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Girls Room Reveal! Part Two

Do you know what I love? Is when you are planning on spending money on one thing, but you end up repurposing it for free and saving that money. I mean, I love it.

That's why yesterday was such a great day for me.

As you can see from yesterday's post, I finally finished the girls room. Woo hoo!!!

I had promised Sophia I was going to get a table for her room. She colors and does crafts on our kitchen table and it's not always simple to clean up. So I told her one day she would get a table. I also wanted to chalkboard paint it so she could color the top. We just didn't have the money.

Remember this table?


It was an end table that was in major need of redo. So, I painted it to this....


Looks good! It was just fine until we received two new end tables from a friend. Then, there was just no place for it. I tried selling it on Craigslist. I even tried giving it away. No takers. Then, I had a brain storm. (I love brain storms.) And then, voila!!


I had a can of Oops! paint that I had purchased for $1, thinking it was pink and I would use it somewhere, eventually. So I painted the legs pink and the top chalkboard, and here we are!





I did a little rearrange to fit everything in the room. The table and lamp made the table look awkward, but I really love them so I just moved them around....



So now it's Tickle Me Elmo's home! That toy hangy-thingy doesn't match, but it was there already and so I just left it. When the closet door is closed, you really can't see it anyway.

Like I said, this is my favorite space in the whole house. Mainly because it's done, and it all MATCHES!!! And because Sophia has a really girly cute room that she's never had with her dad before. And that makes me proud!!
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Lianne said…
You are truly your mother's daughter! We always had so much fun with projects like that! Keep up the creativity...lucky daughters to have a mom like you.
July 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM
Brooklynn said…
So adorable Jenna. I'll have to come see it in person!
July 19, 2011 at 1:41 PM
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