Little Girl’s Room Makeover
September 4, 2008 at 8:30 pm , by Emily
My daughter is a princess in every sense of the word. She pretends she’s a princess while wearing Disney Princess dresses and waving her magic wand. She loves pink.
When my hubby was remodeling our house and we were getting ready to move back in, all he concentrated on was getting things like, you know, walls and floors put in. So he did that and then painted my daughter’s room white. We got her some pink princess bedding and a white vanity and a dresser and called it a day. At the time, she had to house all of her toys in her bedroom because we didn’t yet have a playroom.
So here is how it looked then
It looked like that for 2 years, minus a little furniture rearranging from time to time to mix things up and the addition of a playroom meant the toys got to move out of there.
When the kids and I went away this summer, I left hubby a long honey-do list. One of the items on that list was to paint our daughter’s bedroom. Her only request was, surprise! PINK!
So hubby did as asked from his princess and painted her room pink. He used oops paint from Home Depot, for a grand total of $5.
It sat with bare walls for a while after we got home and we have slowly been adding some flair to the walls. I put up a few window (and closet!) mistreatments and my daughter and I did a wall art project. I still have to add some photos to other walls and have some artwork from school to frame and hang, but I thought I would share what less than $20 did for her room.
Paint – $5
Fabric – $3 (did 2 windows and the closet)
Wall art – $10
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by Writer Dad
On September 4, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Her room looks adorable, and amazingly clean.
And the wall art is adorable if I didn’t mention it when you posted it earlier.
I hope Kindergarten has been fun so far.
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by Emily
On September 4, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Oh, Writer Dad, all the mess and junk is shoved over in the other corner
She’s in Pre-K and loving it! And I am finally beginning to adjust.
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by Denise
On September 5, 2008 at 7:45 am
wow, that looks good. Nothing like what a can a paint can do for a room.
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by Marie
On September 5, 2008 at 8:37 am
VERY cute! I love the wall art. A LOT.
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by melissa @ the inspired room
On September 5, 2008 at 10:21 am
A room fit for a princess! So adorable, Emily!
Happy weekend,
Melissa
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by Tara
On September 5, 2008 at 10:25 am
Hi Emily, have come over from Writer Dad’s place. Just wanted to tell you I am SOO jealous. My daughter shuns everything pink and is such a little tomboy – and she’s only 3. She’d much rather be a prince with a sword than a princess with a wand!
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by neimanmarxist
On September 5, 2008 at 10:42 am
i keep trying to sell my husband on pink for OUR room but he won’t have it.
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by Dana
On September 5, 2008 at 11:25 am
very very cute… what a difference for next to nothing!
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by Teri
On September 5, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Adorable room Em and I’m sure your little princess is totally enjoying it!!!
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by Darla - UltraBeautyBoutique
On September 5, 2008 at 6:11 pm
*drooling*
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by Donna Freedman
On September 5, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Emily: What a makeover, and done so inexpensively! You’re an inspiration to parents everywhere.
@Emily’s Mr.: Way to use that “oops” paint, buddy!
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by Liita
On September 6, 2008 at 8:20 am
The room is beautiful…amazing what a little can of paint will do!!
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by Frugal Trenches
On September 6, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I had virtually the same bed as a child but it was all white!
What a beautiful room!
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by Shamelessly Sassy
On September 6, 2008 at 4:30 pm
It looks great! I need to paint my daughter’s room. Since we moved in our house in April, the walls of her room have been a boring shade of white.
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by Chris
On September 7, 2008 at 10:02 pm
It looks gorgeous- especially love that shade of pink.
My daughter would love that bed. She calls poster beds “princess beds.”
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by uppervalleymom
On September 8, 2008 at 11:49 am
What a great room for a little girl! Our “little” girl is in the tween category now…and so she wanted her room to be High School Musical themed (but kept the puppies she also loves). She even picked a blue-ish color for her walls. Alas, no more pink princesses in our house. Enjoy it while it lasts!
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On January 23, 2009 at 12:33 pm
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On January 23, 2009 at 12:39 pm
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