Evelyn Carson
Lots of pink and purple with white polka dots, this was a really cute Minnie Mouse Bow-tique themed toddler room and it is just too precious to not share. Proving once again that she is 100% mine, she shared her enthusiastic love for all things Minnie Mouse Bowtique at the ripe old age of one! I tried to soften the look a bit with crocheted baby blankets – one made especially for her, one for her big sister, that are in the perfect color scheme. We repurposed the book sling from the big kid’s room (we swapped out red & white polka dot fabric for pink & white polka dot fabric for a Minnie Mouse Bow – tique look) and hung it right at her level.
Just kidding, while it is Pottery Barn, it isn’t because that is the only thing I am willing to decorate with….. it was $20 at a garage sale in a swanky neighborhood. It was important to us that we decorated this little room for C. We put many things down low, on her level for her to enjoy.
The polka dot frames are modified from a set from Pottery Barn – and I of course purchased them at a garage sale. Grandma can be thanked for the cute pink rocking horse (an estate sale find) and the Minnie Mouse Bow – tique night light! We wove pink ribbon in and out of the bottom chair rails, which I think is the cutest thing ever (tutorial coming). One of the ways we keep our costs low is by re-purposing furniture from the previous room, other areas of the house, or second hand finds.
She has a basket with tutus on the bottom, a picture frame with some of the fabric from her baby room, fancy tissue box, an accessory tree, and a Minnie night light all neatly and whimsically displayed. Her light fixture was also repurposed; originally from her brother and sisters room – we painted over the red with pink – it took about 30 minutes and we were able to reuse what we already had!
I made a tiny pink bow and hot glued it on top of the Mickey Mouse cut out – voila! The decor on top is all stuff we already had; her first set of Mickey Ears, a Willow Tree figurine a friend gifted us when C first joined our family, frames we already had, pink vases from thrift stores, and a Mrs. Pots I have had since Beauty and Beast first hit theaters. Because we repurposed so much, this room cost less than $200 including paint, chair rail, new bedding, and the furniture we had to buy!
Bedding was purchased new, a few things were gifts, and just about everything else was bought at garage sale for pennies on the dollar or reused from other areas of our old house.
As stated in a previous post paint was provided by Behr, but I figured the actual cost into the total! I am a big believer that a fancy, schmancy, special room does not need to cost a lot of money to make!
