Growing Up Leah's Room

Isn't it funny how spaces reflect us and how we change? 

Leah's room has definitely been such a fun snapshot on watching a little girl grow! When we moved into this house, she was 5 years old and wanted a blue room. I found a beautiful quilt and used the blues and greens from it to decorate her little-girl room. (Here's that 2012 post.) It went from flowers and teal to blue with a surfer/beach theme a few years ago. And we filled it with beachy elements, including a huge surfboard mural, and updated the blue last year when we returned from Paris (here's that post).

But, now as a high school freshman, and so grown up, she wants a more minimal, subtle room theme. And, as a fan of painting bedrooms, I was ready to do it for her. 

We worked together to pick the right color, "Swiss Coffee from Behr" because it was a creamy white that would match the headboard we brought back from Paris AND the beach mural I refused to allow her to removed. (It was expensive, people!) 

Here's the bed with the new color behind it. So much more quiet than the crazy of the blue. 


We're still working out some final projects, like those corner windows and the nook that is going to become a bench seat. But, for this post, it's all about making this room more GROWN UP and super calm. 


 And for a quick walk down memory lane, here's Leah's room circa 2017, with the pretty light tealish blue and green combo ... and OH SO MANY toys! 
 


Isn't it funny how they grow up and their spaces change? I'm learning to love it, only because I get to be creative and help them with being creative. Love it. 


Related links:
Just for fun, here's Leah's room from our Paris apartment - Rainbows!
And Leah's room has a Pinterest board that tracks all the different themes we've explored. 

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