Today I want to share with you my oldest daughter (aka Thing 1)'s bedroom.
When we moved into this house, she was in Gr.3 (8 yrs old)
We bought this house as a 3 bedroom, but have since added a 4th (story for another post)
This bedroom and the master were both this chocolate brown color, and had just been freshly painted so I was in no rush to repaint, I just tried to work with the color it was.
For the master it was great, the dark color was cozy, warm and wee bit romantic....
But for an 8 yr olds room it was dark and drab, so I added as much pops of color as possible with out making it look like a rainbow threw up......fail! lol
Just looking at those photos, makes me a little depressed.....so dark and dreary!
Last summer Thing 1 went away to summer camp for 9 days (and nights), so I got right to work on a surprise bedroom makeover
First I found the bedding (Bed, Bath
& Beyond), then I matched curtains, and then the wall paint color, and then I painted her existing dresser white and added new handles, i picked up a new night table for $5 at a yard sale, and that got a few coats of white and 2 new handles, the bed and headboard we had in the basement, so I just painted the headboard white.
Lastly was decor, I ordered this Marilyn quote off ebay
It suits Thing 1 perfectly!
I love how bright the room looks and feels now, and how much bigger!
Thing 1 was so excited to see her room.....but 20 minutes after she was home it looked like a bomb went off in there......teenagers!!
Fynn was there waiting for her to show her the room!
Next post I will show you another bedroom in our house!
