Creating the perfect Princess bedroom!

 Hello There, 

    I've mentioned in previous post discussing My Love of Disney Princesses, how I created a Disney Princess bedroom for myself in my one bedroom apartment while I was at college. Today I thought I'd elaborate on how I was inspired to create this bedroom and how I went about achieving it. I didn't exactly set out to create a shrine to the glamourous princess for which I held so much admiration. Instead it was a culmination of several different factors which led to a perfect princess room as the solution!

    I discussed in length in my original Disney Princess post about how my love of Princesses started, but as my love deepened for Disney's royal ladies it was certainly not an ambition of mine to create a princess themed bedroom, at least not at first. It started when I happened upon a cute princess throw blanket in Walmart for $15 featuring Ariel, Belle, and Rapunzel. It was cheap, cute, soft and featured 3 out of my 5 favorite Disney princesses, naturally I couldn't resist. I bought it and loved wrapping myself in it to keep warm (although it was a little small). Once I found myself enjoying the blanket as much as I did I thought that maybe I should expand my princess collection a little, or a lot!

    I had seen online several Crossdressers and Transwomen redecorate their bedroom to be more feminine in design. Some took this a step farther and totally hyper feminized their bedroom, though this was more typically done by those that identified as Sissies. Despite the fact that I really didn't identify as a Sissy, I couldn't help but admire how fun and feminine a lot of their bedroom makeovers were! But my largest take away from all their inspired bedroom transformations was the inclusion of satin sheets. Naturally this made me want to try sleeping on satin sheets quite a bit since they seemed to be so popular. Well after I bought my princess blanket I got to thinking about how maybe I could use this as an excuse to try some satin sheets, and to also be able to enjoy some princesses in my bedroom. I saw a plan taking shape in my mind: I would transform my bedroom into the kind of Disney Princess room that little girls everywhere would be jealous of!! I started off by looking for inspiration online from other Disney Princess inspired rooms had to offer and they all did not disappoint!

    So what I settled on for my plan was a pink theme (obviously), satin sheets, multiple pillows, and if I could manage it a comforter that featured my 5 favorite princess. I already had a set of bedroom furniture so I wouldn't be able to fully transform my room, but I could take a few steps to princessify it. The sheets were really easy to order (thanks Amazon). The pillow case I actually happened upon in Walmart; $3 for a soft pillow case that featured Anna and Elsa, easy buy! Things were coming together.

     The comforter proved to be quite a challenge. Sure there were loads of comforters that featured Disney Princesses, but how many were Queen Size, reasonably priced, and featured the princess I wanted? Few to none, as it turns out. It took weeks of searching until finally I had to settle on a compromise, a duvet cover for a full size bed, that would have to ship from China. Sure it wasn't the perfect size but it did feature my five favorite princesses so how could I resist?

    After a few weeks of planning and piecing things together, all the elements I needed for my princess came together. I gleefully stripped my bed of its original sheets and assembled my new princess bed. It was glorious! Everything I imagined: pink and full of princesses. Additionally I found myself loving the satin sheets, extremely soft and great to sleep in! 

    Although I loved my new princess bed, it was just that, a bed. I had set out to create a princess room, not a bed. So I needed to add something else to take my room to the next princess level. But how? Well one thing that really bothered me was all the blank wall space behind my bed, and I figured that filling it would help tie the room together. So I started doing some research on what exactly I could fill the void with. However the answer would come while I was walking through the party section of Walmart. There was a "princess party backdrop" which piqued my interest. To my surprise they were huge murals depicting Cinderella, Belle, and Ariel. They were perfect, and the best part is that they were fairly cheep! Of course I bought them and brought them home. Upon opening the package I found that the banners were made of a cheap plastic, but honestly it didn't bother me too much. They covered the whole wall and really made it feel like a complete princess room! 

    I spent a wonderful year sleeping in my princess room, but once my tenure in college came to an end so too did my princess room. It was dismantled and unfortunately thrown away with the rest of my girly things from my time in my apartment. I look back on these pictures with a massive smile on my face, and a heart full of nostalgia. Perhaps one day I'll be able to create another princess room but the chances seem low. At least I got to enjoy the time I had with it, and who knows, never say never I guess!

-Carly