New pony room, a work in progress. Lavender dream castle edition :)

[drusilla]

Hello everyone      As some of you may know i will be moving yet again this july 1st. im tired of moving but im gratful that this will be the last time.

Thankfully, i get to have an even bigger pony room then before and im going to be designing the rooom to look just like the satin slipper sweet shoppe. Im hoping to get some good ideas on how to do this from you guys out there. i am already painting the walls a high gloss white.

Just a few questions for everyone

how do i make my 9 book cases not look like 9 white book cases LOL ?

and

when you first think of the satin slipper sweet shoppe what is the first image that jumps in your head?

and

what crucial items must be present in the room to insure it looks like the sweet shoppe?

by the way pictures to come 
[nudging this over to the Corral for you - kiwimlp ]


update:

the pony room is now being modeled after the 2nd version of the lavender / purple dream castle 

[Gingerbread]

I don't know about the bookscases but a white/purple stripey blind(s) like SS's apron over the windows would look pretty cool! And of course pink carpet

[bluemoondreams]

have you thought of theaming the book shelves maybe derocating the ends to look like the ones in the shop?

[drusilla]

pink, that is a fantastic idea for the window curtain, i had not thought about the curtain at all.
 
blue, i dont recall book casses in the sweet shope? or am i missing something.
 
floor: i was looking to find white and pink square sticky tiels for the floor but i can not find those anywhere, i had not thought of carpet at all.
 
stickers: another question for you guys is, what are the stickers that came with the sweet shoppe? im going to have to do a search for them.

[bluemoondreams]

sorry I'm not being very clear am I. Try painting them yellow and purple like the counter. maybe think about some old sweat jars for decoration round the room.

[StoryDreamer]

Why not cover the bookcases with a colorful contact paper?

Paint? You can do stripes.



Cover the fronts with glass? Like a candy case!

[nearlyheadlessnayy]

What about storing some ponies on top of a yellow table like in the playset?
You could easily find one to paint yourself!
I am now brimming with over the top ideas like making huge ice creams like on the counter!

[drusilla]

thanks everyone for the ideas, keep them coming.

here is a picture of what the pony room looks like now,  notice the huge amount of space i have from the top of the bookcases to the ceiling. i got to fill that up to.

 
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i am also trying to turn my computer desk into an exact replica of the 2 ice cream cone counter, wouldent that be cool?

[hathorcat]

That sounds like a really cute idea!

You could add some decoration behind the ponies on the "back" of the bookshelf - large sweetie jars, ice creams etc. A pink or pink and white carpet would be perfect as well.

On the stickers there was:
Work Table
Counter Mat
Counter Drawer
Desert Table
Ice Cream Cone Table
Sundae Table
Billboard Sign [x3]
Place Settings

Although not in colour...here is what they look like so you know what you are tracking down


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[PhyllieBean]

Have you thought about having doors on the bookcases?  You could paint them to match whatever was on the walls in the Sweet Shop.  I guess you'd have to decide if you're more into having the room like the Sweet Shop or more into having all of the ponies clearly displayed if you did that though. 

[StoryDreamer]

You could go to a party store and get some cutouts of ice cream cones etc and string them up with bits of pink ribbon (streamers would eventually need replacing), and maybe some big hearts and bows? Like the outside of the Shoppe?

I went browsing via Google shopping and found cute things. When I think of the Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe, I think of hearts and bows and ice cream and sweets and white and pastels.  The floor is checkboard, so what if you got wallpaper like that?   Or floor? You can buy checkerboard laminate floor, I bet!

http://www.partyallready.com/1950-s-tissue-ice-cream-sundae.html
Tissue paper ice cream sundae

You should get a little yellow table like the one in the shoppe. That style is pretty common, you should be able to find one easily. I'd search "cafe table yellow"

This one is really similar:  http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07183977000P?sid=IDx20070921x00003a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=07183977000

You could place a few playsets on the table?

What about getting a chalkboard and instead of having a "menu" on it, you could write out different ponies sometimes? Like your newest buy/trade?

[drusilla]

Hi
 
you guys are awesome 
 
Thanks so much for the sticker pictures, it makes searching alot easier. i dont think any of my shoes i owned ever had all the stickers LOL
 
unfortuantly, i wont have enough room to do the yellow table and chairs, but i can turn my computer chair into one of the yellow chairs.
 
im also working on converting my corner computer desk into the counter with the 2 huge ice creams. just need to figure out if im going to do the coner out of wood or paper? should i make them removable?
 
i had though of buying doors for my book cases to stop most dust from getting in, just not sure if i want to pay the money out yet.
 
no luck on the pink and white floor yet, i could do half white and pink carpet but then i wouldent have the squares.
 
talk about a project   
 
 

Post Merge: May 02, 2012, 09:29:29 AM

me again 
 
the stickers of the work table and sundae table are awesome, i bet i could paint some of the sticker on the side of my bookcases.
 
the little party pop up sundae is a really cool find

Post Merge: May 02, 2012, 09:30:24 AM

and thank you for moving the post, i wasent sure where to put it.

[hathorcat]

Thats a great idea to paint the images of some of the stickers on the wall...I have those images at a much higher resolution...if you want me to email it to you so you can scale them up to help you just send me a pm

[ZennaBug]

So jelly!  I would love to have a pony room!  Yours looks like it's going to be awesome 

[drusilla]

well im in my new place now and have been sorting out the ponies and pony stuff.
 
 here is an updated picture of what the pony room looks like, it is totally packed.

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 here is the computer desk i am going to turn into the counter from the sweet shoppe.

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[images resized ~ many thanks ~ hathorcat]