Thursday, July 19, 2012

Bedroom makeover part 2

It's summer and that means everything is either going 100 miles an hour or in slow motion. Do you ever feel that way? It's sorta like a tornado...sometimes I am in the middle of the vortex, and other times I am whirling away on the outskirts in a mad frenzy. Anyway, I'm finally getting around to part two of my two bedroom makeovers in two weeks episode. I showed you my first daughter's room in this post.

On to bedroom two...
 My 14 yr old has been putting up with this room since we moved here a year and a half ago and dreaming for the day she would get a more grown up room. She gave me some paint cards with the colors she wanted which were all bright. Her favorite color was the one I landed on mainly because I had some paint already that matched it almost perfectly, and another lighter color to paint the walls which was a nice much lighter shade. ANyway...

The BEFORE.....


It was a cute idea, for a much younger girl, and I personally would have chosen different colors, but I'm sure that the little girl that lived here before we moved in loved it and that's all that matters!

There are a few finishing touches that I still need to finish up...I'm waiting on new hardware for the cabinets, and need to "cute up" her dresser a little, and obviously there aren't pictures in her picture frames yet....But I thought I'd show you what got done in the week while she was at camp...

Brace yourself...it's a little blue...


She desperately needed more storage in her room. I found the cabinets at the thrift store and thought they would do the trick. I'm not totally happy with this space yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out. When I get the new hardware I will be covering the lovely built in handles on the bottom drawers with a thin piece of wood so you won't even know they were there! I already had the vintage mirror as well as the lamp. The bed may be a little boring, but with no budget and a blanket I already had that fit her order of "I just want a soft fuzzy blanket, nothing fancy" I figured it will do.

When I got the cabinets, they looked like this...


Obviously I added the little scrollwork and after a primer coat, and then 2 coats of paint we were good to go. I have to say that I love my HVLP sprayer, things like this would drive me crazy to have to paint with a brush or roller. 
I'm all for speeeeedddddyyyy projects :)


I already had this shelf below..it's actually one of those fancy things you put over doors to make your house look nice..technical term would be a lintel...but I'd rather just call it a door do-hickey-thingey. She quickly added a few of her special things up there, her own touches!



I painted it with my latex that I used on the cabinets, but then had a little fun with my ASCP by brushing it on and into the cracks and then wiping it with a damp rag. This shelf is her favorite part of the room. I'm pretty happy with the look, and like how the green is a nice break from allllll the blues!


 Now I have to show you my FAVORITE part of her room.
 I can't take full credit for this, it's not an original idea.
My Sister in law did something similar in her daughter's room
...with butterflies
...it was
A
MAZE
ING!

Hers looked more like this...

As soon as I saw it I knew that I had to do something similar... 

Ready...
...set...
...squeeeeee......






It's prettty obvious how to do this one, scrapbook paper of choice, paper punch, glue dots, a little bling, and there you have it!









She loved the photo wall I did in her sister's room HERE and so I did a smaller version of it for her. It will look great with cute smiling faces in the frames...but for now you'll just have to imagine that. Very good. You've got a great imagination...except I think I'm younger than you had me pictured...and thinner...and..oh wait, you had it right. 


And there you go! I really need to get back in there and finish up those last few things, and then spend a day and help her put all her fun things in fun little places. I just love my girls! I just can't imagine doing something so fun with a sports theme for a boys room...
or could I?



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4 comments:

  1. Your daughter's room looks very pretty! I just love the wall art idea...so simple, but very striking! :)

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  2. The room is looking great. I love the colors. And the wall art is a nice touch! Thanks for sharing at the All Star Block Party!

    Holly

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  3. This room looks awesome. Love the flowers! Thanks for sharing this at the All Star Block Party.

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