I did it out of love!

 So, when Lindsay turned 12, I decided to decorate her bedroom.  Here's what it looked like...

Fast forward to 2011 and she is turning 15.  This room just doesn't cut it anymore.  So... another birthday room makeover!  It started with a bed.  I was planning on keeping her cute little white bed.  I thought it was perfectly adorable. 

Lindsay: "I actually hate my bed."

Me:   "What? Why?"

Lindsay: "my bed is a sleigh."  

Me:  "right, it's a sleigh bed."

Lindsay: "yeah, it's a SLEIGH!  I feel like it's Christmas in here everyday!"

Okay, so new bed.   I didn't want her last few years at home to be spent in a bed that made her feel like Santa.  So, after much searching I found a perfectly old, slightly rusty, just funky enough brass bed sitting outside a junky consignment shop in Fallbrook.  Perfect!

Couldn't get rid of the "honeydew" colored walls fast enough.  It had been burning our eyes for  almost 3 years.

See, I have embarrassing before pictures too!

So here's her wishlist:
1.  Anthropologie quilt in brightly colored ethic print. (only $225)
2.  antler chandelier
3.  moroccan style lanterns
4.  elephants
5.  and tigers
6.  fluffy/furry pillow (also from Anthropologie)

Doesn't that sound exactly like my style?!?  She was torn between picking everything out herself and letting me surprise her.  She really likes surprises and even though she wasn't sure I would be able to nail her style (btw how do you describe that style?) she let me go for it.

So here it is,  the first "global inspired"  room in the Keeler home.

My grandfather collected elephants, so here's a cute little guy that I got from his collection after he passed away.  

Didn't exactly know what I was going to do with these when I bought them,  but I ended up spray painting them in a cool color and made them magnet boards.

We had to keep the dresser that matched the sleigh bed but I changed it up a little with some knobs. Couldn't go for the whole chandelier but there's her antler!

I found the chair and the zebra cube at Marshalls, my friends thought I was crazy when I put those in my shopping cart.  Of course, Lindsay loves them!

Okay, even I love this little guy!  But I couldn't bring myself to do the tigers... sorry Linds!

The hanging lanterns are one of her favorite parts.  We had hang the star the furthest away from her head in case  they fall on her in the night.  We figured the flat bottoms would do the least amount of injury!  

Furry pillow, not from Anthro... how about Ross!?!

Decided against spending over 200 on the Anthropologie quilt.  Found this Amy Butler duvet instead for $40!

See really old bed!  But it makes the room.

Happy Birthday Lindsay!

So after all the decorating was done, we decided to celebrate at Phil's BBQ.  You all know this feeling don't you!