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 Girl's Nursery Makeover Pt.1 Pink Bead Board I've done my fair share of board/batten projects with my husband, Scott, by now but we have yet to work with beadboard and I really wanted this room to feel very feminine and feel like a room you would see in a victorian/craftsman home 100 years ago (but a little more modern). We just finished up a  boy's room makeover  for our son's who are now sharing a room, this was our youngest sons nursery, and that room has a dark green board/batten throughout; I wanted these two rooms to feel similar and that they belong next to each other but still have very different personalities and choosing to go with beadboard the same height as their board/batten really achieved my goal. (our sons room and this room are next to each other so you see them side by side in our hallway) When I was researching how to do all the beadboard things I struggled to find a lot of truly helpful post describing areas like corners, top trim placement and pai

What we started with:   Toddler Boy Room Makeover (all items used in this room are linked under their category) Why a "grown up" kids room you ask? When I think of a child's room I instantly think back to my childhood rooms. Bright colors and character wallpaper or decals placed thoughtlessly on the walls, plastic tables and chairs (nothing wrong them they clean up great!), character sheets and comforters that I vividly remember never being soft enough and always cold, it was a room I would get bored of very very fast and want to re decorate. (That could also just be a me thing lol!) I do remember how much my Mom loved doing rooms for me and I remember her always being so happy to re do them when I got an itch to change things up (if it was something we could afford at the time).  So, when I started planning out my son's new room for him and his brother to share I really dug deep to figure out how I could make this room something that can last through childhood and ma