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Princeton, Minnesota, United States
I pretty much live and breathe for my family, friends and decorating. Nothing gets me more excited than being able to pull off a look that is one of a kind and thrifty. I just wanted a place to share what I've done. I am starting my own business so if you like what you see....

Monday, July 25, 2011

Gray, White and Red bedroom

This is another room that was tons 'o fun to do.  The homeowners plan on selling sometime soon in the future so we wanted to paint a neutral enough color to not have to repaint this bedroom when the time came.  I am lovin' gray right now!! So, after finding this gray comforter at a steal at Target we painted the walls in the same color family.
 She wanted a headboard but didn't want to buy a new one.  So, I made this one- correction my awesome Hubby made this one and I designed it.  Man that guy has skills:)  Using a piece of plywood cut to the size needed, he applied this paintable wall paper (10 dolla' holla for a huge roll at Lowes) that I had from a previous project.  Then using pre-primed trim cut down to frame it out.

 It is hung on the wall with a cheap hardware set and then painted with a deeper gray in the same family.  Costing a total of about $45!!  I love it so much I feel like getting rid of my bed frame and making one for my room! Super cute:)

Now onto the paintings on the wall.  The homeowner had these two canvas's with a previous paint job on them and thought we could recycle them.  There was a large wall space to cover so I thought we could combine them to make one large image.  Using the paint sample that I got to paint the headboard, I covered them in a dark gray.

  I Googled images of floral images and found one similar to this.  I bought paint pens (one of the best inventions ever) and drew on the stems, leaves and flowers in white, red and black.  Costing a total of about $10!  The bonus is that there is still paint and paint pens left to use on future projects!!  This one was so fun.  The artwork above the bed was pictures taken from the homeowner  (she's soooo good at it:) and used frames she already had from before.  We decided on plain white curtains for a fresh and clean look and bought one toss pillow and a throw for color.  We gave an old dresser a fresh coat of paint and got one nice bedroom for less that $200!

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