What’s missing in my daughters room

[Mamadooley]

We have a few decorative bits we are waiting on being delivered but does it seem something is missing from my daughters bedroom?

a rug that isnt pink. some shelves for books and a bedside table. looks like a lovely room.

I totally get your point, when I said veer from pink I didn’t mean fire trucks and paw patrol bedding, I meant more along the lines of I’d gone for the white bedroom set instead I would have gone for a daisy theme. Her play room is safari themed and very much toys everywhere. Unfortunately for me I can’t shake the feeling of wanting to things to match and look pretty admittedly to my fault at times

The OP asked what's missing though not how to decorate the room!

It's not to my taste and my daughter wouldn't choose it either but it's the OP's choice for now and I'm sure she'll add to it as her daughter grows and starts to show her preference.

A rug and either a chest of drawers or dressing table.

A comfy chair as @lottie222 says too.

If it were me - then prints for the wall - maybe some alphabet ones.

Books!

Plants? Higher up, but for some extra colour and green?

@Mamadooley

I think to say “Poor kid” is a little ridiculous 🙄 she’s hardly hard done by. She’s a beautiful little girl with a pink bedroom, I’m not sure that’s reason to call child line. C’mon

Gently, I suspect you wanted to post these photos and have people coo over them rather than give criticism/suggestions, which is valid (because the room looks lovely and you’ve clearly poured your heart into it) but you’re possibly not going to get the reaction you want with the OP you’ve posted.

Ah I remember when my daughters rooms were so pristine and put together. Now they’re 8 and 6 and they’ve filled them with all of their ‘treasures’, they look nothing like that .
I think it’s missing some colour/tone/texture.

Apart from books lower down and maybe curtains for summer, I think it’s lovely. Yes I wouldn’t go so pink maybe, but that’s preference.

Ds bedroom is white, with white furniture, some woodland wall stickers, wooden floor, brown leather chair. Then accessories with books/ coloured lamp/ similar. But he doesn’t have loads of toys in there as he keeps most downstairs.

I’ve very open to criticism I am well aware I’m not perfect and neither is my home I just felt the comment was rude

What's missing? The contents of the wardrobe on the floor, a million bits of Lego and the general detritus that comes with a small child.

But I see you've not moved in yet. It will come.!

Beautiful room, beautifully done. Show is a picture one moth after you've moved in!

Oh 100% this room will be a total mess!

As others have said I think you need storage for books at a level she can reach. She might not spend time in there unattended at the moment, but as she grows she will and it's good for children to be able to access books whenever they like (have a google of montessori rooms where everything is set up at a level that can be accessed by a toddler to help promote independence). When my 4 year old wakes up at the crack of dawn he'll happily sit for a while looking at his books in his room before we need to get up with him for example. I don't think you need toy storage in there, especially if you've got a playroom. We keep toys out of bedrooms until kids are good sleepers - for DS1 that was about 5 years old.

On a practical level do you also need a chest of drawers to store smaller clothing that doesn't hang up? Pants, socks, vests etc.

Well I think it's lovely, and I'm sure your daughter will too.

Maybe wait for the other bits to arrive and then decide if your missing anything.

Pinterest is a good site for inspiration if you still feel something is missing.

@Mamadooley

The basket was from homesense and I assume you mean the canopy I’m unsure, I think maybe Amazon

Yes sorry, canopy. Tired.

There a lot of dramatics on here over a bit of pink. A bed, wardrobe in pink. Pink on the blinds and cosy corner and wallpaper. It's hardly an entire room plastered in barbie pink

It isn't the colour of neglect or demonic worship. She has t scrawled 666 on the walls. It's just a colour and one that it is OK for females to like

It's just a colour and one that it is OK for females to like

Quite. I'm more bothered by the number of people using "girly" as a negative.

@SleepingStandingUp It's not about the colour per se, it's about the "pinkification" of girls, including the toys. I don't like anything that indicates to someone that their identity, choices etc should be limited to a stereotype. And a shit stereotype at that (eg princesses just get to "be" pretty instead of actually "do" cool stuff).

There's a lot written on pinkification - random link below

www.pinkisforboys.org/blog/why-pinkification-matters

A chair for you too sit on?

I think it needs something in a slightly darker colour in the same palette, like a dark pink/plum/purple rug or cushion to provide a bit of contrast. I think it’s the colours being all so pale that makes it look a bit flat.

A chair or beanbag for you to sit on when reading a bedtime story.

By the way, I do wonder whether you might need curtains or a blackout blind, because otherwise it will be broad daylight in her room from 4am to 10pm come mid summer!

There a lot of dramatics on here over a bit of pink. A bed, wardrobe in pink. Pink on the blinds and cosy corner and wallpaper. It's hardly an entire room plastered in barbie pink

No, but there isn’t anything else either. As pp have said, the “pinkification” of girls and the adherence to stereotypes is damaging.

Being particularly damaging to non-NT girls.

Cute room. Almost there. Just needs an injection of a few different colours. A rug, a bedside table and lamp and some art on the walks should do it. I’m sure your daughter will be very happy sleeping in there.

A fluffy rug and a (children's plastic) mirror at her height would be good.

I think its lovely , but i would add a rug and a mirror or pictures or both , in similar cream /pastel coloured frames on the bed wall.
Also cushions on the bench seat and maybe a floor cushion, i love the colours you have chosen , cosy and calming .