baby blankets.

The magazine rack is from Office Depot, the Zebra was a present I picked up for Annie in London and the old-fashioned CD player was from Santa. (I heard he found it on Ebay, but I can't confirm that.)

The piggy bank is from target and most of those books were passed down from Ross.

I still need to change the knobs on that dresser (and I need to hide that ugly cord).

The old books were an Ebay find, the frame was from Target, the shoes and the orange canister where sent by Josh from Afghanistan and all the other stuff is junk store finds.

Got the old trays off of Ebay to use a magnetic boards. (I just drilled holes through them and attached them to the walls with screws.)

Found that old coat rack at a junk shop a few years ago. (I had been using it in the bathroom as a towel rack.)

Found the blue metal desk for $30 at a junk shop.

Have had the old mirror for awhile but decided to paint it white.

And the basket underneath the desk is for recycling. (Found it at a junk shop too.)

The apple is a timer from a local teachers shop (Class-E Professor), the canister holding the crayons was from a junk shop (but I see them all the time at Target) and the pencil holder is an old flower vase.

And just a few shots from different angles. (The wall color is called Pink Wink by Valspar and the trim color is Betsy's Linen also from Valspar.)

If you have any questions, just leave them in the comments section.

Comments

[Merinda]

her room is amazing!! i'm not sure if they do white, but i know whcc.com does foam core. and i know that you are in seattle once in awhile. here is a listing for a place that sells vintage type letters. http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/atq/2956840407.html great stuff for reasonable prices..

[Brenda Weaver]

Karen, I LOVE this!! I've been saving up ideas for my daughter's room and this one will definitely get pinned for future reference. I love all your unique junk shop finds, the bed you made yourself, the wall color, the photos on the wall, and your great decor ideas. Thanks so much for sharing! I hope you'll share Courtney's room too when you're done.

[Ellen Patton]

coolest room, EVER!

[Juli P]

Love it Karen! I love that you've made old things new again!
What do you have on the windows? I'm always looking for ideas for my daughters room that don't involve $100 cellular shades!

[Elizabeth Bunney]

Hey Karen,
I'm not sure if you've found Annie Sloan Chalk Paint yet but I have and I instantly thought of you!
It's amazing. I'm antiquing a tonne of old furniture now because of it. No sanding, no priming, just gorgeous!
:)
they have the best color combos too.
Great job on Annie's room. It makes me wish I had little girls!

[carole m.]

the lovliest!
not sure if you like this one but restoration hardware baby has a metal scallop letter that is too cute.
http://www.rhbabyandchild.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=rhbc_prod227238&categoryId=search

[Sandra A]

Amazing job. Annie must just love it. When Josh sees what you come up with, he must be so proud of your finds. Or maybe he groans because now you've made room for MORE BUYS!

[Christy]

Awesome! Love all the "junk." ;) Everything is so great!

[Janna]

love the room, it is amazing! would love to get my hands on some of your "junk"!

[Vera Matson]

Oh my, if this photography gig doesn't work out, you should open up a shop to sell all of your junk finds! You've got a great eye!

The books at the end of the bed? Brilliant!

By the way, would you ever consider selling your digital designs? You've said in the past that you're not a great photoshopper, but you've designed amazing scrap products! Just sayin'....

: )
Vera

[amy]

Can you offer a junking/photowalk girls day out?! :)
I would love to come down from Portland.
Beautiful.

[Abby Ronnebeck]

Please PLEASE Come decorate my house!

[Kelly]

Check out this posting for a metal letter A!
http://mockabeenews.blogspot.com/2012/04/the-room.html

[Deanna]

I would kill for the light in your house!!!

[Cate O'Malley]

Totally wish we had your junk shops! Instead, counting down for garage sale season to begin! Love the hearts!
You asked about printing on foam core - I have a bunch of those in my kids' rooms too and I get them done at Costco. Depending on the size, they are either 9.99 or 14.99. I think the 14.99 is 11x14, if I'm not mistaken. They do a great job, and it's certainly affordable. Thanks for the peek!

[gina f.]

what a beautiful, happy room!!!!

[Tricia Ellis]

http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?navAction=jump&id=77415&parentid=SEARCH_RESULTS&color=zin

Love these Karen!! Problem with these that you might not like, they stick out about 3/4 of an inch.
Annie's room is just so precious and great bargain finds too:)

[Cindy Welch]

check out anthropologie for knobs. I bought cute vintage knobs there.

http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/category/hardware/home-hardware.jsp

[jennifer]

Annie's room is adorable.....and so clean?!?! LOL

[Jan]

amazing.. so much love went into that room.. Nice job Karen..

Cheers,
Jan

[Catherine]

So eclectic. So wonderful. How did you adhere the 10x10 prints to the wall?

[Christy]

What an awesome room!

[jen@thecottagenest]

What a charming, cozy room. What girl (or grown woman) wouldn't love that space? Lucky girl!

[Nicky from Canada]

I so love this - we are always digging and finding treasures in unique places and giving them new life. I love the look!! Love the old quilt - they are hard to find!!

[Amber]

First of all...totally adorable room. Might even make me wish I had a girl. Secondly, Mpix prints on white foam board and their prices are pretty reasonable. Lastly....does Annie keep her room that clean all the time? Please say no. Please! If so, then that means I'm a terrible mom for not making my boys keep their room so tidy.

[Greta S.]

I want that room for ME and I'm 35 yrs old!
You are SO inspiring! Now I want to make-over both my daughter's plain rooms!

[jen r.]

can we have a picture of the closet??? :)

[Colleen]

Costco does foam board prints with white foam board.

[danett]

WHCC prints on foamboard or mattboard, maybe both

[Nicole Prather]

Karen: love the room !! And I use white house custom color ( www.whcc.com) love them !! But I use styrene I heard it last longer to preserve the photo ? Don't know if thats true !!! Love your blog :)

[Stephanie @ La Dolce Vita]

It came out soo soo cute! Great job!

[jen r.]

can we have a picture of Annie's closet??? :)

[colette]

Oh MY GOODNESS!!! Can I move in ????? It is precious== and I absolutely love love love the pix you did in those 10x10s. Wonderful== what a lucky little lady!

[Angela]

Love her room....makes me want a girl!

So sad to hear that scrapbookpictures.com has gone out of business. I was just getting ready to put an order in with them.

[Juel]

Scrapbook pictures out of business? I haven't even been on my account in 6 months because of family stuff.....I guess I will grieve the loss of my pictures and do my best to move on.

[janel]

Couldn't be cuter. I recognized those frames immediately....a favorite of mine. I was so disappointed about Scrapbook Pics.....!!! Looks like I may have to try Mpix. Wonderful wonderful post..and love the light!

[nicki]

Love it! Would love to have 10x10 photos in my boys room. How did you hang them?

[Kelli]

It's so pretty! I love all the neat finds!

[May]

This is the cutest room ever! amazing how you turned 'junk' into treasure!

[{vicki}]

Love the room!
my favorite is the book holder on the bed!
and LOVE the shoes from Afganistan!!!!!!

[shalini]

Beautiful room, thanks so much for sharing...

[kristin]

Holy cow... that is absolutly adorable!

[Melinda~]

Ah! Happy Day!! thanks for posting. I LOVEEEEE it. Super job, as usual.

[Marilou]

Aaaah. This is just so amazing!! So jealous of your junk shops. Mine are full of junk.

[Sheila]

I was just on pinterest and pinned one of these pictures, and then I come here and it's Annie's room!

[Alma]

Just stopping by to say I am in love with these pictures, from your new follower from NY, via "And So I Don't Forget".

[Anne]

Everything is really cool, I like that everything is so antique!
And, I still remember most of the photos - especially the one in the white frame on the white shelf on which Josh "highflys" Anni in the evening, blie sky.... I liked it then and I still do. Kind of magical somehow to me... *sigh*
Super cute all the photos, as always. Also the hearts :)
Very very well done! :-)))

[JillT]

Such cute "stuff" in this room. Want to borrow just a few of your brain cells from the creativity area. . .

[Jen]

BayPhoto has white foam mounting board. How did you hang your foam mounted photos?

[Kristen G]

In my shop to hide those pesky cords we tie fun fabrics around the cord... We get a lot of compliments on it too!

[Rebecca]

Such a beautiful room - it suits her! How did you attach the 10x10 prints to the wall?

[Bernadette @b3hd]

I love so much about this room. And that you had to do that heart piece the hard way...extra brownie points because I tend to "learn the hard way" too.

Bernadette
www.b3hd.blogspot.com

[Kim Businelle]

I use mpix.com or mpixpro.com, same company, wonderful site. Great products, nice quality and best of all great prices!

Kim

[tee shirt pas cher]

The old books were an Ebay find, the frame was from Target, the shoes and the orange canister where sent by Josh from Afghanistan and all the other stuff is junk store finds.

[Jennifer Hewitt]

How do you hang your foam mounted photos on the wall? I've been exploring options for doing this, and I haven't found a solution that I'm convinced wont damage the print upon removal. I'd love to learn from your experience!

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[adjustable bed]

And, I still remember most of the photos - especially the one in the white frame on the white shelf on which Josh "highflys" Anni in the evening, blie sky.... I liked it then and I still do. Kind of magical somehow to me... *sigh*

[victoria]

what is the pink paint color? thanks!

[Maria]

Hello. very nice photos. what camera did you use? Thank you.