Hawaiian/surfer/Hannah room

I have so many projects and rooms to do in my house, I dont know where to start
I have a problem flitting from one thing to the next without finishing the thing I started.
I have, however, nearly finished my daughters room,
I wanted surfer girl/tropical theme,she liked that idea, but loved rock/Hannah Montana
So I kinda did both, and surprisingly it looks great,if you love pink, which she does,
I painted the walls white and stenciled them with a hibiscus design,looks fab and bright.
The bottom half of the room has been wallpapered with a textured pink paper
The furnitue is just basic malm in white from ikea,very practical for a pre-teen, and shows off all her bits and pieces nicely
There are a few quirky things in her room, like the pink guitar CD holder on the wall,
I also added some hawaiian style fringing to the top of the pelmet above the cupboard, I wasn,t sure if it looked a bit tacky, but then I saw a similar idea to mine in one of Jane Coslicks cottages, I love her designs

The Hawaiian fringing bought from party supply store





This is the Shrimp, a Jane coslick cottage,check out her web site,its great, the Hawiian style pelmet looks great,similar to what I have done above the wardrodes, notice the table in this picture which has been painted with a beach scene, I have a similar style and size of table in my attic, I think I might attempt to do something like that with it, I dont know where I will put it though, will think of somewhere

Another idea from my room which I thought was cute was a home made canvas.I am a keen scrapbooker so always have stuff lying around. I sewed some pieces of tropical patterned paper together,added some pictures, a surfer girl and hula dancer, and finished it with nice bright paper flowers, then glued it onto a small canvas, it looks brill, cost next to nothing and you can theme it to your room


The canvas I made to match the room

So thats it nearly done, not bad considering I painted it last year while she was staying with her Aunt in Scotland.
Now I only need a blind, I might add some fringing to that,and thats it doneGirly necessities, jewellery box, pretty flowers, perfume and bangles plus a sleepy cat made from a stone and a pink guitar for a rock princess

Dreaming of a beach cottage

Who wouldnt love to stay in this beautiful bright beach cottage.I live in the UK and I can tell you we have nothing that compares to this pretty little cottage.
So to cheer me up when the weather is dull, I will be inspired by this pretty little house.
I have already started by painting rooms white,which is something I would never have done once over,but its amazing how colourful white can be when you add a few bright accessories.


Because I dont live in the States its hard to get tropical style decor,ebay can be useful but postal charges are expensive.I love some pottery barn items and they post some things internationally now, but I havent enquired about how much shipping would be, and the quilt I want is very expensive anyway. then there would be duty to pay,wish I lived in the USA in that little beach cottage


Love this for my little girls surfer girl room