Before and After room makeover FINALLY DONE!

I promise this is the last post about the room makeover. I've been shared a few because I'm just so proud of myself by doing it all by myself. I've never really done something like this before. well, I did before she was born, but I had help.

This is my project, all on my own. No help by anyone. My bestie did stop by to watch me paint. Even if she offered to help, I would have said no. LOL!

Dresser drawer bought at an auction for $7. Trust me this drawer was awful looking before I painted it that lilac color. I swear it has layers upon layers of gross paint and had to strip it. Replaced all the knobs and it was all good to go. 

Then I repainted it again when I did the makeover in my daughter's room. I wanted to do all white furnitures and instead of buying new ones that are up to your neck expensive, so I opted to paint instead. I would bet these cabinets we have are probably sturdier than the newer ones. I know her dresser is.

Now onto the desk. This was tough. It had the shiny shellac paint and stained pretty good. I had to use one of those sharp putty knife, the metal ones. That did the job scraping the top part, but I still had to sand the crap out of it.

I have to say it looked pretty good after a long process of scraping, sanding and wiping it all down.  It only took me about 2 or 3 coats to finish the desk. Paired it with a pretty and comfy chair from Target and it's all set. Link for the DESK Makeover.

Overall this is what her room looks like after it was all done. She has the biggest room in the house with the huge walk in closet, but that's another story :-)

As you can see, the bed is the only one that isn't painted white. The reason is:

1. I was pooped and didn't want to sand paper the crazy post.

2. It would have been a pain in the butt to scrape and sand it.

3. I thought I was going to buy her a new white bed, but she prefer this one.

Last, but not the least. 

The DOOR. 

I wanted something colorful in our hallway and something to add color to her room. So, I decided to paint it with chalkboard paint. Love it, love it, love it!!!

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Knock, knock? I painted her door with a chalkboard paint. Before & After makeover PART 4

Room makeover is almost done. This is the last post about the makeover. Actually, nope I lied. There will be another one but it will be to show the whole room.

This post is just to show you what I did with her boring door. It was covered with markers, pens, pencil writing and the stickers she placed on them when she was little.

First I took out the wooden board / stick that was attached to the door. It was easy to take out. Then I used the outline of the boards where to paint. didn't paint over it so I know where to put it back.

Sorry, I didn't get to take a picture while painting the blue paint without the board. I painted it and make sure I don't go over the line. 

I did 2 coats on the paint and it was perfect. We still haven't tried the chalkboard yet. I still haven't had the chance to buy some chalks. LOL!

I wish there was a song about KNOBS (Lexi's room makeover PART 3) DIY

This won't be a long post :-) I promise. Just to show you what and how I spray painted her dresser and desk knobs. 

I took a big box and poked holes on them so the screw would fit through the other end. Stick the knobs and then screw on the other side so they won't fall off. You don't have to screw it in all the way, just enough to hold the knobs.

See (below) I didn't spray paint the screws since it was on the inside part of the drawers.

Used Rust-oleum Satin Granite. Don't mind my hand covered in paint. LOL!

I think they're happy  and excited they're getting a fresh paint. Oh, I almost forgot. These knobs had a shiny finish to it so I sanded them first with a very fine sandpaper so the paint will stick to them better.

All done and painted. I left them on the box overnight since I was painting the dresser drawer and desk.

I sanded the crap out of her desk!!! Before & After makeover PART 1

    

For the past year I've been talking to my daughter about redoing her room. It finally happened last weekend. Her Lala took her to New Jersey to visit her uncle, my brother.I was super excited and she was double excited for the fact that she's visiting her cousins, Uncle and Aunties & the fact that her room will be all new when she comes home.

For the 12 years we've lived in our house this is the 2nd time I've done her room. Ones when she was a baby and now that she's transitioning into a young girl. Oh how time flies :-(

So all this excitement got me all pumped up and hopefully get the room all done within 3 days. I wasn't really thinking that it will be hard work and lots of moving, sanding, taping, laying out the cloth all over the floor so the paint won't get paint splatter all over her carpeted floor. PHEW!!! 

If you ask me to redo her room again I would probably say HECK NO! at least for another 10 years. LOL!

Her desk was the 2nd thing that I did. The first one was her wall and window sill (will do another blog about that wall).

 

As you can see her desk was badly scratched, beat up and the top varnish are all scraped up. Good thing hubby bought me my very first RYOBI sander. I picked it when we went to Home Depot last week.

 

The very first thing I did was scraped the top part with a sharp putty knife and scraped the crap out of that desk. I swear my right arm has more muscles than my left after that scraping. LOL! 

After all those scraping, I moved to the sanding part. That was fun. I could and would sand anything if I could. YuP! getting a bit obsessed with my new sander.

Then I washed all the sand off with a wet cloth and I had to wipe it a couple of times because of the dust. Then I moved onto priming the desk. I thought one coat would have done the job, but boy I was wrong UGH!

Painted the outside parts and the back of the desk because I can't leave it dark. It just felt weird. It took me a while to get it all painted, but while it was drying I worked on some other stuff in her room.

This is the corner room where I placed the desk and wall decal that I bought at a yard sale for $3 and it was still in the original tin can and unopened. (photo below)

I added a little color to the room by painting the middle part of the DOOR with a blue chalkboard paint, sorry I took the photo before I painted this side of the room / door. Both sides of the door are painted with chalkboard paint.

As you can see the wall is light grey. I know, it's sooo pretty and so grown up. Wait till you see her door and her bed. Oh and the curtain. Gaaaahh! I messed up on the curtain but I will tell you about it some other time. 

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Desk - repainted 

Chair - Target

Wall decor - yard sale

Paint - Behr

Sander - Ryobi