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.

 

 I don't know about you guys, but I have had the hardest time getting my house put back together after Christmas this year. Seriously, I still have a chalkboard that says "Joy". I keep telling myself it's perfectly fine because one shouldn't only have joy during the Holidays. ;)  I just erased the Christmas quote off this chalkboard a few days ago. (Please tell me I'm not the only one!) I think my problem is that I want to go ahead and go all out SPRING, but it's a bit too early for that still. Bummer. It's hard to stick with winter stuff when you're. over. it. Can I get an Amen?

But it's all coming along slowly but surely.

Every time I try to freehand in chalk it looks wonky. You'll notice I chose a quote with only 2 words in it. LOL! Eh, it's not exactly right, but we'll just call the mistakes "character" and be done with it.

I hope all of you have a sweet Valentine's weekend! I'm already excited, this Mama's going to get her chocolate fix! 

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.

Office Switcheroo

Well, I can't ever just leave things alone, so I switched up the office/school room area. It felt a little closed in working with Arilynn on the little side wall, so we decided to try it this way for a while. Until my next genius idea comes...

The office side...

I was perusing this picture trying to remember where I got it all because a lot of it came from Goodwill and yard sales. The dresser came from my neighbor's trash. We had arrived back home from church and I was looking out the kitchen window when I spotted it. Down we ran and carried it back up...in my heels. I was too afraid to take the time to change because someone might grab it. :) Fresh coat of paint and new hardware and voila!

I also got the mail scales at a yard sale. I painted the "office" sign and it is available in my Etsy shop.

The desk was snagged at an auction for $2. Cleaned it up and gave it a fresh coat of paint, as well. The yellow storage box and tool shed picture are both thrift store purchases.

I made the eye chart using a paper from Cavallini. I just had Wes cut and stain a board and then staple the paper to it. Added twine to hang it. They sell them on Etsy and Ebay, but I found mine in one of those "unique" stores.

Wes spotted these galvanized tins at HomeGoods while we were on vacation. He thought we needed them and I didn't argue. HA!

The little glass jars came from Goodwill, but IKEA sells them.

My newest sign-"Greatly Blessed." Great for fall or anytime!

Before

After

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