Except for the lavender walls, I love it! My room was that color as a little girl and I never liked it. Poor mom, she went all out in decorating but I never told her. lol

Talk about starting life with an "all about me" attitude, but I absoutely love it! LOL

i'm torn on elaborate nurseries now. probably because i'm one for two in designing nurseries for my babies. my son's room turned out to be 100% perfect for him and his personality. my daughter's nursery, although soooo sweet and pretty, didn't suit her personality at all. we relocated before her first birthday so i'm glad i get a do-over on her room. she's not the dainty delicate little flower her room suited. she's bright and sparkly and spunky and needs a room as bold and colorful as she is. :)

here's her nursery, and luckily the buyers of our house were pregnant with a baby girl and bought everything in the room to stay. :)

my son's suited him perfectly though:

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Maggie, that's gorgeous! It's feminine, but also soothing for when your daughter gets to be a bit too "spunky." lol.

I also love the argyle on your son's walls!

thanks oakleyok! it's refreshing to hear someone acknowledge the argyle before the tree. everyone walks into the room and gushes over the tree and how did i do that yada yada yada... and i'm always like, the tree is easy! it's free form. it's the argyle that took hours and hours of measuring, calculating, taping, retaping... :)

PS: sorry annie, i didn't mean to hijack!

Maggie, those are gorgeous rooms for children and I, too, love that you designed for who your daughter is, not for who you fantasize her to be. That whole princess thing makes me crazy - what kind of messages are we giving to our daughters? from the first instant of their lives.

Annie - Fun to see this post and the creative ideas....makes me wonder what Will & Kate's baby (George's) room looks like?

Maggie - wow! Those rooms are so well done! Love everything about both rooms : )

Maggie, the argyle looks so perfect that I assumed it was wallpaper. I can't believe you did it yourself. Both great rooms.

No hijacking possible...I'm delighted to see anyone's picks of a fantasy nursery...for real or imagined. You did a terrific job, Maggie!

There's nothing wrong with little girls wanting to play princess or have princess toys, bedding, etc. Some girls naturally gravitate to all things princess. I did, but I always knew it was make believe.

For you moms and grandmothers, have you seen Disney's new cartoon, "Sophia the First?" It's outstanding! lol

I had to laugh --- and agree with Maggie. My DD, a top athlete now, would have been swinging off the canopy contraction before she could have walked despite loving princess-y things.