my daughter the decorator

I have a most precious little girl.

She is midway through her 9th year.

She loves to decorate.

Today I was downloading some pictures off my camera

and came across these...

taken by my daughter without my knowledge.

We are working up some ideas

for a little bit of a bedroom make-over.

Nothing huge...just some fresh paint for the walls

and for her new/old desk we brought up from the garage.

I keep trying to steer her away from the pinks...

(because I'm tired of it and want a change)

but that's not really her style.

She loves pink.

And I love that she shops the house

till she finds things that she likes

to go with her pink

(not really...I don't love that she steals from other rooms...

but I tolerate it because she is so good at it!) :)

She's got a Pottery Barn Kids canopy bed, dresser and night stand

that I bought at a yard sale for $250.

Her bedding is a mix of linens from different stores:

pale pink quilt...Linens N Things

pink & white duvet...PBKids

brown & white pillows...TJMaxx

pink & white buffalo check shams...Pine Cone Hill (Homegoods)

plaid throw...Homegoods

The painting was $3 at a yard sale...

The cat was a stray that showed up on my birthday 13 years ago.

Her name is Cricket.

My daughter keeps her room neat as a pin most days...

and her bed is almost always made.

She likes to change things up...usually there is a stuffed animal of the day.

Today it is her standard poodle...

many days it is her patchwork hippo...and he is mostly green & yellow.

But it always looks so cute.

Not sure about a paint color yet...

we've been tossing around Clinton Brown by Ben Moore and possibly a hot pink.

The goal is to get it done before the holidays.
and if we do...get it done...I'll be sure to share! :)

painted closet idea

My 9 year old daughter

has been asking for a fresh coat of

paint

in her bedroom.

She wants to do a deep brown and has been showing me ideas in the
Ben Moore paint deck.

This picture gives me an idea for her closet too...

what a lovely burst of color.

So, pardon me
while I just tuck this idea away

here on my blog.

My very own blog. :)

Meet Little Bill.

I saw him at our local humane society last week...he had the cutest face. He's only 6 months old...I could have sworn that he smiled at me through the glass. I'm "sort of" looking for another dog. Sort of. This could take months...even longer.

They had several, no, many dogs from a local puppy mill raid back in August. It was so heartbreaking...one precious long haired dachshund had no hair on her back, only on her underside and legs. The sweetest most soulful eyes...she just kept staring at me. I asked one of the volunteers if she had mange and would her hair grow back eventually? She told me they believed it was "urine burn". That happens when puppy mill owners stack the dog cages one on top of another and the dogs pee right down through the cages. The girl said most times the hair doesn't come back. She looked scarred. Can you even imagine? I really want that sweet girl, but fear I don't have the time a dog like that needs. I think my household would be too chaotic for her. So many sweet animals needing homes...I can't get my mind off of it.

Linda...while I was there a HUGE beautiful great dane went strolling by me...black and white...I thought of you! I could probably arrange to get him to you if interested. You KNOW you want another one. :)

And I did see Coco...mentioned below. She looked perfectly happy running around that place and one of the workers told me he didn't think they really wanted to get rid of her. As a matter of fact, she looked like a well-taken care of and loved little pork chop.