A coat of paint - before and after

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Last weekend we painted my daughter's bedroom. She's a 21 years old Junior at George Mason University, who works part time and lives at home. She bought the paint, new furniture, and new accessories for her room, and we helped her paint. She's actually been buying things a little at a time for about 6 months, since she picked out what her new colors would be and designed it all in her mind.

I just wanted to show the pictures of her room before and after. It's amazing the difference a coat of paint makes.

BEFORE

AFTER

We painted three walls a light gray and one wall a mint green to match that little blanket on her bed. Her accessorizing color is that orangish color. The little side table next to her bed is one that I bought at the Salvation Army and painted at an Annie Sloan paint workshop (it's orangish). The picture on the wall, she painted herself. She bought the bed at Ikea, the bedding at Burlington, the rug at Target. The picture above her bed is a decoupaged map of Paris and pictures of her trip there last year, she bought the frame at Ikea as well.

I think the room came out looking like one of those rooms you see at Ikea and I'm proud of her for coming up with all of this on her own. She's got style!

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