The girls shared bedroom in our rental house is a small and simple space, which both our daughters love. Today, I want to give you a little tour and explain a few of the ways we made the room functional and fun!

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Of all the rooms in our rental house, I am pretty sure that the small girls shared bedroom gives me the most joy. It is full of fresh colors and simple details and, even with it’s tiny footprint, offers a lot of functionality.

 

GIRLS SHARED BEDROOM

As I mentioned in my post about the boys shared bedroom, we like to keep our sleeping spaces simple. The main purpose of a bedroom is to promote sleep and relaxation. As such, we tend to minimize distractions.

This particular bedroom is the smallest in the house, at only 8 feet by 9 feet . At first, the room as a nursery for our daughter {M}. But when we were in the process of adopting our older daughter, {K}, we looked at different options on how to make the room functional for both girls. Because {K} has a joint condition, which hinders her mobility, we were faced with a few additional challenges.

 

THE BEDS

When looking at bed options, we knew we needed both beds to be accessible. Bunk beds, though space saving, would not be appropriate for our daughters because of our oldest’s needs. Our solution was to convert our Jenny Lind style crib into two toddler sized beds. This was a relatively simple DIY project that turned something unusable into the focal point of the girls shared bedroom.

The girls absolutely adore their beds and how close it allows them to sleep at night. Since our girls are both relatively young (and small), the toddler beds have worked well. They will be getting twin sized beds for their room in the new house, however. You can see their new room design for Arrow Hill Cottage in this post.

Between the bed sits a small thrifted nightstand, which I painted in a soft blue color. The shelf serves as the perfect spot for extra stuffed animals.

Because the beds are small, we were able to use toddler bed sheets from Pottery Barn. The sets were purchased as a gift from the grandparents. A white queen sized blanket was cut in half, the edges sewn, to create two bed covers. Each girl also has a special quilt, decorative pillow and stuffed animal to complete their bedding.

 

 

THE DECOR

The girls shared bedroom features plenty of special decor items, including a pair of decorative birdcages filled with paper cranes.  Twenty-one origami cranes were created by me during our first adoption wait. Each individual crane represents a month that {M} lived without us by her side. They now serve as a cheerful reminder of the importance of family.

 

The other side of the room features a mirror, turned art piece, above the book case. A collection of art, created by the girls older brothers, hangs on the wall near a rocking chair. This chair used to be Craig’s grandfather’s and has special sentimental value for that reason.

 

THE STORAGE

The main storage pieces in the room include a book stand, and the girl’s dresser. The book stand was once in the Carnegie library in our town. When the library closed, they sold off most of the shelving and decor, and I was able to pick up this unique piece for a great price. Although we store most of our children books in the boy’s bedroom, we rotate some onto this stand on a regular basis.

Having the books arranged facing out makes it easy for the girls to choose their favorites for story time before bed.

 

The wooden dresser that sits in the corner of the bedroom was mine when I was a little girl. A gift from my grandpa, it is a special piece that will surely move with us to the new house. We keep the girls pants and shirts in the dresser, and they each have two drawers apiece.

 

The shelf above the dresser is both functional and decorative. While the baskets contain extra bedding and blankets, special artwork, including this fabulous art print, adds sentimental value to the room.

 

 

GIRLS SHARED BEDROOM CLOSET

Because of the way that the rental farmhouse was built, there is quite a bit of storage in the eave space. The girls ended up with the largest closet in the house. Though they definitely don’t need this much space to store their clothing, they love their closet.

Removing the drawers from this old dresser and using baskets makes it easy for the girls to find what they need. The baskets are filled with socks, undergarments, and pajamas. On top of the dresser, the girls like to keep their special jewelry boxes and play ‘make up’ station.

They definitely have plenty of dresses and shoes, most of which were received as hand me downs or gifts from friends and relatives. I think that at some point in the not too distant future I will need to sit down with the girls and determine which of these hanging items are their most favorite.

Though they will have a small walk in closet at the new house, it isn’t our intention to fill it the the max. Keeping our favorite clothing items has been very rewarding for both Craig and myself, and I am sure it would be great for our kids as well.

 

GIRLS SHARED BEDROOM TOUR

I hope you enjoyed the photos of our girls shared bedroom. If you’d like a more in depth view of the room, be sure to check out this video tour!

 

ADDITIONAL GIRLS SHARED BEDROOM IDEAS

These stunning girls shared bedrooms are very inspiring. I’m sure any little girl would love to spend the night in any one of these rooms!

Sisters Garden Bedroom by Ellison Made

Pretty in Pink Big Girl Bedroom by Stage + Style + Stra

Girl Bedroom Makeover by The Tattered Pew

 

PIN THESE GIRLS SHARED BEDROOM IDEAS