Tween Girls Room

As much as I don't want to admit it, Sassy is growing up.  She's no longer the girl she was when we purchased her Pottery Barn Kids Butterfly and Flower quilt when she was probably 4.  And as much as I still love it, it was time to say goodbye (well, actually it's washed and folded nicely in our basement waiting for a new home... at some point).

I showed you her new window treatment last week, but here is the entire room and the story behind it.

Sassy and I decided to work together and redo her room.  We first began looking for a new comforter or duvet.  She was drawn to dark colors, black mainly.  I wasn't so sure about that so we kept looking.  She looked online, in stores and in catalogues.  When she'd find something she liked,  I wouldn't.  When I'd find something I liked, she'd just shake her head.  It went on like that for awhile.  Then finally last November (yes, almost a year ago), I found a comforter, that we both liked.  It had just enough black for her and enough color for me.  We purchased it and began to plan her "new" room around it.

By the time we got the quilt and decided on a new paint color for her room, it was January.  Since then, we've painted and decorated.

And now you can see for yourself.

Her previous quilt (I didn't take any "before" pictures ~ what was I thinking!)

Her walls were a bright, yet pale yellow color.

Those are now a grayish, aqua color (I don't remember the actual name of the color ~ the original color was a Benjamin Moore color, but we had it color matched at Sherwin Williams)

And the window Treatments, of course.  You can see the tutorial for those here.

Here is her "new" room finally finished.  Well, mostly finished.  We need to either purchase a new night stand, or paint the current one.  The pale green just doesn't quite work in the room.  And we would like some artwork for the wall to the right of the bed.

But other than that, we are pleasantly please with how everything turned out.

Room Details:
Shine print ~ wrote about it here, purchased from Studio JRU
Mirror ~ given to Sassy from her Aunt who purchased it at Target years ago and isn't using it in her house anymore
Softball Quote ~ saw on Pinterest, but didn't have store/shop link so we recreated it.  Frame is from Hobby Lobby
Color outside the lines ~ Hobby Lobby
Comforter ~ Pottery Barn Teen (no longer sell this one, but these two are similar ideas: Lilac Boho and Hampton Lola)
Love pillow ~ Pottery Barn Teen (no longer sell it)
Valance ~ Tutorial Here
Calendar White Board ~ Home Goods
Book Shelf Configuration ~ Ikea, Billy corner configuration
Bench ~ Lowes, years ago (was in our mud room before we redid it)

A little kitchen progress

Yes, I said a little.....

We started with this:

Turned into this:

New plumbing, electrical and sheetrock:

Paint:

Cabinet delivery:

We'll see what happens today!

Hammer Time

(source)

Sheesh, It's been awhile since I blogged!

Quite honestly, I don't really have time today either.  My mind however has been busy blogging, but I just can't seem to find the time to sit down and type it out.

I've hardly even picked up my camera in the last 2 weeks and for me that is quite odd.

But today I am sneaking in a quick picture.

Smiley and I putting the 3rd and final bookcase together.  Bookcases?  Yep, I've been working on redoing Sassy's room.  Finally, the walls are painted (yep, I used that ladder in the background).  Bookshelves together and in her room.  Next up we need to do some accessorizing.  Curtains, wall art, the fun stuff really!

Anyway, while we were "working"  Smiley kept picking up the hammer trying to "help".  I kept saying "Hey, it's NOT hammer time, yet!"  :)

Hopefully I'll be back very soon.... my mind is racing really and I have a lot to say :)


Until then, don't forget to pick up your camera and embrace it ~ even if it's only a quick shot of a 3 year old helping Mommy put together a bookshelf for her big sister (with bad lighting and a messy family room!).

Laundry Room Redo Reveal

We Have:

Torn out
Put in
Painted
Put together
Installed
and
Re installed

and NOW,

I think we are finally done!

Here are the before pictures:

Organized, yet messy looking shelves and hanging bars

(and those clothes hanging over the bar?  They are air drying)

The white standing baskets? Laundry

Lost of shoes and ugly flooring. 

It was peel and stick tile that was chipping off (and yes, that is duct tape in the above picture holding the flooring together!).

Another organized mess.

Ugly boring walls, more open shelves.

The "art wall"

And now?

I'm in LOVE!

Brightly painted walls

And cabinets.  OH HOW I LOVE THESE CABINETS!

The tall ones are part of the PAX system from Ikea.

Really customizable!

They have different widths, heights, door styles, handles, interior styles and colors.

The ones above the washer and dryer are kitchen uppers, also from Ikea.

And we were able to add shelves, baskets and hanging bars where and if we wanted.

Check out the insides of these babies! 

Hubby, Sassy and I each have our own.  Action and Smiley share one.

And instead of doing all "cubbies"  I designed one to just hold shelves without doors. 

Just for sorting laundry.

This ALMOST makes me WANT to do laundry.

 ☺

sort of.

Come back tomorrow to see some accessorizing!

AND

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Until Tomorrow....