Tween girl room

There are almost 5 years between her and the little sis.

One is 9 and the other, 4,  and the 9 doesn't play with toys so much anymore.

She would clean her room before school and by afternoon, it was a mess again.

Frustration.

Time for her own room.

Time for the fighting to stop.

 

 

 It all started with this little nightstand.

The Golfer's G-ma left it to us when she downsized from her house to an assisted living facility.

I follwed a Pinterest tutorial for making my own chalk paint.

Meh.

It came out alright in the end, but I would rather lay down the $$$ for the Annie Sloan.

I do love the color, however.

Periwinkle

And, the chalkpaint sticks to the hardware.

Bonus.

I really like the monochromatic look.

 Then, I scored this beauty off of Craigslist.

This rarely happens to me.

I am usually beat to the deal.

She said there were approximately 20 people interested if I wasn't going to take it.

Are you kidding me?

 

You people on the east coast, in the south and in the midsouth should really appreciate your abundance of "junk."

 

 

I wrapped it up tight with tape and hung it up to paint before I realized that I didn't have a before pic.

The part that is covered is actually wood.

 



 

Ahhh

much better.

 

And, after I had handled all of that newspaper and had left it on the floor in a pile,

guess who decided to crawl on out.

YIKES!

I have to give myself a little credit.

I am getting much braver about stomping the little buggers.

I didn't even hesitate.

 

These little owls were picked up at Ross

so cute.

And they're sitting on the piano,

which will stay in her room.

We don't have anywhere else to put it in the house,

and she's the one learning to play right now anyway.

 

Here's what we've come up with so far.

The gold mirrors were thrifted a little at a time from Goodwill and yardsales.
I found the bed on Craigslist....another lucky find for this area.
The pillows and throw were super cheap from Steinmart on holiday sales.

 

There are some things I'm not crazy about, but for now, it is clean and new.

She loves it.

I still need curtains, and I would love to slit the corners and make that bedskirt all ruffley.

One thing at a time.

 



 

I found this cute little dresser at an antique mall here in the valley.

It's just the right size for the space.

I would love the end table and the dresser to match, but I can't seem to part with either color at the moment, so they'll stay this way until I can come up with a solution.

 

She's such a good girl.

Rolls right out of bed in the morning,

gets dressed

and hops right onto the piano.

6:30 am people.

$10 desk: Before and after

It's time for thrifty Thursday hosted by Leigh of Bloggeritaville, and Vintage Thingies Thursday hosted by Suzanne of Colorado Lady

Here's the before of the $10 desk, again. I don't know how old this is, but it has names scratched inside the drawers. I left them there. They're meant to be left there. I think this was an old teacher's desk. I really haven't done anything but this for the last 2 weeks, after all, it is 110 outside (and in the garage )


Here is a before of the office:


And, here's the after: (the office is a work in progress)

Here are the steps that were taken:

1. Removed hardware. Stripped the veneer from the top and sanded it down all over.

2. Filled large gouges on top of desk with Elmers wood filler

3. Sanded again

4. primed with white Kiltz stain blocker

5. painted with Behr Premium Plus Saturn Gray in eggshell

6. chugged at least 2 large bottles of gatorade. . . in a row

7. Primed hardware with Rust-oleum rusty metal primer

8. Sprayed hardware with Rust-oleum Metallic finish (Oil Rubbed Bronze)

9. Applied 2nd coat of Behr paint to desk

10. Distressed desk

11. Locked my keys in the car because it was in the driveway instead of in the garage. There was a desk in the way.
12. Top coated desk with minwax polycrylic. 2 coats

13. Lined desk drawers with scrapbook paper (mod podge)

14. Let's be fair, the Golfer re-attached the hardware. . . and moved the desk inside. . . and moved the old desk out. What a good hubby!

I love how it turned out! I especially love that I can fit my printer in the left side and the shelf slides out. I also love the drawer liners! Not bad for a $10 Goodwill find!