Maggie's pretty pink room

When we learned of our inevitable move, I went through the gamut of emotions but I remained excited about one thing: decorating a new place, particularly the kids' rooms. I loved their rooms at our B'ham house, but the idea of starting from scratch gave me so many ideas and in some ways, the possibilities were endless. I wrote about Will's room here and am so excited to reveal Maggie's.
I had so many thoughts on how to decorate my Moosie's room but three things were certain: pink, something unique and an added architectural focal point. This mostly revolved around chair rail or molding of some kind and a fun paint job. She had a red accent wall in her previous room, so I wanted something different (at least to me) and my ideas included 2-3 colors and stenciling. In the end, we decided on crown molding and stripes. Instead of adding the molding to hug the ceiling, we chose to add it about 3/4 up the wall. Turns out it's a thing now, so we're joining the ranks. After three weekends, we finally finished and had a beautiful room fit for a beautiful girl and the best part is Maggie loves it!
Commence picture overload

Before

primer goes on...bye bye brown. It was a good, neutral color, just

not the right one for my little girl's room

 started the tape for the stripes...this took us for-e-ver

Maggie found out this was the paint going on the walls and 

asked to open it, she's ready for the pink!

 making music!

first coat of pink going on

 and Maggie is so excited! She's saying "pink! pink!" 

I took the tape down and was really happy with the stripes! it's really coming together!

 first piece of molding is up! Daniel did such a great job with the crown

molding- and this was his first time! He thought it would take a lot longer

but ended up finishing in one day

 last piece! Maggie Moo's room is almost complete!

After

Mommy & Maggie...our maternity photo
the g's won't sit quite right on the ledge, but I think it's cute anyway

Daniel and I are both very pleased with how Maggie's room turned out. Her room looks even better than I imagined. The stripes were time consuming, but worth it, I think. It took us a whole day just to tape, but once we finished that, painting the stripes was a breeze. A laser level was definitely a life saver! I'd highly recommend purchasing one if you ever want to paint stripes. And I love, love the crown molding- I'm so proud of Daniel's work. He's always been a quick learner and able to complete necessary jobs around the house, but lately has really taken a joy in the work. This is a win-win 'cause now we're both thinking of projects and are excited about them! Maggie's a lucky girl to have such a good daddy make her a pretty girl room. 

I love you my sweet Maggie Moo girl!!! Your room is almost as beautiful as you are. :)