Reading Hammock

My goal for the girls room was to make it a fun and creative environment for them. Our farm house is a story and a half so we have a lot of half walls in the second story. We decided to do floating bunk beds(post coming soon) from Ana White's Hanging Bed Plan.

We wanted to use the space under the beds as well and decided a hammock would be a great place to read and play. Here is the plan I used at A Beautiful Mess. I had to make some changes since I was attaching it to the under side of the bunk with large eye screws. It's also much shorter so the size of the material had to be altered. I made it the size she suggested and then just cut and sewed until it looked like it would fit correctly under the bed. This was a huge hit for the girls and a great place to rock baby dolls :)

Walls as inspiration

With the recent move, life is a bit chaotic. So many projects started but nothing is finished. So I decided that it was time I at least got one room a step towards looking like an actual room rather than a dump heap.

This room already had a dark blue wall. Our second floor is a 1/2 story so we have lots of slanting walls. This rooms white color selection on the slanting parts worked quite well since it gives the illusion that the ceilings are higher. I opted to use the blue as my inspiration.


I love the vibrant look of blue and green and since spray paint was on sale I loaded up on the lime green and went to town on the crib.

The dark blue wall is what inspired me with my colors. We had a train table that didn't have a spot in our home. So I chose to go with trains, planes and automobile inspiration

We had some little wooden crates that I painted and stained. Using some wooden circles and some black buttons for wheels. I chose to use stain on some of the cars to bring some warmth and a different texture to the room.

I think I'll be making a wooden curtain rod and using a large gray and white stripe to bring another texture to the room. I just ordered some little wooden model planes to paint and hang from the ceiling. Pictures coming soon.