Alyssa's Bedroom Makeover

   

I don't know who loves her room more, her or me!  I am so pleased with the way it came out.  I knew it was time for her to be in a bigger bed, because she wasn't really sleeping well in her toddler bed anymore.  With the crazy colors that I painted her room, it was really hard for me to find bedding that would go with it.

I found this bedding at Target, and fell in love.  As soon as I saw it, I noticed my favorite color in it which I knew would be the perfect wall color, and it went from there. 

Let me remind you what it looked like before

Not to mention the green marker in areas that you can't see in the pictures. 

And here it is now!

And here are the pictures I wrote about here.

I really knew I wanted the chalkboard wall.  Well, at first I was sort of on the fence about it.  I was afraid that she would think it was ok to write on the walls, but I tell her that she can color on the black all she wants, but no where else.  So far so good, but she hasn't gotten a hold of any markers yet.  And there are just a couple more things I want to do in there, like a picture over her shelf, and one over the other toy box (on the other side of the chalkboard wall.)  But for now, I am loving it, and it will give me something to look forward to doing in there.

As I have said before, that I like to be frugal when I decorate.  You can make a room look amazing for little to nothing.  You may have to do a little searching, but there are cute things out there, that don't cost a lot of money.



 

So how much did it cost?

 

Click on the picture for a full size- to see pricing easier

 

This whole room cost me $239!

 





I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have.  Now on to the Master Bedroom!

Tata,
Emily

Weekend Meme

Ok, so I am the first ones to think that memes on Facebook are over done.  In fact I very rarely post them because I don't want to be "one of those people."  But I do have to admit that I hold back on a lot that are really funny because of that.  So I will do a weekend meme, just so you know I'm still alive, but don't have to think much about. 

This cracks me up, because it is Chris and I all the way!

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PS... please pray for me today.  In October, when we bought our house, I thought it would be really cute to paint Alyssa's room cute pink and teal strips (I will be showing pics later).  Well, the plan never really executed properly, and since I bought her a big girl bed, with adorable bedding, I am re-doing her room.  Those stupid stripes are going to get the best of me, and I want to throw the Kilz can through the window.  That would be a bad thing.


Always remember:

Bold Stripes= very adorable
Painting over them= not adorable.

Don't make the same mistakes I do, my friends.

Tata,
Emily