Where were you six months ago?

I got the newest Pottery Barn Kids catalog in the mail this week and "WHAT?" flew out of my mouth. "Where were you six months ago?" Love the pink and red polka dots . . .
Love the pink and red monkey motif. . .
Even love the red and pink with a touch of blue . . .
Let me explain . . . it all started with THIS chair. (and the cute little baby sitting in THE chair.)

Three and a half years ago, we bought this red gingham chair (a rosy kind of red if you pull the rosiness out) for Lawton's cowboy nursery. It looked perfect and we really didn't think much about it because we really honestly never thought we would have a girl. (If you know the High history you'll understand - but that story is for another day) Anyhow, fast forward three years and BINGO! we're having a girl! Yippee! BUT, I love the chair and saw no need to buy new bedding AND recover the chair, so I started the search to find girly (and pink) bedding to go with the chair. I really didn't want to make the bedding because my mom and I made Lawton' s and really didn't want to do it again. And for some reason, I really wanted pink walls (There is a lot of green in the house and two different bedrooms of mine growing up were yellow) But I searched and searched - and the only thing I found that I liked was fabric to make bedding once again. Sigh. Keep scrolling if you want to see how it all came together!

(She was worth all the trouble if you're wondering! :)

I did see these in PBK and liked them, but not the price.

So, I made my own- much bigger, matched the room much better, was much cheaper, AND I got to use scraps of fabric from my baby dresses so it was much more meaningful!


This is the bedding that I made (this time solo) and her letters above the bed as well. I needed something to cover the huge expanse of wall. . .

Here's a close up view of the main fabric in the room . . .
I had looked far and wide for a rug that matched my somewhat jumbled mix of colors. I found this at PBK but waited so long to get it and decide if it really matched that when I went to finally get it, it was being clearanced and $100 off! Yippee!


The red dots hopefully pull the red into the room in a non disjointed way . . . (The top is a very pale shade of pink and the bottom is two shades darker. The red is the bottom color if you had a paint card in front of you ) This chiffarobe is an old piece from Chad's side of the family.

The whole picture . . . This little dresser is also an old piece from Chad's side of the family. I found the changing table at a consignment sale as is and just made basket liners for the baskets that came with it.
The view as you walk in the door
So, even though it would have been much easier to buy the room out of PBK to go with THE chair, I had a lot of fun creating Carolina's nursery in my hodge podge way. What do you think?