Spring Break Room Makeover

Project #3 (or thereabout) for Spring Break: gut Annie's room. We loaded up a huge black trash bag full of "give away", and another of "throw away", and a couple small trash bags of "give back to people, already!"

I really, really wish I had "before" pics of her room. She had a twin daybed with a pink and turquoise comforter, and not much of a room to speak of. Everything was in mismatched plastic storage containers, which worked for their purposes, but just made for kind of a cluttered room.

Today we purchased this 9-cube organizer and some cute bins to accompany it, along with some adorable knobs for her dresser (which needs a serious repainting - coming soon - and has been knob-less for months. Poor dresser and poor Annie. She became pretty particular about making sure those drawers never fully closed).

We bought Annie a full-sized bed a few days ago because she was in desperate need of a mattress that didn't have springs poking out, threatening Tetanus. The full bed was only $20 bucks more than a twin, and we'd like to have a bed that company could actually use, so we went for it. The result: perfect.

Annie is the coolest little girl. She's down for whatever, doesn't want a pink and black zebra room, doesn't care much for pastels, and is so happy for anything she receives. Needless to say, she is ecstatic. Precious, precious girl.

The pictures are terrible quality, but hopefully you can get the gist. :)

A little redhead helper... :) The mirrors were $5 each at Target. I turned them into a wall mirror for use when she's modeling. :\ (Notice the paper fashion show announcement on the wall. That was our first fashion show together. It'll get a frame soon!) The corner houses her library and cute-in-a-creepy-way Hello Kitty humidifier.

This dresser (which will soon get a new paint job) was my sister's when we were little. Well, technically it was "ours' because we shared a room, but I think it was hers before there was even a me. It was putrid white with gold accents. I painted it black (botched that job, too) a while back, and the few knobs that it still had were misplaced. Today we found some ADORABLE ones at Hobby Lobby... on sale for half off. Yesssss. (The dollhouse is something I did for Christmas. I'll have to put that one up here, too.) Her name, which is our next project, will be decoupaged/painted and hung on this wall, I think. Its pretty bare.

And, voila. Her room is beautiful. Brown curtains and rod are from Dollar General. Sheer I already had. Green and white duvet = Target clearance endcap, along with the brown jersey sheet set. Red scarf on the bed = Dollar General. Flower painting = already had. Cube organizer = made the room. Also got a red hamper (on the floor by the cubes) = cute.

The lamp is my favorite part of the room. I wish you could see it here. Perhaps I'll dedicate another post to the lamp that pulled this room together. :)

Total project cost: about $150 (not including the mattress). Not bad, my dea, not bad!

Dum spiro, spero!
Jai