First of all, I imagine you’re all thinking, “A queen sized bed for a toddler?! Why?!” We believe 1) we have this great organic queen sized bed laying around that’s begging to be used, 2) we may have guests come to visit in which case we need a place for them to crash, and 3) I’m sure David and I will be taking turns sleeping next to the kid-o during this transition time. In fact, he slept there for two hours this morning with the toddler (who ALMOST made it through the night entirely on her own), so it’s already working out great for us, thank you very much!
We created the canopy above the bed using a sheer IKEA curtain (a hand me down from friends).
We received the handmade quilt on the bed as a wedding present from my godfather. Our daughter made it VERY clear that she wanted to use this quilt in her new room and we are thrilled to see her cherish it as we do.
Our daughter made the dream-catcher, above, in her yoga class. That was one project she made very clear that we NEEDED to keep and that it MUST hang by the bed. My original location on the wall in the living room was shot down. Clearly, I should have known better. It’s perfect here.
The watercolor painting to the left of the bed was done by my step-grandmother. She let me choose one of her paintings to keep as a graduation present and it’s never had a better-fitting location in our house. I love how the bright colors match the canopy!
We have so many treasured handmade gifts by her bed, but just you wait! We’re hard at work on an art project for above the bed. I think you’ll like it. Stay tuned…
That quilt is absolutely gorgeous! I’m so glad to see Miss Leyba get to use it.
The canopy is such a wonderful idea! I never put the canopy on my four-poster bed at my parents’ house because the blank underside was just so dull to look at when I was a kid — LOVE what you’ve done! So cozy, and such a cheerful and interesting pattern.
oh, it looks FABULOUS! what a great bed for miss leyba! and i have to agree with her on the dream catcher location – how is it supposed to catch dreams from the LIVING ROOM, silly? ;-)