Dressing A Daughter's Room 5

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15 Jul 2008 01:11 PM

When we last left off, I was talking about the great fabrics that I poked through at an Amish-owned fabric shop in Lancaster, Pa. I was looking for the perfect fabric for my little girl's room. I wanted something that was current, fresh, fun and would grow with my daughter as she did. To remind you, the fabric choices were: a delicate variegated pink rose pattern, pink outlined flowers on a white background and its opposite white outlines flowers on a pink background, a thin candy strip with two different pink stripes and a white stripe, and an an oddball, a dragonfly pattern on a light purple background that sparkled.

I spoke with the woman minding the store and asked for samples. We had a tiny bit of trouble understanding each other. I speak too softly to be heard sometimes and she had a thick Amish Pennsylvania Dutch accent. Still, I collected my samples and brought them home to see which fabric might work the best. I had my favorite and was sure I would go with that one.

My husband and our daughter also took a look at the samples. We held them up against the white trim of the windows and the doors, and we also looked at them against both colors in the room. The softer pink on most of the walls and the darker rose pink on the accent wall.

We deliberated over and over. Our toddler played with the discarded samples and tied them into knots as we narrowed it down to two. Finally, we made our decision and went with the candy stripe fabric! This is not a fabric I would have chosen normally, but it really seemed to pull the room together, and it was my daughter's favorite, even over the sparkly dragonflies.

The next step was to get that fabric made into curtains, so back to Lancaster we went. Hey, that meant that there was another opportunity for Amish food and kettle corn.

Check back again for the next installment.

Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. Starting June 1st, don't miss her articles in the Baby Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here.

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