Bedroom Makeover

For the last two weeks I have been childless. I had such great plans for this time! My husband and I were going to spend lots of quality time together, every room in the house was going to get cleaned and organized, and, because I like a good challenge, I decided I would re-do both of the girl’s bedrooms.

You probably know where I am going with this. On Monday, I found myself with less than a week before my youngest comes back home and nothing had been accomplished. So the last three nights have been spent laboring over re-doing her room.


The bad news is I have been going to bed around 3AM for the last three nights. The good news is that the meds seem to be working. I was able to move faster because I was not obsessing over things being perfect [grin].


My goal was to spend as little as possible. I knew I wanted to re-use her bedding and curtains and that she needed additional storage. Other than that I did not really have a plan as to what I was going to do. 

Here is the BEFORE picture.

I went to Lowe’s to look at paints and came out with three gallons of pink and green. I had to give the walls three coats of paint because the colors were so much lighter than the one on the wall. I should have primed, but you know… I was trying to not be so perfect.


After looking around without success for a small armoire that would fit in her room I decided to use the old dresser I had used as a changing table when she was a baby. It had been stored in my dad’s garage for over four years. A few coats of paint later and new hardware it was looking much different. Not perfect [grin], but good enough.

My sister lent me a bed her boy is not using right now. My brother-in-law made it out of solid wood and I can attest to its “solidity”. My back felt it all the way from their basement to my house’s second story as I carried it and transported it all by myself. I also had to bring the dresser up by myself, so after this week I need a really good chiropractor to put my spine back in place.

I did have to re-do a couple of things. At the last minute I found in Target some cute flower wall decals. Last night, after finally putting everything together and vacuuming, I decided to try them out. I started with a couple here and there and just kept sticking and sticking like a robot. Then I saw the ties from the crib bumper I had just cut up, and my drowsy mind just thought it would be so cute to add them to the dresser pulls. I went to bed and when I woke up this morning I went into the room to take a picture of the finished product and it looked like I had taken a bucket full of flower stickers and just thrown them on the wall.

 I sent a picture to my “interior design mentor” and she agreed it was a little too much. In addition, she likened the green ties on the dresser pulls to “eyelashes” [grin]. So today, after work, I hurried home and pulled all the stickers out.  It definitely improved the look.  Here is the finished product.

As always, I ended up spending much more a tiny bit more than I had wanted. But I am very happy with the results. Here is the rundown of expenses:

$100 for three gallons of “Limish” green and “Pink Wink” paint and three cans of white spray paint.

$120 for new dresser pulls, picture frames, mirror and bulletin board

$35 for the stripped rug and cute piggy bank

So for roughly $250 I achieved a totally different look using a lot of what she had before.

My favorite part? It’s a tie between the flower frames I made from her old crib bumper and the cute piggy bank I found in Target.

 Now we have to see what the room resident thinks of it. I hope she likes it and maybe will make her want to sleep in her own room and stop interrupting my sleep visiting me every night.

She is coming back Sunday evening. I can’t wait to see her reaction!