Chie

Unlike sewing, I don’t think you are ever done with home decorating. I think home decor is something that is always changing and evolving as you live and change your life style. I don’t feel completely ready to share Kiko’s nursery, but I don’t think I ever will finish decorating the room, so here it is! Many of the stuff in her room were made by me.

As a starter, the window seat cushion was made using an old mattress. Japanese mattresses are thinner than what they call mattress in the U.S., and can be easily cut with scissors. I cut the mattress to fit in the window seat size, and made the cover. I accented the cover with the red piping all around the seam lines.The polka dot curtain was also made by me as I blogged here.

My current favorite is the princess castle! It was given to us by my friend for Kiko’s second birthday. You might notice that Kiko doesn’t have a bed. She sleeps in the castle now. It’s a girl’s dream! I wish I could sleep in a castle. I folded a futon mattress in half and laid it in the castle. I experienced many trials in decorating Kiko’s room. Her room is a Japanese room, which means it is small, has tatami mat floor with ugly green divider lines and fake wood ceiling. The ceiling is particularly ugly as it pretends to be wood but really not, it is paper with wood print. When I taped something on the ceiling and later peeled off the tape, the wood print came off. We can’t paint since we are renting. So, in order to make the ugly ceiling as cheerful as possible, I added several garlands. The lace one is made by me (tutorial here) and the washi paper triangle shaped one was a gift from Taren of Oslo and Alfred.
The wood molding is another unique feature of Japanese room, which I think is unattractive. I try to distract from its ugliness as much as possible by hanging stuff up on it.

The princess wall decal is from Abbys Vinyl Wall Decal on etsy. The light is from IKEA, thrifted for 10 bucks. Andy absolutely hates this light. I initially put it up in the kitchen, but since he hates it so much (he calls it an ugly pinapple) we moved it to Kiko’s room. I like it, regardless of what he says about it.

This rocking chair is one of my best thrift finds! You can’t really find rocking chairs in Japan, but we happened to find this one at the local thrift shop for 10 bucks! We immediately took it home. I am not sure about the fabric though. I considered reupholstering it many times but just haven’t found the right fabric for it.The bunting was made by me. The pig wall hanging was a sweet gift from a blog reader, Ingrida. The mama and baby bunny embridery wall hanging is from a vintage shop, the White Pepper on etsy. I like that each small thing in her room has a story.

Andy’s grandmother made us the embroiderer of Kiko’s life verse, Romans 12:2. Such a precious gift.

How do you guys deal with the disadvantages of a room, like small, ugly etc?

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