Teenage Girls Room Makeover

Good morning everyone!

I had mentioned last week that I had not been

scrapping and blogging quite as much as I normally

do because of being busy with my 14 year old

daughter's room makeover. Although I do still

have a few more projects and painting left to do,

I wanted to share photos of my progress so far.
I figured if she thought her room was finished

enough to have a sleepover this weekend, then it's

also finished enough for me to share pics. I'm really

so happy with the way this room is coming together

and Becca is too which is the most important thing.

First of all, I'd like to give you a little background

info on where the room is in our home and how we

decided on the color combo. We moved into our home

last February and the fourth bedroom (Becca's room)

is downstairs (we live in a tri-level) with it's own

bathroom which is why Becca thought this bedroom

would be perfect for her and it really is. Becca's grandma

bought all of the kids a new bed set of their choice when

we first moved into our house and this is where our

color inspiration began for the room. Becca really

wanted the wall behind her bed to be a different color

than the rest of the room so my first instinct was to go

brown and she agreed. I also love the color combo of

brown and teal so I suggested teal for the rest of the room

but Becca had already made up her mind that she wanted

green so I agreed. We are both so thrilled with these colors

now that they are up on the walls, and all of our fabric

and color choices were chosen based on what wall they

would be accenting. Here are some photos to give you an

idea of what we've done.....

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The pair of lamps were bought at a garage sale for

$1 for the pair and I bought plain white lampshades

in the size and style we wanted for just $7 each and

the covered them in a yard of fabric which was only $5

and then accented the top and bottom edges with teal

ribbon purchased for only $2.50. The owl was a garage

sale find for $1 and the frame was only 25 cents and I

spray painted it hot pink. If you look at the photos on
top where you can see the entire wall, I also found

the candle holder at a garage sale for 25 cents and

spray painted it silver along with a shell Becca brought
back from Florida and a set of wooden country stars

that were also garage sale finds for 25 cents and just

totally look so funky and cute painted silver.

The framed art over her bed was also a garage sale

find. It was originally a hunter green frame with a poster

inside of an Italian scene bought for only $2. I sprayed

the frame silver and then used my scrappy patterned paper

stash to create the patchwork design. It was so easy and I

did it during Carter's nap!! All I did was choose papers in

coordinating colors and cut 3x3 squares then randomly

place them on top of the poster. I did a dry fit first, then

when I was happy with the design I taped down the paper

squares.....pretty cute I think, and not bad at all for only $2.

Next, I painted Becca's desk and chair, covered the seat

of the chair with leftover fabric from the lampshades,

and I did actually purchase new drapes for $11 each panel.

I almost bought brown drapes, but decided on teal which

I think make the room more fun and perfect for a teenager.

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I still need to paint Becca's dresser white like I did the

desk, but I found the mirror that is hanging over her

dresser at a garage sale for $4 and it was that ugly

70's speckled goldy/bronze color so I spray painted it

silver like the other accents in her room and it now

has a whole new life. The picture frame on her dresser

was something that she already had and I found the

silver plate at a garage sale for only 10 cents and love

the way it holds all of her girly things she uses daily

like her nail polish, sunglasses, and perfume and lotion.

Becca's room has a small section of wall between

her closet doors (which I still need to paint white)

and her bathroom door (which still need the trim put up)

so I thought that this wall space would be just perfect

for a few vintage frames that I found at where else?

a garage sale of course!! The two smaller frames were

only 10 cents each, I spray painted them teal, and then

printed off some free clipart from the computer. The

center frame was found for a quarter and I spray painted

the frame hot pink and spray painted the inside with a

chalk board paint to that Becca can draw cute things or

her friends can leave her fun messages when they come
over...she really loved this!!

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Last but not least, I also painted her bathroom the same

green as most of the walls in her bedroom. I found a

really fun paper towel holder for only $6 (half off at a
store....I know right, I actually bought something new!)

that I used for her towel rack and spray painted it silver,

spray painted this frame teal and the photo mat with the

chalkboard paint and used my scrappy supplies to create

the paper doily and peace sign flower buds. This frame

was originally gold and the mat was dark blue and I

found it at a garage sale for just $2. I hung a brown

towel over the towel rack and used a cute little floral

hand towel found for only $1, then used a christmas

tree ornament found for $1 in the center of the

hand towel for decoration. I think these little details

are what really makes the room unique and special.

Well, I think that's about all to show you right now.

I really take pride in my home and since I am a stay at

home mom, I try to save as much as I possibly can

while still making our home a nice and comfortable

place to live. I very much enjoy decorating our home

and I love using thrifted goods and garage sale finds

in new ways to decorate...I also love that it adds some

character to our home when I transform my finds into

something fun and new, and my daughter loves that

no other girls will have a room quite like hers!

I hope you enjoyed these photos and possibly may be

able to use some thrifted items or even items from your

own home in a new and updated way!!

Have a wonderful Monday!

LOVES :) -Sarah