July 31, 2010
Grace and I finally got all the last little details taken care of in her "Fabulous New Room!"
Actually, it was just some paint, a bargain bed we bought second-hand from a neighbor, a little new ribbon and fabric, and cheap-o bedding from Target. Grace paid for the bedding herself.
So without further adieu . . . drum roll sound . . .
This is the bed that started the ball rolling . . .
Grace chose the paint color behind the bed (Largo Teal from Benjamin Moore/PB Teen). I made the executive/mom decision that it was too dark to paint the whole room that color, so I just did the wall with the bed; the other three walls are two shades lighter on the same paint chip. But you can't really see that here because I took the pictures (A) at night with (B) my crappy old camera.
The princess in the royal bed with her Target comforter. And $6 lamp from Pier One (although it makes everything greenish so I feel like I'm in the ocean or a fish tank when I'm in there with only that light on).
We had to re-do the hoop art. The new fabric is a little too close to the same color as the wall, so we may be looking for some different fabric. And this picture makes it look really BLUE, it's more aqua as you can see in the next picture.
Opposite the bed, is the desk, which luckily I didn't have to repaint.
I actually measured to hang these, a first for me.
Grace's original art... a mountain scene and a kleenex cover from Paint on Pottery. . . on her dresser.
Even the mannequin matches the room.
The vanity got some new knobs, a lamp (thanks Aunt Kackery) and a vanity seat re-do.
I love these little pom poms.
I discovered White Board Paint! I wanted to paint the back of the door with chalk board paint, but the chalk board paint colors were all too dark to go on the side of the room with the darker paint, so I used this cool white dry erase paint. What will they think of next?
We hope you like Grace's room. She sure does.
Question of the Day: Did you have your own room as a kid or did you have to share?
Bonus: Tell me about something interesting thing you had in your room.
My Answers: I always had my own room until I was a sophomore in college when 4 of us lived in a two-bedroom apartment. I remember my dad bringing me a king-sized water bed when I was in about 7th grade. I thought it was really cool. It took up pretty much the entire room. What ever happened to water beds?
