One of the first things I wanna do is Taylor's room. Taylor is my 16-yo (going on 25 - you moms of teens know what I mean) daughter. She's not into the "old crap" as she likes to call it. However, she loves Marilyn Monroe, vintage pin-ups, etc. Here's a jewelry box I made for her for Christmas. It was just a plain wooden box that I got from the Goodwill for $2. I painted it black and decoupaged some pin-up pics that I printed from the net and lined it with scrapbook paper for the inside, added a little bling and voila! What do you think? I've been trying to decide if we should add little feet to it. Would you or would you call this done?
Taylor wants her room purple and black. When she first told me this, I thought it sounded horrible - like a bruise :-), but then I saw some bedding in those colors and I've gotten excited about it. Here's the bedding that she got as a Christmas gift:
I'm not sure that this actually shows the "real" color - it's a little darker than this - almost like a wine color.
I redid this little table for Taylor's room too. It's just one of those little cheap tables with plastic legs, but I think it turned out pretty cute. I cleaned it up and gave it a coat of primer and let that dry. Then I decoupaged the top with different colors of purple tissue paper and scrapbook paper and pics of 30s, 40s Hollywood stars that I printed. We just use a mixture of glue and water for our decoupage medium - I like Modge Podge, but this way is a lot cheaper. I think it turned out pretty cute and the most important thing is that Ms. T liked it!
Here's a cool lightswitch cover that I got from a craft fair in Florida:
The colors don't really match, but I really liked it.
Taylor's room was originally a greyish color. We repainted it with Mauve Melody by ColorPlace (from Wal-Mart). I really like the color. Ms. T thought that it was going to be too light, but she liked it too after it was done.
Taylor wants some sort of a canopy-ish type thing for her bed. This will cover the window at the end and then just go out a little ways. She has that ceiling fan there so we can't cover the whole bed. I've got some ideas about how we'll do this and hopefully they'll work. What would you do?
This pic's a little dark, but I think you get the idea.
Okay, gotta go and get to work on the room. I'm not sure how long it will take us to get it done. I'll be out of town next week, but we'll keep ya posted on how it's going.
Taylor wants her room purple and black. When she first told me this, I thought it sounded horrible - like a bruise :-), but then I saw some bedding in those colors and I've gotten excited about it. Here's the bedding that she got as a Christmas gift:
I redid this little table for Taylor's room too. It's just one of those little cheap tables with plastic legs, but I think it turned out pretty cute. I cleaned it up and gave it a coat of primer and let that dry. Then I decoupaged the top with different colors of purple tissue paper and scrapbook paper and pics of 30s, 40s Hollywood stars that I printed. We just use a mixture of glue and water for our decoupage medium - I like Modge Podge, but this way is a lot cheaper. I think it turned out pretty cute and the most important thing is that Ms. T liked it!
Here's a cool lightswitch cover that I got from a craft fair in Florida:
Taylor's room was originally a greyish color. We repainted it with Mauve Melody by ColorPlace (from Wal-Mart). I really like the color. Ms. T thought that it was going to be too light, but she liked it too after it was done.
Taylor wants some sort of a canopy-ish type thing for her bed. This will cover the window at the end and then just go out a little ways. She has that ceiling fan there so we can't cover the whole bed. I've got some ideas about how we'll do this and hopefully they'll work. What would you do?
Okay, gotta go and get to work on the room. I'm not sure how long it will take us to get it done. I'll be out of town next week, but we'll keep ya posted on how it's going.
