Girl's Room Redo

My little girly is not quite so little anymore. Many of her things had seen better days, so we decided it was time to upgrade her room. After giving her a firm no to an "Elsa" theme, she was pretty excited about doing the colors coral and mint green.

 

My first step in bedroom decorating is to find the bedding. We hunted high and low and never could find what we were looking for. I finally decided to just go with a white quilt (IKEA) and make her an accent throw in those colors (Hobby Lobby material). This room redo took waaaaaaaaaay longer than it should have because of that very last sentence. If it involves sewing, I'm the last person to jump in and get it done. HA!

 

 I have wanted to attempt stripes for a long time, but could never decide where. I love them in here!

 

I knew I wanted to involve some fellow makers in this room redo. The polka dots are wall stickers from my friend Just the Frosting. They are super easy to use and peel easily off of your wall. She has oodles of designs, including quotes and customs.

 

 

 

I made the sign as the same as others from my Down Grace Lane. A friend had posted this quote on Facebook and I loved it. I want her soul to be beautiful with Jesus and we've already read this and talked about it some. I want it to be a reminder to her, as well as me.

 

I spray painted her old bookshelf to match.

 

 

 

The adorable little giraffe reminds me of my niece. My friend Theresa's Crochet Shop made it and has so many adorable others. Oh my! They are just all so stinkin' cute!

 

 

Isn't he just so keeeeeuuuute?!

 

 

 

For fun, kicks, and giggles, I even painted her closet door. It gives that side of the wall a nice pop of color without having to add much décor.

 

 

 

 

There are several of my maker friends on this wall. The cute wooden heart cutout is from Aces of Oregon. It matches perfectly. I got the frame around it at a yard sale and spray painted it to match. I love how it pulls out the heart.

 

The cute little bike art is from Details2Enjoy. I did a separate post on how it was put together. Another unique shop with lots of fun things!

 

I won the mason jar art in an IG giveaway from Kate's Crafty Heart. Super cute! She customized it with her name. Of course my daughter thought that was very cool since nothing has her name on it.

 

The "Fearfully & Wonderfully Made" is handpainted by Handcrafted Brunette. She is amazing and has so much cuteness in her shop.

 

All of these makers are on Instagram and I would encourage you to check them out.

 

The gumball machine was spray painted to match, but her little brother has rubbed some off of the top from trying to sneak in and help himself.

 

 

I'm kicking myself because I passed up a chandelier at a yard sale. That would have been so cool to spray paint and hang in here. I'm keeping my eye out. Maybe something better will come along.

 

On a humorous note: This quilt is massive and tucked in strategically to get it to lay right. We had revival coming, so I told her to sleep with her little brother in the next room. This way the bed stayed made. LOL! However, she has slept in there since.

So, we still have a pretty made bed.

 

Thank you to my maker friends for collaborating with me with your products.

 

Bye Bye Nursery....

...Hello big boy room! My youngest is 5, and the poor guy was still sleeping in a crib converted to toddler bed, so yeah, it was time. We had so much fun putting this space together. He loves fish, and anything having to do with ocean life, so when I saw this quilt set on Zulily, I knew it would be perfect for him.

 

This little guy has been thoroughly enjoying his big bed! It's so cute to see him in it, it makes him look so little. I found the vintage tube style bed on craigslist, and spray painted it a pretty aqua blue color. Oh my goodness, I just love it! It just makes the whole room.

 



 

We hung 3 vintage skateboards, that we got from various places, over his bed.

The Roll -n- Surf one is my absolute favorite. Love that gorgeous color!

 

I just gotta tell you, if you need good storage, this little storage unit is $37 at Walmart and you would not believe how big the cubed bins are, we've got tons of stuff in there! And it makes a perfect little nightstand. I was also thrilled to find the lamp, in the exact same color as the bed, at T.J. Maxx.

 

 

He has really become interested in drawing lately, so we hung a vintage chalkboard down low on the wall so he could have a drawing space. He has really been enjoying that. And it always makes me smile when I go in there and see his latest piece of art. I asked him to draw a picture on it before I took pictures for this post. He says, Sure! And then he proceeded to write a huge HO on there. He said it's an O and an H! I'm like yeah, but in that order I'm afraid it's not super appropriate for a blog post... LOL!

The big whale on the wall, the W, and the whale frame were all from Hobby Lobby, on sale or with a coupon, of course!

 

 

So that's it - a whale of a big boy room! It's always kinda sad when you put away all the sweet nursery things, but it's also fun to watch them grow up, too.

 

 

 

 



Details 2 Enjoy Pocket Frame Tutorial

Many new friends have been met through Brittany and I's Chapel Cottage Chicks journey. It's a lot of fun talking home décor and DIY with those who are crazy about it like us. HA! I especially enjoy meeting fellow makers and small business owners.

 

One of the shops that I love for their uniqueness and creativity is the mother/daughter duo of Details2Enjoy. Cassandra & Kenzi design Pocket Frames and I knew that one would be super cute on the gallery wall and room redo I have in the makes for my daughter. What's even neater is that they send you the unfinished kit, which by the way has several options, and then you create it to fit your needs.

 

 

Wanna see what I mean?

 

 

It's just so fun receiving happy mail!

 

 

 

 

 

I chose the bicycle and the "be kind" frames.

 

You can rotate your picture because the end is magnetic.

 

 

 

The hardest part is knowing there are a zillion options on how to decorate them and making up your mind on what to do. ;)

 

I opted to start with the bicycle.

 

 

I modge-podged scrapbook paper on the background.

 

 

Then I spray painted the bike frame. I painted the outside frame the same color as the wall stripe.

 

The inserts slide into the frame, making the Pocket Frames.

 

 

The gold polka dot stripe is a piece of washi tape. What do you think? Sound like a fun craft project? This is only one type of cuteness, so make sure you head over and check them out!

 

 

 

The item in this post was donated by D2E, but all opinions are my own.

 

 

Big Boys Room

Ok friends, I have officially wrestled my very last bunkbed sheets. Not doing that anymore. Even though it was some good cardio...

You know how it starts. The 5 year old needs a big boy bed, because after all, he's 5 years old still sleeping in a crib converted into a toddler bed. Yeah, it was time. So I decided he could have the guest bed. Then the big guys were like well, hey, if you're taking the bed out of the guest room, let us move into that room! And that's how the great fruit basket turnover of 2016 started. The whole house has been perfect chaos ever since.

But it's all good. Things are starting to come together. Kinda. 

That room was a bit bigger than their old room, so (Hallelujah!) we were able to separate the bunks. Now they have no excuses, they can change their own sheets. 

I didn't want to put a lot of money into the room swap, so all we did was put a fresh coat of white paint on the walls (Bright White from Sherwin Williams). I found the striped comforters on sale at Target for $14 each - Score! They didn't come with shams, so I bought solid navy ones from Walmart for 2.88 each. Made the throw pillows from some scrap fabric I had in my stash. I got the whole set of nautical flags on ebay for under $20, then strung them together to make banners. The oars were a Hobby Lobby clearance purchase - can't beat $12! Large metal letters were from TJ Maxx a few years ago.

Now, if I can just get the 5 year old's big boy room all done, I'll be one happy Mama!

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 Have a great weekend, friends!

The Locker Room

I'm just gonna be brutally honest here, and tell ya - I have no idea why I'm posting this photo, other than these guys actually cleaned up their room, you can actually see the floor, and I felt the need to document that. That is all. 

Now if they'll just leave it this way for more than 15 seconds, that'd be great. For once, putting their laundry away doesn't require steel toes and a hard hat.

 Boys. Gotta love 'em.

The Boy's Room

If you were a faithful follower of my personal blog, you have already seen this post. However, life has been crazy and I have been painting, painting, painting, but it hasn't been any projects off of my to-do list.

I'm usually not one that likes one wall painted a different color, but I really wanted a navy wall. I knew that it would make the room really small if we painted the whole thing and I didn't want to spend extra money and do the boards halfway up. So, I figured we'd give it a try. That's the nice thing about paint-if you don't like it, you can paint again. However, I pity the person who paints over this color.

We got the bedspread and pillows at Homegoods. 

Wes spray painted the dresser. We tried painting it, but the red ended up looking pink. It has a spray paint sheen, but I don't care enough to redo it again. The frames are Ikea's cheap poster frames and have plastic instead of glass-thus, the bad glare. 

 

We were able to shop Wesley's "junk" stash for decor.

 

 

The other three walls are supposed to be gray, but they look light blue. Again, I don't care enough to change it. HA! The vintage chalkboard was a yard sale treasure, but since these pictures it has moved to a new home in our school room. Such is the life in our house.

 

 

This area is gonna get a revamp sometime...yeah, you know...but, those frames are cheapos and they just don't stay in place. I brought some junk from Wes's and plan to do a gallery wall of some sort.