ta-da!

So I asked a couple opinions about this... and then I went ahead and tried it. I know we've all heard of covering walls in fabric... but have you ever heard of using ribbon for a border? I searched all over the internet for days looking for examples of it... I figured someone must have done something like that at some time or another. But I found nothing.

Savannah wanted polka-dots on her walls in her new room. Originally, I was going to paint some kind of polka-dot border, but then I came across this polka-dot ribbon that matched, and I thought, why not use that instead of time consuming painting? Ryan thought I was crazy. He said no one does that and he thought it was a strange idea. I thought it would work.

So then I had to decide on how to apply the ribbon... and I found many places that suggested for covering walls in fabric, liquid fabric starch worked just like wallpaper glue. And you know what? Starch is CHEAP! So I headed into SJ's room with my 45 yards of ribbon, spray starch, measuring tape, pencil and level. After about two hours of being frustrated, I gave up and decided to go buy double sided craft/scrapbooking tape. Yeah, it was more money than a dollar's worth of spray starch, but it was soooo much easier and waaaay less messy.
So here's the result... and let me just say how hard it is to get a good picture of ribbon on a wall! It doesn't really look straight here with all the shadows, but believe me, it is! The first stripe is kind of a shiny pale blue that matches the curtains. The middle stripe is obviously the polka-dots that match the wall, and the bottom ribbon is pink (she had to have pink!) with white stitching. And I think it looks pretty cute. Now tomorrow, we'll finally get her room all put together and I'll get some pictures of both the kid's rooms finished!