Teen Girl's Room

Two years ago I redecorated my oldest daughter's room for her 13th birthday. Warning, the pictures in this post were taken before I ever started blogging. So they look like real life, with cords showing, teenage knick knacks, and who knows what. She picked the color scheme... hot pink, black and white. Her bedroom is upstairs, so most people that come to the house don't see it, so I figured why not let her have the bright colors. I can always paint over (with lots and lots and lots of coats). We painted big horizontal black and white bands on the top of the walls and the lower walls hot pink. In this picture you can see her desk area. The magazine holder is an old one I had that I painted white. As you can see, her large closet has mirrored doors. Not so much my favorite thing. But, as it turns out, a favorite pastime of teenage girls is looking at themselves in the mirror, so it works out okay. The desk used to belong to my grandmother, the wood desk chair was a very good price from Target, and the rug was a steal at about $35 on clearance.

Here's the upholstered headboard that I made for her bed. I started with plywood, drilled holes where I wanted the tufting to be, then covered the whole thing with batting. I covered the batting with muslin, then finished with the satin. I used fishing line to sew the buttons on so that I could really pull them tight. There are large staples on the back that I tied the fishing line to. She has a nice black and white duvet cover that matches her shams, but she likes to put this pink thing over the top. Go figure. Those red pillows were also her doing, not mine. Just so you know.

In this picture you can see the upholstered...ummm...boxy thing that goes over the top of the window. Must be some official decorating term for that, but I don't know it! Anyhoo, my mom made that. She used the same fabric to make a slipcover for my daughter's bean bag chair and appliqued a big pink daisy to it. The chandelier was a clearance deal from WalMart for about $15. The lacy looking shades don't really go with the rest of the room, but they came with the house and I've been too lazy to change them.

In this picture you see the "art" above her dresser (which was a hand me down from hubby's aunt). I made the "art" by taking a picture of one of the big silk gerber daisies that sit next to her bed then messing with it on the computer. This is a great way to make cheap, modern art.

Hope you have a super fab day!

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