It’s totally different designing a nursery than a children’s room. When you design for an unborn child, you design more for the parents. When you design for a child, you get to take their personalities and interests in mind. My BOLD-LIL-BEAN loves flowers and blue…well at least the week I started working on her big girl room. So when I found the Marimekko fabric to wrap an existing canvas painting I no longer liked, I knew it was perfect to update her space. Besides the fun floral, I love the wide stripes on it and knew it was a perfect way to incorporate elsewhere like her drapes. I ordered a few different swatches of black and white stripes. The striped pattern actually runs vertically off the bolt but I really wanted to run hers horizontal instead.
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After hanging three options of wide stripes up, ultimately, I decided to go with the widest for the biggest impact. Sydney agreed although she was busy wearing her life vest and reading her potty training book so I’m not really sure if she put her all into that decision. Oh to be young! The pattern is a 3″ stripe called — Vertical from Premier Prints. I love it and can’t wait to get it ordered and sew in some blackout lining. I’m praying that a darker room that my kids may be tricked into taking some naps again!!! A Mother can dream at least…
The other two patterns can be found {HERE} & {HERE} at Warehouse Fabrics online.
