BEDROOM NEW MAKEOVER
Finally I have photos of my bedroom makeover to share. First of all, it's not completely finished. I'll point out everything that needs to be done as I go through the pictures....
The
wall color is showing up brighter and darker blue than it really is. I
painted it this color a couple years ago and I think I'm going to go a
little lighter sometime soon. My parents bought this bedroom set for my
sister in the 1960s. When I moved out of their house in 1979 I took it
with me and it's been my bedroom set since then. It was in horrible
shape but I couldn't afford to get a new one so I decided to paint it.
This is something I have wanted to do for years.
These are the mirrored closet doors. The lace panels don't match...I'm still on the hunt for 4 nice panels (2 for the closet and 2 for the window) at a good price.
I
was surprised when I stripped the mirror and found out it wasn't really
wood, it's molded plastic with a woodgrain imprint in it. I added the
rose appliques.
This shelf was made by my dad. I
still need to decorate it better. For now I just threw some things up
there but everything is the same height so it looks messy. The little
white slip was mine, it's a size 2T. The little white Stride-Rite shoes
belonged to my kids. My son painted the picture on canvas of the grapes
when he was around 9 years old.
The
queen size headboard I found for free on Craigslist. I added the cherub
and rose swags. I wish I had the lady's email address who I got the bed
from, I would love to show her what I did. You can't see it in the
before shot but it had initials carved into the wood. 
I
still need to make the lampshade covers and paint one of the lamp
bases. I still haven't taken my sewing machine to the shop because I
just know it's going to cost me at least $100 to fix it.
I fell in love with this quilt which I bought from Summer's Cottage.
She has beautiful things. I also have her link on my sidebar. Sometimes
I go to her Ebay store just to window shop...pure beauty!
This
is the sign I ordered that I'm patiently waiting for. I first saw it on
Flickr and then saw she had a website and it was for sale. It was a
$100, which was out of my budget. I loved it so much that I kept going
back to her website to see if anyone bought it. When I saw she reduced
the price to $50 (which was still out of my budget), something came over
me and next thing I know, I'm on Paypal buying it! I sure hope I get it
soon! It's been about a month since I ordered it.
