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$100 Room Challenge: Growing Girl’s Bedroom Makeover

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It’s time for another $100 Room Challenge! If you remember during the last challenge, I redid our guest bathroom, and learned just how quickly $100 and four weeks can fly by. This time, I gave myself a new challenge to work a little DIY magic on my growing girl’s bedroom makeover.

I love the idea of using what you have, getting creative, and putting in a little elbow grease to transform a space for very little money. So when Erin of Lemons Lavender & Laundry asked if we wanted to do another challenge, I already knew which room I’d be taking on. My 10-year-old daughter has been asking me since we moved in when we can paint her room. I finally told her, “How about if, instead of just repainting, we give your room a whole makeover?” She was ecstatic and spent the next few nights searching pinterest for inspiration photos. (What can I say? I raise my kids right!)

Here is the adorable inspiration image she decided on:

Inspiration pin from All Things Thrifty

This is All Thing’s Thrifty’s Secondhand Farmhouse Bedroom Makeover, and it’s full of good ideas. I especially like the gold vinyl polka dots, and I think it’ll be pretty easy to make those on my Silhouette machine.

So now that you have an idea where we’re going with this room, let me show you where we’re coming from.

Yikes! Needs a little work!

When we moved in, every wall surface in the house was covered with this “Dusty Beige.” It reads a little white, a little pink, but mostly “blah.” It’s not terrible for a little girl’s room, but this little girl is outgrowing pink quickly, and is developing strong opinions on all things related to style and design. (This development makes for some interesting discussions about clothes, but that’s a topic for another blog.)

My daughter loves aqua, and we’ve been adding bits of it throughout the room, but we’re planning on pulling it all together with a light blue-green wall color.

Storage and organization has been a bit of a problem for us. As you can see, she has a thing for stuffed animals and dolls. (I love that she’s not yet too grown up for her “babies!”) She actually plays with them and spends time rearranging them, so I don’t want to put them away somewhere, but we need to figure out a way to display them and get them off the floor, where they look like they are amassing a small army for a fluffy invasion of sorts.

And let’s talk about that fan. Actually, let’s not. Let’s just say I have plans for it.

With four weeks and $100 to spend, we have to get pretty creative, but that’s half the fun! Here’s what we plan to do:

  • Paint the walls and do a fun wall treatment with polka dots
  • Makeover the ceiling fan
  • Paint the bed
  • Rearrange furniture
  • Reinvent the plain white curtains
  • Come up with a storage solution for the army of stuffies
  • Declutter!

That should keep us busy for a while! But with temps in the 100’s outside, we’re happy to spend a little extra time playing indoors.

Do you have a room that looks like this?

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It’s amazing what $100 can do for your home. Check out Erin’s original post on the $100 Room Challenge for more details. Then go and see what these other amazing bloggers are doing with their rooms.

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Finally, be sure to check back in for the next few weeks, if for no other reason than to see what to do about that brass monstrosity of a ceiling fan!

Week 2 ~ Week 3 ~ Week 4

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Creating a color-filled life. Conquering my little world one DIY project at a time. With lots of coffee and chocolate. Albuquerque NM. Pinterest ~ Instagram ~ Facebook

Comments

  1. simple nature decor says

    July 5, 2017 at 7:58 am

    Very big challenge! Paint is going to be the biggest savings for you if you can find the storage for close to nothing. Great Challenge.
    Maria

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    • Meredith says

      July 9, 2017 at 8:19 am

      You’re right Maria! With only $100 to spend, paint is a girl’s best friend!

      Reply
  2. Erin @ Lemons, Lavender, & Laundry says

    July 5, 2017 at 11:54 am

    Your daughter sounds just like mine. She’s just waiting for a room makeover of her own. Love that inspiration picture your daughter found. Can’t wait to see what you come up with in here… and I cannot wait to see what you do with that fan. We have fans, that I don’t like, all over our house, but I never know what to do with them to give them a refresh. So glad you’re joining the challenge for another round!

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      July 9, 2017 at 8:20 am

      Thanks Erin, I’m so happy to be participating! I’ve been working on the fan this week, and am so happy with how it turned out. No need to live with ugly fans anymore!

      Reply
  3. Jeri Walker (@JeriWB) says

    July 5, 2017 at 12:40 pm

    I’m finally getting close to finishing painting my bedroom furniture. Next up, is changing up the look of my living room. I’ll be on a hundred-dollar budget for sure 😉

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    • Meredith says

      July 9, 2017 at 8:21 am

      Painting furniture is always a big job, but it makes such a difference! I’m always surprised at what you can do with $100. I know you’ll find a creative way to change up your living room!

      Reply
  4. [email protected] says

    July 5, 2017 at 1:26 pm

    Kid’s rooms are always challenging. They end up with some much stuff. Can’t wait to be inspired by what you come up with for storage.. we need it over here too!

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    • Meredith says

      July 9, 2017 at 8:22 am

      Yes! Why is it that kids’ rooms are such a black hole? I feel like I’m raising little hoarders sometimes!

      Reply
  5. Kristy Callahan says

    July 6, 2017 at 4:15 am

    Can’t wait to see the transformation, especially your creative solution to the storage issue and that ceiling fan!

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    • Meredith says

      July 9, 2017 at 8:23 am

      Thanks Kristy! I’m a little stumped right now on the storage issue, so hopefully I can work it out before the end of the challenge!

      Reply
  6. Tracy says

    July 6, 2017 at 6:11 am

    It’s going to be so pretty when you’re done. I love the inspiration picture!

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    • Meredith says

      July 9, 2017 at 8:24 am

      Thanks Tracy! I love that picture too. I try to tell myself that her room probably started out the same way as mine, so there’s hope. 😉

      Reply
  7. Jessica says

    July 6, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    I was like what about the ceiling fan?? So funny. Love the inspiration pic. Excited to share in the journey!

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      July 9, 2017 at 8:25 am

      Ha! Right? It’s got to go! I’m excited too, it’s going to be a great challenge!

      Reply
  8. fourseasonliz says

    July 8, 2017 at 8:57 am

    I am so excited to see how this comes together!

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    • Meredith says

      July 9, 2017 at 8:26 am

      Thanks Liz, me too! This is going to be such a fun challenge!

      Reply
  9. Jenny says

    July 9, 2017 at 6:34 am

    This is going to be great! I love the inspiration room she picked out, and it’s so cute that she is so excited about it. I can’t wait to follow along!

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    • Meredith says

      July 9, 2017 at 8:27 am

      Thanks Jenny! Yes, I love that she cares about having a pretty space. Now I just hope I can pull it off!

      Reply
  10. Kelly says

    July 10, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    Wow! Your daughter has excellent taste! Love the inspiration room…we also have so many stuffed animals! I can’t wait to see what you do with them all!

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      July 31, 2017 at 9:31 am

      Thanks Kelly! Sometimes it seems like the stuffed animals are taking over the house!

      Reply
  11. Kathryn Baugher says

    July 12, 2017 at 12:28 am

    How fun! I love your daughter’s inspiration. She already has some great pieces. I can’t wait to see what some paint and rearranging does!

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    • Meredith says

      July 31, 2017 at 9:32 am

      Thanks Kathryn, I’m always amazed at what a little paint and furniture rearranging can do!

      Reply
  12. Susan Cooper says

    July 14, 2017 at 11:04 pm

    I can’t wait to see the end result. I do love your inspiration.

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    • Meredith says

      July 31, 2017 at 9:32 am

      Thanks Susan! What did we do for inspiration before Pinterest?

      Reply
  13. Meg|Green With Decor (@greenwithdecor) says

    July 19, 2017 at 12:55 pm

    Can’t wait to see what you do with this space – and what you do for storage! I’m always looking for great storage ideas!

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      July 31, 2017 at 9:33 am

      Thanks Meg, I’m always looking for better storage ideas too!

      Reply

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