Teen Room Reveal

FINALLY!!!

It's done...

I couldn't decide what color to paint the walls so for now I left them...The room has so much color in it now I left them off white...

Here is what I started with....

This was nothing exciting...we just moved into our new home and my daughter has been at camp since June and she turned sweet "16" on July 20...She will be home in a week and I wanted to surprise her with a room make-over...

Here are some things I've done...Pained the bed and dresser black and re-did some artwork in her room...

I got rid of all the little girl things in her room but kept some of the things that do have meaning for her...I had this three tier oak shelf sitting in the garage and sent the hubby out to spray paint it black...and waa laa a nice modern shelf for her memories...

She has a couple white shelves in her room and I was going to paint them as well but I thought it would be too much black so I left them white...(would love to hear ideas about them)...

This corner one I left in the corner and spray painted her cork/dry erase board...and left this are as her message area...

I bought some fun colored accessories for her room to brighten it up...and rearranged some of the cute things she already had...

I also wanted to keep her room inspirational and full of quotes...I think it's important for them to see words of encouragement when the wake up and before they go to sleep...

Are you ready for the big room reveal????

I know you are....(ok I won't make you wait)

Taa Daa...

(sorry the pics are not real clear...I REALLY need to learn how to use my darn camera)

I think she is going to just love it... Much Much Much better then the before...

Don't you think???

Now on to the office....

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Words go a long way....

I'm getting ready to finish up my daughter's bedroom and I am so excited to share it with you all...but one more minor project to go....remember when I did this artwork project (if not you can check it out here)...

I needed some words, quote or saying to complete it...

 

The scrapbook paper I used was plain with lines...

I pulled out some of my stencils, pencil and BIC permanent markers and began sketching and coloring in an inspiration quote for my 16 yr old...

Outline all done...Now it was time to color it in...

 It says...

" Only as high as I reach can I grow...

Only as far as I seek I can go...

Only as deep as I look I can see...

Only as much as I dream can I be..."

Adding the words really made a difference and gave it that little something the artwork needed...

Here's the before & after....

I am now ready to hang everything and put what I have together in her room...

STAY TUNED!!!

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Dress that dresser up...

We are at an end of re-doing the furniture for my daughter's room...the fun of decorating it now begins...she should be home in a week (I'm thinking she likes being gone)...I haven't seen her since the middle of May :(

(I will be singing a different tune when she gets home...how long will sweet 16 last???)

I decided to paint her white dresser black to match the daybed makeover...kids are so hard on their furniture and not to mention alot of moving doesn't help...

I went out to the garage to see what I had handy and I'm in business...

Well let me tell you....Live and learn!!! I would not use this paint on anything ever again...it was THICK and would not dry for a shit crap...

But...I managed to get it done I just had to wait 3 days for it to dry...I just need the dresser to last 2 more years...I do think the black paint (as much as a pain as it was) turned out good...

(note to self: find some better paint next time)

Now I'm ready to put the knobs back on....I had bought the silver knobs a couple years ago when I painted the dresser white so I'm keeping them...they look great against the black...I even had to add this cute little lamp I got at the dollar tree for $5...

Now the big dresser reveal...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Taa Daa...

Now the fun decorating starts and I'm looking forward to sharing it with you all...

Here's one more look at the before & after...Isn't it amazing how a coat of paint can give something a whole new look (even if the paint did suck)...LOL

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Daybed Makeover...

I'm just moving right along in the makeover of my 16 yr olds room...Time to paint some furniture and I'm starting with her daybed...It's a white iron daybed that has been moved so many times it does not seem to clean up very well anymore...

(Photo was taken in her old room)

We never put her bed together when we moved in June (she's at camp for the summer)...It is the perfect time to re-do her bedroom and paint that bed....Let's grab that black spray paint and get started...

Two ends and a back to spray...this should be quick...

(It's hot & humid I better hurry up)

Ha-Ha those saw horses used to be half red....I told my hubby that's what happens when I get a hold of spray paint...It goes EVERYWHERE!!!!

The bed is looking great...I like the black...don't you???

These 95 + degree days in NC make it hard to do anything outside...So if I'm not out there early working on a project I might as well forget it the rest of the day....

The spray painting was quick and easy and it dried in good time...and if you remember me telling you earlier that I told my hubby that when I get hold of a can of spray paint it goes EVERYWHERE...

Note to self: GET SOME RUBBER GLOVES!!!!

Yep!!! I just got my nails done :( ....time for another manicure :)

The bed turned out great...I love the black...I am getting excited for my daughter to come home and see her new room....

I have a bunch of inspirational pillows to put on her bed and a bed skirt...but those things will be the last minute touches....

There seems to be an elegance to taking a piece of furniture and painting it black...She does have some white bookshelves in her room but once I paint the dresser black they might have to stay white...that might be too much black in her room...but we will see and you can help me decide....

For now here's the before & after of the bed...

Next up...the dresser!!!!

(Old lime green & pink bedroom...I will blog on someday)

Check back on the teen bedroom makeover or whatever else I seem to be sharing...Knowing me one never knows what I might come up with....

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From Entrance to Teen Room Art...

I have been working on my daughters room and I transformed a couple pieces of artwork that use to hang in my entrance and turned it into fun teen art...

This is what I started with...

It's a nice piece of art but with all the moving we have done the past few years it was damaged and I just had no use to hang it....

I figured I could do something with it...hmmm (thinking cap)....it needs to be bright and fun for a teen girls room...off to Michael's I went and bought some mod podge and found this fun scrapbook paper and it was the perfect size....(doing the happy dance...woot woot)...

Aren't these colors and designs going to be fun????

The first think I needed to do was scrape all the paper on the old decor....It was really easy...I just sprayed some vinegar water and it bubbled right up and scraped off....(no mishaps this time)...whew!!!

Once the paper was off I lightly sanded it and wiped it down....

I layed all the scrapbook paper out to find the best placement that I thought looked best and started to mod podge....

 Taaa Daaa.....

The top right square that has notebook lines needs a "quote" so I will be working on that....but for now I think they turned out pretty darn good....

I hung them on the wall in her room to see how they would look....(sorry for the bad pics...I need to work on my camera skills) I will have better pics as I continue to do her room....

Here's everyone's favorite photo...

Before & After...

What's next??? It's time to go paint some white furniture black ;)

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