Spring-ing forward with the new scrapbook room!

  Anyone who knows me, knows I love decorating and I love scrapbooking, so when I can combine these 2 passions...look out world!  Since my stepdaughter is almost 18 and never comes over to spend the night anymore, I decided to turn her room into my new scrapbook room. Don't worry, it will still have a daybed incase she decides she wants to spend some time with us, and for our guests. I had a little scrapbook nook in the laundry room, but laundry baskets kept getting in my way of being able to actually use that space. And with the crazy winter we have had, I decided that space was better suited for a desperately-needed mud room.

   I knew that I wanted to paint it lime green, a color with energy to inspire creativity. Have you ever tried to find a lime green paint that you can live with? Not easy, but I finally decided on a color called "green apple". To break it up and tone it down a bit, I'm going to paint 2 fairly large vertical rectangles on the wall, about 3' x 4' and paint them a chocolate brown. I'm going to have the husband cut some wood trim to frame out the rectangles, so they are more like art spaces, and paint the trim as well.   Inside the art spaces, I have little mirrored butterfly wall decals to randomly space and am also going to use my Cricut to cut some wall decal words out of vinyl. I'm thinking "Create" and "Beauty" will aptly sum it up.

   As I said, I'm going with a daybed and have found the perfect fabrics for some great throw pillows which I'm going to dress up with some funky pom-pom trims and rick-rack. I got all 5 pieces of fabric at Wal Mart for $14- what a steal! I'm trying to recycle and reuse as much as I can, so I'm just cutting down the bedspread that is already in there and is only a year old anyway. I can also use some of the wall art that it currently in the room and the dressmaker's model with the girly tulle tutu, which I love.  So here's a sneak peek at the fabrics and paint color that are my color-inspiration, can't wait to finish the room and show you the rest!