Now she is 17 and she wasn't loving the hot pink and felt that it was a little too "teeny bopper".
I was on board right away since I love to decorate. Mike on the other hand was not having it. He believes once you paint and put together a room, it needs to stay that way for the next 20 years. So we batted our eyelashes, told him we would do it cheap and that we would do ALL the work. He agreed.
Last summer we went and bought paint for the room and Kayla and I painted the whole room ourselves. I even filled nail holes and puttied other holes in the walls. Here is the rundown on how we did this budget friendly.
Paint 25.00
bedding 30.00
aqua and white chevron fabric 20.00
aqua paint 15.00
2 yellow pillows 20.00
sheer curtains 12.00
Laundry organizer 40.00
wood frame 8.00
hanging lantern 4.00
total=$174.00
Well...... I guess that's not that cheap. But for a major redo on a room, that's not bad.
I know what your thinking,"Why are you redecorating Kayla's room, she is going to college soon?".
Here's my thinking. Kayla had most of her friends graduate last year and was super sad about it. She was worried that her senior year would be a bomb. She felt stressed out in her room with all the crazy colors. I really wanted her to have a peaceful place she could be where she felt comfortable and cozy. Kayla has worked so hard with her grades and I really wanted this senior year to be great for her.
It is now March and we just finished all the little finishing touches on the room. Kayla has been accepted to BYU Provo and will leave for college next fall. I am sad and happy at the same time. She is going to be so successful in life, but I am going to miss her so much. I can't believe that we are at the point of our kids starting to leave our home. Kayla has had an amazing senior year so far. She has stepped out of her comfort zone and made new friends and rekindled relationships with old friends. She is working at Pickle Time in town, running cross country in the fall, running track in the spring, and trying to be as active in her school as possible.
Now you can see why I really wanted to make the last little while of Kayla living in her room peaceful, organized and awesome. She adds so much joy to our home and she is such an amazing girl!
Calvin will probably move in to the room after she is gone. He is happy with the neutral paint color, so that will stay the same. We will probably just change the accessories to look a little more like a boys room. I'm thinking when Kayla comes back for the summer, we will put her room back together and move Calvin in with Max for the summer.
Here is Kayla's room before.....
Here is Kayla's room after....
Before...
After....
One of Kayla's best friends drew a picture of her, so we framed it. It has the saying "up" on it. That is from President Monson's talk he gave last general conference. He told a story about looking up instead of down.
We repainted the make up table she already had in her room. We painted it white and antiqued it first, but we didn't like it. The room needed more color, so we painted it aqua and stenciled the chevron pattern on the top. (We used blue painters tape to make the stencil) Then we antiqued it again. I already had those yellow jars somewhere else in the house and they fit in her room perfectly.
I had an old barn window that we painted aqua and then antiqued. We just taped some pictures of Kayla inside the squares. The idea is that she can change them anytime. I couldn't find any pillow cases that I like so I ordered some chevron fabric and sewed my own. Don't look too close.
I recovered the chair with the chevron fabric. I think this is the fourth time I have recovered this chair. It is from our old dining room table set. All the girls have one in their rooms at the make-up/ getting ready table. Having 3 teenage girls in a bathroom together getting ready is a nightmare, so they do their hair and make up in their own room.
We already had the bulletin board in Kayla's room, we just painted it aqua.
Here is a look at the room from the other side.
Kayla loves the room! Everything has a place. I loved doing this project with Kayla. It's fun to teach my girls how to design a room that is fashionable and functional on a budget. Hmmmm what room should I do next?
