Sunday, July 25, 2010

Big Girl Bedroom & GIVEAWAY!

Even though I still slightly melancholy about turning the girls' nursery into a "big girl" room, I am pleased with the way it turned out. Also I am a little suprised too.  That is because of the amount of space we now have with putting bigger beds in. Our house is a very tiny cape cod and on the entire second floor the ceilings are slanted. Less head room makes the small square footage seem even smaller so I wasn't even sure two twin beds would fit but Mr. Cabin measured and assured me we could make it work.



With the second bed, you can really see how low the ceilings slant. (Although it is kind of cozy.)


Mr. Cabin and I made the headboards ourselves.


My favorite part of the room is the furniture. I was lucky enough to grab it from my mother-in-law. This dresser used to be up against the pink wall under the window. I had to fight the urge to bust out my paintbrush and paint the pink walls green and the green walls pink so the furniture would stand out more.
Mr. Cabin said I was nuts and I quickly got over it.


I love the old hardware on these pieces and the worn distressed paint.




A few details...






This mirror was the girls' favorite part- there was no mirror in their nursery so they just thought this was soooo cool. They had to run and get their pretend lipstick to put on.

If we had more space, I would love to get them a little vanity which brings me to my giveaway. Jessica from CSN contacted me and asked if I would be interested in giving a gift certificate away to one of my readers and I said sure, why not!

I know these CSN gift certificates have been all over blogland but you can use the $40 to purchase some great things. I would put it toward one of these bedroom vanity . (The girls would go nuts!) But you could put this one-time use gift card toward any of the thousands of items at CSN.  There may be shipping charges or international fees if you live in Candaa. 

For a chance to win,  just leave me a comment.
For a second chance let me know if you are a follower, if not you can join with the google friend connect in my sidebar, and come back and tell me in a seperate comment.

And for a third chance, post about this giveaway on your sidebar or blog about it and tell me in another comment.

We will pick the lucky winner on August 3rd!

Good Luck!


48 comments:

  1. Love the big girls bedroom. I know they are proud of it. You did a great job on the headboards. I would love to get in on this giveaway. I love to shop.

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  2. I love the room, it's every girl's dream room!

    demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com

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  3. You have a great aesthetic, the room is beautiful.

    shannoncarman at yahoo dot com

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  4. I'm a follower, your blog is really beautiful!

    shannoncarman at yahoo dot com

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  5. How pretty! Love the green dresser and its details.
    Dropping by from Met Monday.
    Allison
    Atticmag

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  6. What a sweet room for your girls. Love the pink and green color combo.
    Thanks for including me with a chance to win the gift card. ~ Sarah

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  7. This room is adorable! What a great job you did on the headboards. What little girl would not love this room?
    Hugs, Sherry

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  8. What a charming bedroom!

    Thanks for the giveaway.
    terilybb@aol.co

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  9. I am so in love with your sign!!!! And what a lovely room for your princess!!

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  10. Your dtgs room is lovely.

    what a great give away -i would like to use on table linens

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  11. Love the green dresser and the headboards! Fabulous room!

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  12. How sweet your little girls bedroom is. I just love slanted ceilings in a cottage.
    Would love to win your CSN giveaway. Thanks for the chance.

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  13. Oh, and BTW, I am a follower of your blog!

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  14. Wow...this is a great girls room! I have 5 children 4 are girls...I would love to do those headboards for the 2 little ones. great job! I'd love to win your giveaway from CSN.

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  15. Oh....and Im also a follower of your blog. Thanks

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  16. Beautiful, cozy room! I especially like the sign about Daddy. : )

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  17. I Love the kids room! I am going to be transforming my baby's room into a big girl room soon as well...tugs at my heart! The room looks very cozy! Great job!

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  18. I am a follower of your blog also!
    shdavis@numail.org

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  19. I love your colors. My daughter's room is also in pink and green. I would love to win the gift card.
    Thanks.

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  20. What a precious room! You and hubby did a fantastic job on those headboards and I love that dresser with the gorgeous feet!!

    So now that they have a darling room I bet they keep it nice and clean all the time (you can always hope!!)

    bee blessed
    mary

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  21. Oh I forgot to say I would love my name in the hat for your fun giveaway! I am a follower too!

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  22. holy crap that room is super cute!!!!!!

    would love to win too!

    ykatrina at hotmail dot com

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  23. Ah how sweet is that room! I am in the process of fixing up my daughter's room.

    dizzybloom@gmail.com

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  24. I am a follower.

    Thank you so much for the opportunity to enter my name.

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  25. I love this makeover... the room is so pretty.

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  26. The headboard is so stunning.I feel like a bad mom now. My daughter's room is very store bought, disorganized and blah! Now that I've seen the light, I'm going to head down to the hardware store and start preparing to change my wicked ways!
    quitecontrary1977@hotmail.com

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  27. I enter lots of CSN giveaways because I love that place!!!If I won here,I would get a crock pot or a new mirror for the bathroom,hard to choose.
    jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com
    Love the cute little bedroom!!I love the colors!

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  28. What a darling room! I am sure your girls love it!

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  29. What a great room. I'm sure your girls love it.

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  30. Michelle, that is the CUTEST big girl's room ever! I love all your details - they are just perfect! :)

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  31. BEAUTIFUL! I love it!!! :)

    I'm a new follower!

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  32. I'm a new follower of your blog. You have some great ideas!

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  33. I'm working on my daughters room right now, too. I just LOVE that mirror and the headboards turned out so cute! When I was growing up we had an old farm house and my room was up in the remodeled attic. I had the slanted ceiling and loved it! You are right about it being cozy.

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  34. Very cute and cozy! I love the slanted ceilings:). Thanks for the chance to win!

    ~Julia

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  35. Cute room, love the headboard!!
    kaysiscrafts@gmail.com

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  36. you did a fantastic job with the headboards!

    yerushalmi at yahoo dot com

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  38. Your girls' room looks great! I like your style!

    thrivingthrifter at gmail dot com

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  39. I signed up as a follower anonymously.

    thrivingthrifter at gmail dot com

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  40. What a cute bedroom! :)

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  41. I love the room - your pics are great too. So cute...the colors compliment each other nicely.

    mommykt01 at yahoo dot com

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