How to Decorate a Kid's Room With a Cowgirl Theme

If you are going to decorate a kid's room with a cowgirl theme, include rustic denim, feminine lace and cotton candy pink paint with a little bit of rhinestone glitz thrown in. This spunky little girls room will have even big girls wanting to move in. It is a fun style to create and many of the accessories can be handmade or taken from the barn. You will be surprised at how easy it is to design this laid-back bedroom for your little cowgirl.

Things You'll Need

• Cotton candy pink acrylic latex paint
• Chocolate acrylic latex paint
• White acrylic latex paint
• Paint brushes
• Measuring tape
• Large rubber or sponge star stamp
• Bottle caps
• Drill and small bit
• Hammer and nails
• Crystal chandelier with tools to install
• Crystal cupboard knobs
• Lace curtain panels
• Crystal beads
• Craft wire and wire cutters
• Horse shoes
• Utility rope
• Brown barn stars
• White lace or cotton dust ruffle
• Pink sheets set
• Denim comforter
• Denim, pink, brown and lace pillows
• 6-foot square linoleum scrap
• Pencil
• Polyurethane
• Utility scissors
• Assorted western tack (such as hat, bridle, curry comb)

Instructions

1. Paint the walls a cotton candy pink and allow the paint to dry. Measure up from the floor to the chair rail height on the wall. Apply chocolate brown paint to a large rubber or sponge star shaped stamp. Stamp the star every 12 inches on the chair rail measurement. Allow the paint to dry. Drill holes in the center of bottle caps and, with the logos facing out, nail a bottle cap in the center of each stamped star. Tack rope along the top border of the walls. Twist and loop the rope with the creative characteristics of a lasso spiraling. Accessorize the wall with brown barn stars and western tack.

2. Replace the light fixture with a small crystal chandelier. This of course is optional. Note: For more affordable chandeliers, scour your flea markets and thrift stores. A little spray paint and replacement crystals may be all you need to create this luxurious lighting element.

3. Paint the existing dresser and bed white. You may also purchase them secondhand. Allow the paint to dry. Paint large undefined brown splotches over the white surface to resemble cowhide. Replace the knobs on the dresser with clear crystal ones.

4. Hang lace panel curtains on the windows. Cut two lengths of 24-inch long craft wire. String clear crystal plastic beads on the wire. Curl the ends to hold the beads in place. Wrap the wired beads around the panels as tie backs. Tack horseshoes to the window frame to hang the tie backs on.

5. Place a white lace or white cotton dust ruffle on the bed. Add pink sheets and top with a denim comforter. Use your imagination for these items if you want to save money. Old lace curtains work well for dust ruffles, white sheets can be dyed pink and the denim comforter would be a wonderful quilt project using old blue jeans. Finish dressing the bed with an assortment of denim pink brown and lace pillows.

6. Cut a 6-foot square of scrap linoleum for a rug. Lay it face down on your work surface. Sketch uneven edges and undefined corners to create a cowhide shape. Cut out the shape. Paint the back of the linoleum white and allow it to dry. Paint large undefined brown splotches for the cowhide look. Allow the paint to dry and finish the cowhide rug with two coats of polyurethane finish.