I found more before before pictures of these two rooms. Pictures of what they were like when we bought it, and then pictures of the spaces when our sellers bought it.
(And then next week we have our last two rooms- which haven’t been shown anywhere yet- the playroom and Pete’s office)
You might remember this room from our house in Austin.
Our Austin room. It was originally the idea for Gracie’s nursery when I thought she was a boy, and it is one of my favorite’s ever so we decided to remix it.
This is what it looked like when our sellers bought it…
And when we bought it from them.
And now. Same angle as the two befores. We went with white curtains this time because the Anthro ones I had in Austin they don’t carry anymore, and the Austin ones we left with the house. Both previous owners had the bed next to that far window. Which doesn’t really make sense to me. Don’t you typically want to wake up to a view of a window instead of a door? 
As with the other guest bedroom, I have held off a bit on really doing this one up to see what our future child situation is. In Austin I knew we would be waiting awhile after Gracie to start thinking about more babies, but I think it might be time soonish to give her a sibling, and it seemed silly to invest in new pieces when so much could change the plan.
We reused pretty much everything from the room in Austin. The side tables were the ones we had in our family room in Austin, new lamps, same headboard from Chicago and Austin. The rug is our living room rug from Chicago. The art was from MeCox and we had it in Austin.
Obviously the bed got some Biscuit goodness.
The Paul, The Jamie, and our red accent which will be available again in Season 2.
The constellation wallpaper, which was the inspiration for the whole room originally. It is from Ralph Lauren and the constellations glow in the dark. In Austin we had a brass star flush mount light in this room, but we moved this guy in here and it charges the glow in the dark wallpaper sooo much better. Magical.
I have to say, I really much prefer the smaller scale of the bedrooms in this house. I know everyone wants bigger these days, but I am not sure why? Bigger closets, sure. Bigger pantries and storage spaces, but a bedroom should feel warm and cozy and it is hard to do that with so much room.
However…Gracie’s room is quite snug. Here is a reminder of the lap of luxury giant room she had in Austin…
Which we basically concentrated down into her current room.
Here is the space before before:
When our sellers bought the house.
Our sellers used the space as an office.
And now. That is the same angle as in those two pictures…
oHay Grace!
Pulled back a bit. We still need to put up her shades, but she has shutters now. The original inspiration for the room came from that canopy fabric originally by Paule Marrot that Brunschwig discontinued and so I had it made. The rug is Jonathan Adler, the glider is from Lee Industries, pouf from Furbish, dresser is a vintage piece I got in college. Crib is from Art For Kids.
The room is so.small.
As you can see, the back wall where one owner had the bed and the other had that big ol’ mirror now has a door to her bathroom now. This room, for some reason, reallllyyyy took me awhile to figure out. When we first moved in I had the bed and the dresser switched.
Which made no sense and the room felt even smaller. Having the canopy there blocked the openness the windows provide. And then the dresser on the other side was flanked by the tall red etageres from Furbish, so it was a lot of vertical space being taken up on both sides of the room.
Switching the crib and dresser made it sooo much better. We reused her canopy from Austin without hemming it, since we knew it would be going over a daybed again soon.
Everyone keeps asking me what we are going to do for her big girl room, and I am like, have you seen her?!? She is a teensy tiny baby. Leave me alone. But I guess it is almost time? What do I have, until she is two? So like I said we have debated keeping this room as is and moving her into one of the other rooms in a few months, but to me this will always be Gracie’s fabric, and I really just want to work with what we have and add another layer.
Inspired by this bedroom from Elle Decor (searching for the designer now):
Right now I am thinking upholstering her wall in raspberry buffalo check, and switching out her current dresser with this one from Biscuit. It is bigger and sturdier than hers, and I think the green will stand up to the upholstered walls a bit better. We will replace the crib with a daybed…And that’s really all I know right now. This plan will change about 100 times before I actually do anything.
But as always let me know if you have any questions. I am going to do a big post tomorrow on some questions I have received on color etc. so lemme know!
Lovely room for a little girl! It’s very fresh and fun.
For a daybed, what style have yu seen work well with Toddlers? I’m on my second three year old and still struggling with this concept.
Really pretty! As for a big girl room – and this is just my experience, of course – two years old is on the early side to move a child to a real bed. You’d need to do that only if you absolutely needed Gracie’s crib for a second baby very soon. Keep her in her crib as long as she’s happy there
Why rush it?
You always do such a great job with colors. Have you ever painted anything, walls/ceiling/furniture, that you ended up hating the color or it didn’t turn out like you had hoped?
I believe the room in your inspiration photo was done by Jonathan Adler. You are amazingly talented and always love seeing your projects!
You SO have time with Gracie! The only reason we moved our oldest out of her crib, when she was about 2 1/2 was a) She was trying to climb out of it and b) We were expecting our second, and didn’t want #1 to feel “booted out” by the baby.
If you love Grace’s room as a nursery, and she’s happy in her crib, I don’t see any reason to rush the process.
*That’ll be two cents, please
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Ooh I just love these rooms! FYI just in case you haven’t figured this out already the designer of your Elle Decor inspiration room is Jonathan Adler I do believe:-)
First – I love, love, love your designs and style. I’ve been stalking for months and even went back and read all the old posts. Makes me feel creepy… Anyway, is the teal bedding with the navy, yellow, and pink stripes at biscuit? It’s so cute and retro!
I just have to say that Gracie is the cutest little girl! The rooms are lovely as well! That star wallpaper reminds me of my brother and his best friend growing up. They loved the solar system and actually put glow in the dark stars on his cealing. They probably had all the constellations! But the wallpaper is much prettier!
gorgeous as always…random Q, where do you get knobs from, and who installs ‘em? i’m looking to replace the knobs in my place and have no idea where to turn! (get it?)
Grace’s room is just darling! I love how you are able to reimagine things and keep incorporating them into different spaces.
Though I think raspberry checked upholstered walls would be marvelous, the potty training/early stomach bug stage can be…messy…you might hold off on that for a few years
I love Gracie’s room and bathroom. Small or not, it’s one cozy little place that anyone would be happy to call theirs. P.S. I totally thought you just change the bed and big girl rooms don’t come until like 5?
Adorable! I am a fan of cozy bedrooms (and big closets) too!
Question-though I can barely see it, the chandelier in the nursery looks similar to what we are looking for? Can you share where you got it?
Thanks for showing us your wonderful home.
Bailey,
She will always be your baby! She’s tiny tiny… and the cutest. As for the pink and white gingham/buffalo plaid… do it, please. It will be awesome. And I love that green dresser, too!
XOXO,
KKRS
So glad to hear the red border duvet is making a come back!
Amber- I actually do not have any tried and tested daybeds for toddlers. I am assuming the one we had in Austin would be good because it is enclosed on three sides, but…I will let y’all know what I discover!
Shannon- I think you are referring to the Pendleton blanket on the bed in the blue room? They are light blue, red, and yellow and from Pendleton xoxo
Abo- The knobs are all original to the house and are a lovely, but are also a real pain in the ass.
Stephanie- Chandelier was from 1st Dibs
And thank you all for giving me permission to not rush the big girl bed yet
we are just not ready!! (I am not)
Gracie’s room is beautiful and she is adorable peeking out from her crib!
Keep her in her crib as long as possible- unless you are worried she might get hurt climbing out (you can always leave the rail down) or you need the crib for #2. If she is a good sleeper, the transition to a bed might throw it off, plus she will be able to get out and roam around. My oldest stayed in the crib until nearly 3! No need to rush, enjoy these sweet days with her!
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