Teal There Was You...

It's been awhile, friends! :)

This is a story of a girl who had $90 and some time to kill and wanted to turn her blah bedroom into something fun and eclectic.

I had some free time the last few weeks and I've been saving up a few bucks here and there to re-do the bedroom. It was my least favorite room of the house! Once I had some money tucked away for redecorating, I didn't have the time, and vice versa. Recently the stars aligned and I had time to get crafty. I had half a notebook full of ideas, things I wanted to do in the room. I could barely contain myself!

First thing's first, though...let's see the before pictures! We moved in 6 months ago but I never hung anything on the walls or really did much with the bedroom.

(Yes, I was watching House LOL).

The walls look so bare!

The dresser needed a facelift for sure!

I spent the first few days just painting. I got a really good deal on the paint. If you are in the market for paint right now, I suggest you check Wal-Mart. They have always carried Dutch Boy and Kilz paints, but they are in the process of changing out their paint suppliers as we speak. They are resetting the paint departments in several of my local stores. They will now be carrying Better Homes & Gardens paints and Glidden. Because of this, I was able to get my preferred brand of paint--Kilz--for a discount. I picked up 1 gallon and 1 quart of flat paint for $23

Here's another in-progress picture...I was sitting in bed working on my word tiles. This was one of the coolest and cheapest projects I did but don't let it fool you...it was SO time consuming!!! The supplies cost $21 but it took me like 6 hours to do! I sanded the raw wood squares, then printed out my letters and numbers and cut them out with an exacto knife. I pasted them onto the wood with Mod Podge and then covered the tiles with 3 coats of wood stain/polyurethane combo.

Here's the finished bedroom!

I moved the cubbies over and moved the bookcase out to the hallway.

The records were another fun project. I picked up 9 old records at Half Price Books for $2.00. I used fabric scraps to recover the labels. I discovered that by putting my quart of paint on the upside-down fabric, I could trace around it with a pencil and it was the right size to cut out and cover the label. I pasted the fabric on the label, and then used a nail through the center of the record to fasten them to the wall. Then I glued a button over the nail for aesthetics. Total cost of this project= $5.60.

I'm sure you're wondering about the records. Which 9 records are completely unusable and will never see a turntable?

The Best of the Statler Bros.
Barbara Streisand, Songbird.
Kool & the Gang, Everybody's Dancing
Nicolette
Christmas America
Jacky Ward, Rainbow
Caroline Crawford, My Name is Caroline
Romantic Hawaii
Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra

The pillow covers I sewed ended up being a tiny bit loose on the forms but I discovered mid-project my sewing machine was at Tabatha's house (whoops!) so I had to sew them by hand...not as fun!

The monogram initial was another fun and easy idea. I wrapped yarn around a large chipboard letter. Total cost of this project= $3.87

The flowers were part of my Valentine's bouquet from Mr. G...the ones that were left and hadn't wilted at time of press :)

Don't know if you noticed the new TV but that was kismet! We had an unused gift card and found a great sale, so when our old TV's dvd player started messing up (it was built in) I was able to run to Best Buy and pick Mr. G up a new TV for a Valentine's Day present...it was a HUGE surprise and since it cost us next to nothing, how can you beat it? I knew that unused gift card would come in handy one day!

For the cubbies, I made a few changes. $2 worth of new baskets and a new frame (wedding gift) plus a few other projects. I spray painted the old wicker lamp and recovered the shade. Total cost of the lamp project: $3.62

This photo collage was easy and cheap! I got the frames for Christmas and I printed the prints at Sam's Club. Total cost of the photo collage: $2.88.

This is one of my favorite projects of the room! I created a digital paper, typed up one of my favorite quotes and sent it for printing! Fonts are FFF Tusj, HaloHandletter and 1942 report. The frame was recycled from another project. Cost of this project was $6.12.

I used some leftover chalkboard paint to paint a chalkboard on the back of our door. Some ribbon and buttons make it a little prettier :) Total cost for the chalboard project= $4.48.

The little hanging canvas is special for us. Mr. G and I met on match.com when he winked at me. That word has special meaning for us. I found a blank canvas, painted it and used stickers to decorate it. Total cost of the canvas project: $3.94.

It wouldn't be my room if it didn't have candy somewhere LOL! Glass was on sale last week so I picked up a few jars and some jelly belly's from the candy store at the mall. Total cost of my sweet addition: $3.47.


So here's the wrap-up:

Paint--$23
Pillow Fabric--$4.89
Letter tiles--$21
Records--$5.60
Lamp--$3.62
Baskets--$2.00
Photo Collage--$2.88
16x20 print--$6.12
Monogram letter--$3.87
Canvas--$3.94
Candy--$3.47
Chalkboard--$4.48
New analog clock--$4.97

There you have it...$89.47 and 10 days and I have a new bedroom. Oh, and Mr. G does too! ;)