Day 2 and 3 of Samantha's Bedroom Make-Over

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Make My Saturday Sweet #193!

Samantha turned 16 on Sunday! As a birthday gift, she got a bedroom make-over that she helped her dad with. It used to be her brother's room, and it always looked like a boy's room, but not anymore! She chose the paint with her dad, the vanity (it was second-hand) and the little closet. The bed and dresser drawers were already part of her room. They painted the walls with three coats of paint. She had a clear idea in her mind what colors she wanted for the bedding, so I took her shopping and this is what she chose. Maybe we can add some art for Christmas!

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Day 1 of Samantha's Bedroom Make-Over

Welcome to my weekend blog hop -

Make My Saturday Sweet #192!

Samantha is turning 16 on Sunday! As a birthday gift, she is getting a bedroom make-over. She has the smallest bedroom in the house, but she also has the best view. It used to be her brother's room and it still looked like a boy's room. We gave him the guest room, since he's only home during term breaks, and it has an en-suite.

Samantha was very involved in shopping around with her dad for paint and a couple pieces of furniture. She carefully measured and drew the lay-out of her room. Before the new furniture arrived, they painted the walls. It took them three coats of paint to cover the light-blue that was there. Pop back next Friday to see more!

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My Bedroom Make-Over on a Tight Budget

Today I want to share with you my bedroom make-over. It’s not really a make-over, but that sounds better than the alternative title that I had in mind: Adding a Few Touches. With our tight budget, we had to make a little go a long way. It was my husband who got the ball rolling while we were at the grocery store where there were different vases and decorative pieces that caught his eye.

When we first moved into this house, our cupboards had a space for a TV. We are a one TV kind of family and since our TV is in the family room, we never knew what to do with the big open space in our cupboard. In the before picture you can see that we temporarily put a white continental pillow in the space. In the after picture you can see the three new center pieces that we bought in silver and purple. The two silver pieces were from the grocery store. The painting was made by Amanda at preschool and there is a bit of purple in her picture, so we put that up too.

In the before picture you can also see a small bit of our extra storage bags on the top shelf. This never created ambiance and was a problem. My husband came up with a solution. He grabbed three cushions off our couches from the family room and placed them in front of our bags.

We also bought two silver continental pillow cases, two purple pillow cases, and two purple and silver bed-side lamps from an inexpensive home store. The colors that were already in the room were browns, grays, white, gold and silver. Adding the purple color worked surprisingly well. I’m sorry the pictures aren’t so clear, but there are silver sequins edging the silver pillow cases and a band of rhinestones around the purple lamps, which match well with the rhinestones around the purple candle holder.

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