Recently we decided it was time to upgrade Clara from a little girl's room to, uh, a bigger little girl's room. We wanted to go with a princess theme, but more classic princess than Disney princess. Meghan spearheaded the planning and design process, and I was in charge of the go-pick-up-stuff-that-we-bought-off-Craigslist portion. And my part was necessary, because the four of the five main pieces in the room, the bed, the chest of drawers, the bookcase, and the beanbag chair all were Craigslist finds (the night stand was one that we'd had previously in our old house and had kept it in the basement after we moved in case we needed it some day, which we now did). We love Craigslist, as it's a great way to get things that are in great shape and often like-new (if you so choose - there is of course plenty of junky stuff too) for much, much less than they would cost new. We wanted to have Clara's room ready by the time we all got back from Florida, so in the couple weeks leading up to our trip we found all the necessary items, and in the few days that I was in Kansas while everyone else was in Florida, I put everything together and/or moved it into place. We think it turned out pretty great. We augmented the main pieces with cute accessories, such as the wall hanging with Shakespeare's quote "Though she be but little, she is fierce!" which anyone who knows Clara can understand why we chose to use that quote, as well some other new items like the princess pig, the dress, and the little pink carriage, combined with some throwbacks to her previous room, such as the C from her name letters, the button wall-hanging from Aunt Josie, and one of her owl wall hangings, along with some new pictures in frames. The princess carriage bed originally came with the tulle, but the people we bought it from didn't have it anymore, so Meghan sewed a new one, completing the look.
She loved it so much, as you can see from these pictures back from the moment she first saw it when she got home.
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