Goodbye Yellow

A few weeks back, I finally got around to redecorating Taryn's room. I say finally, cause I first decided to do it 3 years ago, asking her what she wanted in the way of colours etc. She wanted a fairy room, so seeing as it was 3 years later and she will be 11 at the end of this year, I double checked she still wanted the same thing and she did (thank goodness, as the new curtains, duvet cover and fairy related ornaments and items were all still in a bag downstairs).














Taryn wanted to help, so she had a go at sanding down the walls. We then cut in all the edges and corners and proceeded to cover the yellow walls in a very soft purply-pink colour (Taryn chose this colour herself).

We bought her a new (secondhand) desk. A large white one, with plenty of shelves and drawers to keep all her stuff. It was heavy and awkward, but Mike and I decided not to take it apart to take it upstairs, instead opting for the get it in quick theory. Darn thing was a nightmare on the stairs and anyone watching would have been in fits of laughter. After much grunting (and pain), we finally got it up to her bedroom door, to find it was 1 inch too large in any direction to go in in one piece, so we ended up taking the darn thing apart anyway. Argghhhh!

Up went the new curtains, the fairy motifs and on went the duvet and it looked just gorgeous!

I should have taken photos as soon as the room was completely finished, as within 1/2 an hour it was back to it's usual messy state, but I'll try and get a photo either today, or a day this week (when she's tidied it up a little) and post it. Room looks so lovely when it's tidy!