Trash to Treasure Decorating

I have been so excited about decorating my little girl's room! My son, who is six, doesn't really want Momma monkeying around in his room - he wants to decorate it with things like Transformers and rocks. So I'm soooo enjoying having free reign in my four-year-old daughter's room.  We recently built our house, so I started with a clean slate - and no money for decorating! We've been living here for about four months now, and I've been collecting pieces here and there along the way. I've finally put everything together, and I'm loving what I've accomplished in there!

Her bed was a freebie which was transformed with a little sanding and some paint. Here's a before shot of the bed. Wasn't she a beauty?!

 After living here for a little while, it became apparent that she absolutely had to have a bookcase. A few coats of paint - the green is left over from my laundry room - made an old one new again.

I picked up the lamp for a few bucks at my favorite thrift store, but something had to be done about the shade - it just looked cruddy! I planned on covering it with white burlap, but painting is so much more fun! So I broke out my kids' paint brush painting supplies and went to town painting that baby with my 33 cent craft paint. And it took the entire bottle!! Craft paint usually goes a long way, but apparently not when you're painting thick fabric. So for about $4, I have a cute lamp to add to the mix.

I found a fabulous plate at a yard sale to hang between her closets, and the cute painting above her bed came from a local thrift store for just pennies.

Her window (mis)treatment was inspired by Donna over at Funky Junk Interiors.

 

Hubby's MawMaw gave me the old hanger, and I pinned and clipped some fabric to it that I've had for several years. I love how it turned out, but I'm not optimistic about its future. I can see one of the young'uns snatching it down, but if that happens, we'll just figure out something else.

I've had so much fun putting this all together to share with you. Thanks for stopping by!

I'll be following this up with a Bloopers post, as soon as I can get it together!

 I'm joining in a few parties. Thanks to all the hosts for letting us share our goodies!

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