Bright and Fun Teen Girls Room Reveal

In honor of my daughter's birthday this weekend I thought I would finally share with you her new room!!  This was truly a collaboration between her and I design-wise, with her having the majority of the say.  In the past I would always tell her she could design her own room.  But, in the end it always ended up being more what I wanted.  This time I was intentional about letting her have her way.  Which proved to be difficult sometimes, I'm not gonna lie. :)

I shared with you earlier the how-to on the triangle wall.  A labor of love for sure!

We did get to enjoy some crafting together along the way.  The large "A" above her bed was all her (and her dad). 

She drew the letter, dad cut it out, she painted it and she wrapped it in lights.  It's super cute lit-up.  :)  She said she wanted a big "A" and I just couldn't see it, but it turned out great.

I shared with you last week the gallery wall I created for her.  I walk down memory lane.  :) So fun to put together, and she loved it - score!

She is very much what I like to call an out-in-the-open organizer.  If the place for things is not out in the open, things will not get put away.  So, I had stocked up on ideas from blogland for months and these are the ones we tweaked to work for us with a lot of supplies we had on hand.  

dollar store tiered tray/ jewelry organizer - inspired by Charming in Charlotte / nail polish storage

The bedding is quite the combo.  With all the orange in the room, I insisted on white bedding. Daring to be sure with this messy teenager, but I knew the room needed some light.  We found this cuteness at TJ Max.  The throw and the adorable pillow were handmade by her granny and are just the right touch I think.  She was hoping for some fur pillows and I found these rather large ones at Sams before Christmas for $20 each, and they have feather inserts!  Steal :). The curtains actually moved with her from her previous room and they were purchased from Hobby Lobby.

This room is so her, and I'm happy to have worked with her on this project! Do you have a teen you want to create a space for?  Make sure and give them plenty of input.  They need a space they can call there's during these fun years. ;)  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!!

P.S. If you are interested in seeing where this journey started you can check out this post.

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It seems like everyone I know has been getting sick lately!  And, the lo and behold it hit our house this weekend.  It started with hubby and then moved onto me.  No flu, just cruddy colds with ZERO energy.  Needless to say, my house is still in disarray and I did not get near as much done as I had planned.  But, sometimes I think God puts the brakes on for us when we don't do it for ourselves.  Sometimes you just need to rest your body!!

I shared with you this week our DIY trundle bed that got a lot of use during winter break while my college boy was home.  It was a simple inexpensive solution for extra sleeping space!

I enjoyed perusing through all of your creativity this week.  A variety of things really caught my eye!  

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Andrea from Scrapality was brave enough to let us into her mess as she is tackling her Heap of Change Challenge.  I think we all have a closet like this in our home.  I know I do!!  Great job on the clean-out!

Heap of Change Challenge from Scrapality

I think I have expressed my love of pom-poms on this blog on more than one occasion, so how could I resist this adorable wreath from Elizabeth at Just Following Jesus?! So cute and I love the red and white bow.  :)

Pom Pom Wreath How To from Just Following Jesus

These carrots that Heather from My Sweet Mission shared look and sound delicious!  They are going on my must try list for sure!

Maple Glazed Carrots from My Sweet Mission

And these little birthday hats that Amy from Delineate Your Dwelling shared are the most precious things!

How to Make Simple Sprinkle Birthday Party Hats from Delineate Your Dwelling

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DIY Trundle Bed

Thinking of all my friends in the Northeast today!!  I will do my best to send some of our warmth your way - in the 70's here the past couple of days!!  My college boy made it back just in time for all of the excitement.  :)  I'm glad he wasn't trying to travel in it, and that he doesn't really have to get out in it.  Stay warm and safe everyone!!

If you follow me on Instagram, you know that there are some fun things going on around here, not quite ready to share the after yet, but it's coming I promise!!

Today I decided to bring to you a project that we actually completed this fall.  With my college boy being home for a month for winter break, it got lots of use!!  Our DIY trundle bed!

When all the siblings were splitting and switching rooms, we decided to adios the bunk beds.  At 11 and 13 they are getting a bit big for them honestly.  But, I knew that I wanted an actual bed for everyone to sleep on when college boy was home - rather than the couch or floor.  

There are lots of tutorials for trundle beds out there.  And we consulted several.  Our biggest issue was the height of the mattress and the space under the bed.  There was not enough room for a platform for the mattress to lay on, and it was barely big enough for the mattress alone.  

We decided to add height to the bed with casters. Which was fairly simple to do.  Our bed frame had these metal 'buttons' on each leg that I just popped off (with a little force).  Then, I was left with a hole to screw in the caster.  We needed to drill the hole out a bit to make it big enough for the caster, but pretty simple process really.

The issue we had was in order to have room for casters under the trundle board we needed like 3" casters which are huge, and expensive.  

So, as we are standing in the aisle at Home Depot, hubby spotted these furniture movers. Light bulb!!

Surely I could attach these to the bottom of our platform and they would slide well.  We trimmed our board to fit the mattress and the space under the bed, and we rounded the corners to protect toes.

Then, we attached the furniture movers with liquid nails, and added a couple of straps for pulling - made of a thrift store belt cut into two pieces and attached with screws.

Does it slide you ask??  YES!!  I think it might work better than casters, and doesn't leave marks on the carpet.  The kiddos can easily slide it in and out!

We already had the mattress, so our expense was only the wood ($20), casters for the bed ($12), furniture movers ($8), and belt ($2) for the trundle.  Under $50 for it all!  Far less than purchasing a bed with a trundle!

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