Pretty in Pink

May 13, 2018 Nissa-Lynn Parson

Welcome to Miss Annalise Kathryn's nursery! I'm so excited to share with you my tips and tricks to achieving this princess look!

Next I looked for bedding in the color blush. I found the perfect bedding at Pottery Barn Kids. I bought the crib quilt, crib skirt, bumper and small pillow sham with Annalise monogramed on it. I really wanted a blush tulle crib skirt - but after searching high and low, I couldn't find the right one anywhere! So I took matters into my own hands and sewed a sheer silk fabric on top of the Pottery Barn Kids crib skirt. I loved how it turned out! I also sewed the white bows myself. I wanted a fabric to drape from a crown but didn't want tulle. So I used a similar sheer fabric as the crib skirt, and sewed a pink edge using biased tape.

To get started I combed the internet for ideas of what I loved. I chose the color pallet first. I saw the Love sing at Hobby Lobby and knew that the pink, gold and blush were it! I didn't want a lot of decorations and a I was on a tight budget.

The dresser was purchased from Ikea. We bought the corresponding glass top for an extra $30.00 to add an more feminine touch. My hubby sawed off the original square Ikea feet and we added round feet. He also added two pieces of crown molding - one to the top and one to the bottom of the dresser. The new molding helped make the dresser look more elegant.

We also changed out the knobs with glass/mirror ones found on Amazon.

And the pretty pink chiffon dress hanging on satin white hanger was mine from when I was a baby!

After the bedding was done I picked out the paint. I picked out a color called Soft Pink Shell and painted a sample on the wall. It looked great - or at least the swatch did! So we bought a gallon and my hubby painted the entire room. It turned out horrible!!! So back to Lowes we went for another color. Bless my husbands heart, he painted the entire room again. This time it turned out perfect!

Then he added white trim work on the walls using quarter round trim. I love how it turned out! The trim gave the room wall decoration without having to put looks of knick-knacks up! To me, the trim helped the room look more regal and glamorous!

I also receive the gorgeous custom made banner from Sweet Georgia Sweet. It was the perfect wall decor!

The table and chairs I've had for fourteen years - it was in my oldest daughter's room when she was little. As my oldest daughter grew up, I kept the table and chairs in the play room un till now.

I bought the striped drapes four years ago from Linen-N-Things for my older daughters room. She thought they were to girly and did not want pink in her room! So I kept them in the package, hoping one day I'd have another girl again. When I became pregnant with our fifth child and found out she was a girl at her twenty-two week ultrasound appointment, the first thing I did when I got home was I pull out the drapes! I was so excited!

I wanted gold curtain rods and could find any that worked - so we spray painted them!

In continuing with the princess look, I wanted to drape fabric over the side on the crib. I also I wanted a crown for a topper for the drape to hang from. So I designed this box shape with crown moldings with the crown in the middle. My super talented husband built the wood box with molding scraps, then he painted it white, and attached the crown to the box with several metal screws.

Speaking of the crown, I bought it from Hobby Lobby and it was originally was hot pink! We spray painted the same gold color that we used for the curtain rods.

More sources:

Silver table -Home Goods

Leopard pillow -Home Goods

Rug is from -At Home

Chair - Costco

Frames - Home Goods

Lamp - At Home

Chandelier - Amazon

Floral - Pier1

Mirror - At Home

Tea Set- Amazon

Fun Family Room Ideas

November 15, 2017 Nissa-Lynn Parson

So here in Texas we don't have basements, instead homes are built with upstairs game/ family rooms. So for our upstairs game/family room, we wanted a cozy space for our family of seven. I decided early on that this was mostly going to be a kid/teen room, so I really didn't want to spend much money on decor - or even add much decor. But I wanted a place where we can all hang out watching movies together, or a comfortable space that my kids could hangout with their friends.

So my husband Justin and I got to work and started planing! First, I drew up what kind of board and batten I wanted, then he started doing the measurements and bought the supplies. He also added a shelf lip to board and batten wall so that any picture frames wouldn't fall off. Then he built custom photo frames from scratch, using chair rail molding at Lowes, and took the pics of everyone in our family. Taking the photos was the fun part as we smashed our faces onto the glass! (We wanted silly photos to show off our kid's personalities!)

Now for the room layout, furniture and decor. The Ikea sectional faces a large wall with a tv on it and console table that is directly under the TV and the table holds the Xbox - because of that this room is the hot spot with the kids! The pillows also came from Ikea, with the exception of the bicycle pillow which came from Target. The table decor is wire apothecary jars that I already had. And I bought a basket at At Home to place the decor in. The throw blankets I already has as well.

This photo was taken a few days later when I went to Costco and bought these beautiful fresh flowers. The clock from Stein Mart. (In case you didn't know, Stein Mart has a great home decor section!)

Now I'm going to share my inspiration photo from taken from Ikea.
I found it on Pinterest a few years ago. My room space is much smaller than this Ikea photo, and I needed to keep walk way open to get to the bedrooms, so my family room has way less furniture and decor.

Hope that gives you a little inspiration on your next family room!

Blast from the Past

April 6, 2016 Nissa-Lynn Parson

I thought I'd share a few picture from my son's bedroom in our old house. We've been in our new, larger home for about eighteen months now and it's defiantly a work in progress. When I get my kid's new bedrooms finished I'll definably post- but for now their a work in progress.

I wanted a vintage car feel, but I also wanted to keep the room simple from the clutter of car decor. I chose bright red and blue colors. I wanted to convey a happy, cheerful atmosphere for my 7 and 4 year olds. The bedding is all from Target, except for the sheets. I figured it was better to not spend a ton of money for my boy's bedding since they are pretty active and I didn't have to fret if it got ruined. The car signs are from Potter Barn Kids several years ago. For the wall decor/shadow boxes, I went to different antique stores and found old maps, vintage signs, and license plates with the states that had memories to me.

Inside one frame are maps, and pieces from the east coast- where my parents are from. The second frame covers middle America-primarly Texas- where we live now. And the third displays the west coast where my husband and I lived for several years.

Also, inside each of the large frames there is meaning to why I chose the pieces I did. For example: the bingo game was the just like the bingo activity I did when I was a kid. Uno and the face cards symbolize the fun games we played to pass the time on long family road trips etc.

I'll post so up close pictures of the frames so you can see them better.

DIY Bathroom Update

January 22, 2016 Nissa-Lynn Parson

A lot of people tend to think small bathrooms or powder bathrooms are always dark if they don't have natural light coming from windows? Here's a bathroom I did that brings in a refreshing and spa like feel-with out a window!

First off were the cabinets. The bathroom originally had brown cabinets- so we painted them off white (Kwal's Snow White). For the paint on the wall we color matched Restoration Hardware's SilverSage in to a Lowe's Valspar paint.Then we bought in a new, classy mirror, from Kirklands, to replace the plain square one that didn't have a any frame around it. We then changed out the chrome faucet to a faucet with white handles. Next we replaced the hand towel bar with a more decorative one, and took out the old single, square towel bar, and replaced it with a stunning double towel bar from Lowes.

Instead of spending the time and money for wainscoting, we just painted half the wall an off white and put up a chair rail to separate the light green paint, and the white paint.

I found the beautiful rug and towels from Khols bath department. Last but not least, we put up a shower curtain bar with a beautiful shower pattern curtain found on clearance from Pottery Barn.

If you look in mirror you can see two floral pictures. (oops they're crooked in the picture!) Those were my Aunt's water color paintings from the 1940's. However, they're not her original paintings. I didn't want to put the originals in a enclosed bathroom with moisture could ruin them. So I color copied them and placed the copies in some elegant frames I picked up from Michael's Craft Store.

Spiffing Up the Stairs!

January 18, 2016 Nissa-Lynn Parson

Have you ever though about spiffing up your staircase? Spring is right around the corner and its a great time to do house projects! Look at the amazing difference trim work can make! Before is the stairs right before the carpet was added, after is when the carpet is laid and my husband added the stair trim! I’ll write more details later.

Adding the trim work make such a difference! Some day we hope to change the stair cse to wood instead of carpet. But for now with a baby, carpet is safer.