Jillian's Big Girl Room

It was also time for big sister Jilly to get a big girl room!  Along with planning Alex's nursery, we also planned to change Jillian's room a little, too!  We started with her furniture.  We knew that we wanted the furniture in her room to be white, but we didn't want to buy all new stuff.  

Sanding down the old dresser

So Julian took her existing changing table and dresser, sanded them, and painted them white instead.  The changing table would go to Bubs, but the dresser stayed in Jilly's room.  

We also loved Jillian's blue room and the tree decal that we had on her wall.  But the decal never really stayed well because of the texture on the wall so we decided to paint it on instead.  

Here is Jilly at 9 months with the wall decal in her room

We took the image of the old decal, and made a few modifications.  First, we knew that the details on the leaves would be too much to paint so we just stuck to solid colored leaves.  And then we switched out one of the colors to add purple leaves, since this is Jillian's favorite color.  Lastly, instead of birds in the trees, we wanted an owl in the tree instead.

The beginnings of the leaves and owl

All the leaves and the tree stump

While painting the tree, Julian also installed Jillian's new wall bookshelf. Jillian wanted to help, of course!

Daddy's little helper

Ready to read all her books 

And finally, Jilly's tree was complete and the play side of her room was done!

We also got Jillian a new big girl bed.  We got her a full-size bed, and she looks so tiny in that big bed! And it was a little bit of an adjustment to get her used to this new bed.  We had to get her a rail because she fell out a few times.  Also, Jillian never got out of her crib...she never tried to climb out at all.  But she loves the new-found freedom of being able to get in and out as much as she wants.  Let's just say it has lead to some long sleepless nights with lots of adjusting.

Her first night in her new bed

Crazy-haired cutie

It took us a while to find the perfect bedding, but we finally mixed and matched items from Land of Nod, Pottery Barn Kids, and Target.

Her big girl bedding

All her guys on her bed

Lastly, Julian and his dad put up the curtains and installed the crown molding in Jillian's room. From what Julian says, the molding was pretty difficult to do, but it finishes the room off so well!

Jillian loves her big girl room and we do, too!