Hello, everyone! We’re so happy to be on Melissa’s blog for
her What’s on Your Bed? feature! Today we wanted to show you Kristie’s and
Apphia’s rooms.
Kristie’s room is happy pinks and aquas, with small dashes of
red. We made the pillows out of Tanya Whelan’s Ava Rose fabric collection,
along with scraps and bits of old lace, a vintage Wilendur tablecloth, and a
Rachel Ashwell velvet curtain. After some looking Kristie found several of
the exact same tablecloth used on the pillows, so with some help from our
grandmother we made them into Roman shades. Vintage postcards are framed
and hung on the wall, and an old ladder from a flea market is draped with all
kinds of happy, colorful quilts (sorry, we forgot to take a picture of
it!).
The picture of the little shelf is above a small corner
closet. The shelf holds vintage milk glass planters and serving dishes,
loaded down with old pink and aqua Christmas ornaments. We used an old
chenille bedspread for the closet curtain. The canopy above the bed was
also a DIY project!
Apphia’s room, as you can see, is gold, shades of pink, and
black. Apphia made all the pillows herself using vintage damask
tablecloths, moiré, black cotton polka dots, and a vintage drape. The
turquoise lamps were one of the first things our grandparents had when they got
married in 1962. Apphia also made the balloon curtains, and added black
ribbon and tassels to the ends. The glass jars on the dresser house a lot
of Apphia’s fun embellishments.... velvet ribbon, wool, beads, etc. For
the button decoration, Apphia got a plain bulletin board and simply used
shimmery pink headed pins to tack up a bunch of vintage button cards. The
mannequin was a gift from some friends, and it works just perfectly with the
rest of Apphia’s room.
Also (we forgot to picture this too), one of
Apphia’s walls has a 6 paned chippy pink window hanging on it, with gold sconces
mounted on each side. The window was glass-less when she bought it, so Dad
found mirrors to fit each space in place of glass panes.
We hope you enjoyed a peek around Kristie’s and Apphia’s
rooms! Achaia, Abigail, and Abiah all share one room, but the sheets were
getting washed, and the room was in shambles when it was time to get pictures
taken. Suffice to say that with one set of bunk beds, a twin bed, two hope
chests, one small cedar chest, two long dressers, one full closet, and a
bookshelf, things are what we like to call happily crowded!
Please stop by our blog, www.mariemadelinestudio.
Thanks again to the Long ladies! I can't leave you without a picture of them.
Love,
xoxo
What beautiful rooms! I am loving the pink and aqua and red Kristie! Apphia your room makes me think of some of the vintage decor. Mostly because of the colors. Thanks for sharing!
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