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My blog buddy Tiffany recently asked me if I was going to share some of B’s room as we make the transformation. While I’ve never done that before, I thought it was a great idea. Why wait to do some kind of silly “reveal” when you can share your decorating challenges along the way? Right?
We are in a good place when it comes to shopping. I’m pretty much done and we are right around our budget for the room. We wanted to use things we had as much as possible and have done that and Ikea always comes through when it comes to finding a few cute accessories and some necessities at a good price.
Plus Ikea is always good at challenging marriages, right? My husband and I rocked this bed! That sounds terrible. We did an excellent job working together on this bed. Ummm… Building this Ikea Hemnes daybed out of a million pieces did not cause any irritability or fighting like Ikea products sometimes can. And the bed has turned out to be absolutely perfect for our current sleep situation.
I can definitely see the room coming together. It looks so much better already. And now it’s time for the hard work. The do-it-yourself stuff.
I still plan to do the following:
- Gallery wall with some amazing art and objects. I’m going to share details about one of the pieces soon. I need to spray paint some frames and find some cheapy frames at a thrift store before I’ll be ready for this.
- Paint the white airplane’s propeller and mount the airplane. I want the airplane to feel more modern, so watch for a pop of color there.
- Figure out wall-mounted book shelves of some sort. I found a very modern affordable option that I can’t wait to share.
- Find a wall-mounted plug-in sconce for the reading corner.
- Paint a side table that I found on Craigslist.
- Paint an existing lamp and buy or make a lamp shade.
- Find hardware for the drawers on the bed.
- Paint the bed…eventually! That feels like too big of a project right now, so I’ll probably show you the room before I get that accomplished.
- Install light fixture. We ordered one from the Young House Love collection, but it’s on backorder for a long long time! We may get it by mid-April.
More to come.
I love the sneak peek. We love jellycat stuffed animals at our house :) That plane is gorgeous where did you find it?
They are the cutest, right? The airplane was a Pottery Barn Kids floor model that was clearanced out a few weeks ago. The price finally dropped low enough for me. I’ve been eyeing it at the Maple Grove store for a long time, but couldn’t justify spending the $50 they were still asking until it finally went down. :) They have one more, I believe. Both were not in perfect condition, but I was planning to paint it a bit anyway, so that was fine with me.
I LOVE IT!!!!! I can hardly wait to see it in person, it looks awesome!! Love you all!!! XOXOXOXO
Thanks! B can’t wait to show you. :)
I love everything so far!! G has a cute elephant in her new room too! Can’t wait to see it come together. And I’m going to try so hard to get a little peek posted of Genevieve’s room soon too!!
Aren’t elephants the best? I would love to see Genevieve’s room! Please do show it!