MISS B'S BEAUTIFUL BEACHY BEDROOM MAKEOVER!
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| Miss B has been asking for over a year if we could Paint her Bedroom here in Atlanta.... She started out wanting the walls painted Blue.... Not a problem until she described every decorators Nightmare... "Star Wars Blue"... After vacationing with us on Kiawah Island last summer she changed her mind from Star Wars to a Beachy Theme.... |
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| Being totally on board with that decision I got to work... It took a while but every time I went shopping little by little I would pick up something that would remind her of Kiawah.... It all started with the bed which I painted years ago in Tiffany Blue... A good starting point and it just happens to be the "in" color right now... I decided to add orange and hot pink as the accent Colors and the room was coming Together nicely.... |
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| One day.....all alone at Ikea....I decided she needed a desk space to build her Lego's.... starting with their popular saw horse legs.... I wandered through the clearance section and found for only $18.00 the table top! I love clocks so I picked up... for only $20.00... a nice white one. I also found a great desk lamp... I had the chair and with one can of spray paint and some Polka Dot ribbon it went from Navy Blue to matching the bed! |
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| A few family pictures....a bucket of colored pencils.... and a journal called... "My Book of Happy Thoughts" |
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| Recently opened "And That" retail store which is Another name for every Bloggers favorite store to shop for crap.."The Christmas Tree Shoppe"....I picked up some great pillows for the bed... I had the existing comforter and merely turned it over to the plain white side... |
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| Not too clear in this picture but the monkey is wearing a Bathing Suit! |
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| Life is Better at the Beach.... |
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| B had to have a little reading nook and with the help Of $1.79 letters found at Walmart and a couple of cans of Spray Paint.... |
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| We now have a reading nook.... complete with.... |
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| the Infamous Ikea "Poange" Chair... and a basket filled with Nancy Drew Mysteries.... |
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| B's favorite fabric.... it will soon become a Balloon Shade for the little window in the Nook.... I guess she loves V.W.'s just like her Grandmother!! |
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| $14.99 each .....More homemade ones will be added... I have a lot more sewing to be done... Including a pillow that will have her name "Sophie" spelled out in vintage buttons.... |
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| Undecided when I started the project about what to hang over the bed.... What better then a canvas print of Sophie at Martha's Vineyard when she was 3 years old... I think it is the perfect touch... |
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| a touch of pink polka dot.... some shells....and best of all... Who recognizes the calendar art work of Susan Branch.... To make it even more personalized Ms. Branch was in town a few weekends ago so I brought a page from one of her calendars with a summery theme to her book signing and she signed it... "To Sophie with love from Grandma and Me"... It fit perfectly in a "Album Frame" sold at Ikea.... |
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| we bought this for B last year on our trip to Kiawah.... This is the guy that started the whole thing |
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| I wouldn't be the Beach without a big jar of Salt Water Taffy... Taffy found at "And That" for $1.79 per box... I used two boxes in this great jar found.... Yup....at Ikea for $4.99 |
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| A bit difficult to spray paint a chair with a rush seat.... I missed a tad and got a little paint on the seat...So what to do??? Tie on some ribbon to hide the paint that refused to come off... Hot pink trash can....$4.99 Ikea. |
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| A great shell wreath found on Clearance at Home Goods....Yes...I do shop at other places besides Ikea... I almost passed it up but at the last minute in the check out line It went back in to the basket... I love how it looks at the foot of the bed.. |
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| I also go to TJMaxx....where I found this great throw for only $14.99 I love the big ball fringe.... a tribute to my Mother Millie who never sewed anything that didn't include some sort of ball fringe....usually in orange... |
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| It's all in the little details.... |
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| a picture of the Fam..... |
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| a gift from daughter on their last trip to Martha's Vineyard... I found the perfect frame at Michael's for 50% off... |
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| I was thrilled to find super soft sheets with Flip Flops! $14.99 for a Queen Set found at "And That"... |
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| a great bed tray $1.29.... for late night snacks before bed... |
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| The Susan Branch Calendar page.... |
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| She wanted the Beach....I gave her the Beach! |
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| I couldn't leave out the bathroom..... I chose not to paint the Jack and Jill bath blue since it is used by two bedrooms.... But I did bring in a bit of the beach... |
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| Taffy! |
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| a little hot glue and some ribbon... |
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| And finally....I made the dust ruffle in three sections.... shirred on to three tension curtain rods... Which I simply put between the mattress and box spring... |
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| I loved the fabric that I had seen months ago early in the decorating process...a nice heavy weight cotton.. When I went back down to Atlanta to buy it the price had gone up to $25.00 a yard... Crazy Price....I found it locally at a fabric warehouse for only $13.99 a yard...it took 6 yards... and the curtain rod installation worked like a charm... |
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| Miss B is coming sometime in August and I hope she enjoys her new room as much as I enjoyed decorating it.... And a big thanks to the Boss for having the room professionally painted... At one point he suggested that she and I paint it.... when I explained that a nine year old with a paint brush might not be the best idea...We had a lovely man do a wonderful job....and he even made the suggestion to paint the ceiling a lighter shade then the walls... A Successful Project!!!! |
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hugs,
Linda