Let’s first take a look at the before so you can truly see how far this room has come:
After coming up with a plan, I set to work painting the walls Cosmic Rays by Olympic.
Next, I brought in the furnishings.
I got the Lucite ghost chair from a local auction website for $25. The parsons desk is from Wayfair.
The lamp was a thrift store purchase that was sitting in the basement. I gave it a quick coat of “spring green” paint (Elie’s favorite color) & a new lampshade from Wal-Mart. I made a DIY bulletin board from some purple foam insulation, leftover fabric, & ribbon. Eliana also loves the peace sign so I thought this peace sign hand from Hobby Lobby would be a great addition to her desk.
We added some white shelves above the desk to contain more of her collections & as a place to display some printable artwork. I neatly corralled her jewelry (in the “spring green” wooden box), rocks, weathered glass, books, coins, & Pokemon cards.
I copied this giraffe (Elie’s favorite animal) trinket dish from A Gathered Home.
The headboard has been sitting in my basement for three years, just waiting to be cleaned up & added to Elie’s room. I love the way it looks in this space after a few coats of gold spray paint. I grabbed the sheets from Target and the white duvet & pillow covers are from Ikea. I made the dust ruffle/bed skirt (Which do you prefer to call it???) with the extra curtain panel I dyed. If you use pinking shears (to prevent fraying) to cut the short end first & then cut up the middle of the long side you can easily make a full-sized bed skirt from a 57” by 98” curtain panel. I attached it to the box spring with mattress pins & just folded the two unfinished edges inward.
I made the pink flower/sunburst mirror above the bed using The Nesters tutorial with pink cardboard & a $10 mirror from Hobby Lobby. I love the way the Braemore Emperor’s Garden Blossom fabric ties the whole room together. I made the pillow cover using this 36” pillow from Target.
The night stand is an Ikea Rast I painted white. You can see how I made the handles here. I made my own version of some “X & 0” artwork I saw at Hobby Lobby using items I already owned. I really love her white alarm clock too. It was a cheapie from Target that comes with fun “fashion wraps”. The kids love the wraps, but I really love the plain white, so I removed them!
You can learn all about my experience dying Ikea Ritva curtains in this post.
Here is a view of the wall opposite the bed:
Six weeks ago it looked like this:
Elie now has a comfy chair in place of the 1970’s Barbie house.
My husband made the peace sign marquee & I gave it a coat of spring green paint. (Remember, peace signs & spring green are two of Elie’s favorites!) I’m still working on a way to hide the plug/cord situation & will hopefully be able to explain the process of how we created this light up peace sign soon.
The water color pillow was another DIY that I will have to explain another day. Let’s just say there were quite a few failures before this beauty came to be!
I spotted this mirror (peek-a-boo!) at At Home (the former Garden Ridge) & knew I had to have it for this room.
I painted the existing dresser (Aqua Bay by Olympic Paints) & added a faux orchid (also from At Home) & a few pictures to top it.
The final wall in Elie’s room has two doors on it. Since the actual wall space is pretty small, I decided to create a gallery wall using items she has collected & created, as well as some inspiring messages.
You can find the links to all the free printables I used (yes, they were all FREE!) HERE as well as how I created the rock & shell art.
I have thirty minutes before Eliana gets home. I think I’ll go revel in her cute & clean bedroom, because I know it won’t look this good tomorrow!
Here is a look at my plan for the space & the links for each week of the One Room Challenge:
Week One- Pictures & a Plan
Week Two- Paint, Paint, Paint
Week Three- Furnishings
Week Four- Gallery Wall of Free Art
Week Five- Third Time’s a Charm: Dying Curtains
I hope you will head over to Linda’s blog to check out all the wonderful room makeovers! I fully intend to spend the weekend looking at every single one!
Sharing Your Turn to Shine link party at Joy in Our Home too!
Joining the Pretty Preppy Party
