My (almost) teenagers bedroom

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!