Sugar and Spice and Little Girl Spaces

Need inspiration for a little girl’s bedroom? Then you have come to the right place! And if you don’t have a little girls’ bedroom to makeover, wellll, you might be so inspired by the time you get to the end of this post that you’ll go out and find one anyway. You’ve been warned.

First, Cami does it again! You may recall the other child’s bedroom she redid, especially when you see the plank treatment on the wall. Only this time, she went vertical instead of horizontal, and spaced the plywood planks out a few inches to save on costs.

In order to maximize space in this 10’x12′ room, she had her husband build a set of custom beds to fit the smaller-than-twin-larger-than-crib mattress that are available at IKEA. You simply must check out her blog Tidbits for all the details.

And Laura updated this room for her daughter Eva, who had waited patiently for a fresh look ever since Laura had re-plastered the wall and promised to paint it when it dried.  Only, thanks to an extra humid summer, it never dried.   Eventually she just moved the furniture back in, and moved on with life.  A year and a half later, Eva finally has a room as lovely as she is. Definitely worth the wait!  See it on her blog Our Prairie Home.

And this final makeover comes from Better After reader Stephanie, who spent less than $250 to create a cute circus-themed room for her daughter Audrey.  Most of her finds came from shopping Craigslist and thrift-stores, in fact, she found the fully furnished dollhouse on Craigslist for $40! Steal of the century.  She made the curtains and awnings herself and hand-painted the circus tent over the gallery wall.

I love how it’s just so sweet and subtly circus-y, and not all like HERE COME THE CLOWNS YA’LL!!! THE CIRCUS IS IN TOWWWWN!!!!  You know?  Perfect amount of circusness.

Even the elephant got in on the circus action. Ha! Cute!

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