Allie's Room

Sorry - been extremely overwhelmed with life lately. I have my new job, school, the house, hubby, kid and I am trying to find a suitable hobby that takes me away from it all if not for just a few minutes. In the mess of it all, we decided Allie deserves to have a bedroom update. Allie is what Will call's his "wet dream" child. She is an overall awesome kid. She is a great student, a good helper (when asked) and very sweet, kind and thoughtful. She really deserves some attention showered on her more than we have been able to in the past and we decided this would be a little reward since her report card was really good.

Since Allie's room is what use to be part of the carport, she has a really long room and no closet. Instead of a closet, she has a closet system that was built onto the wall by the previous renters for their daughter. It is a mess of wire shelving that really needs to be hidden, so we were going to put a little 'shower curtain' type system around it, but then Al decided she would rather just have colorful bright bins and boxes to put her things in on the shelf. She chose lime green for the color she wanted to do her new room in. So, that's how it started. Mom found some cute lime green bins at Ross for like $5.99. One is fuzzy and super, super cute!

She also decided to paint. Her bedroom set is extremely old and she has had it since she was little. Rather than get a new bedroom set (she says she likes her bed and won't give it up), we decided she could paint it white to go with the new green accent stuff that I started picking up here and there for her. Thank god we agreed that lime green was not a good choice for walls. So she decided on a dark purple. Purple? I hated the idea. I could just picture it looking like a cave in there all dark and mysterious. But there are certain things I guess as a mom you just have to let your kids do and I figured purple paint would probably be the least of my worries. It did not keep me from dreading the final outcome. So the two longer walls in the room were painted purple and the shorter ones were kept white (she decided all the walls would be overwhelming in purple). I have to give her kudos - her and her girlfriends did and amazing job and mom did not have to life a finger. I actually kind of like it :)

To top it off, I found some other great deals that I could not pass up., so I started picking up more and more stuff. Sheets at Wal-Mart in lime green, $14.00 A striped bedspread with lime green in it at Target. $13.98. A trash can at Ross, $2.99. Little white octagon shelves for the walls at Big Lots, $10 and a candle holder made of glass chips with a daisy on it and lime green leaves, Fry's Marketplace $1.99. But my best find was the lime green rice paper lanterns I found at Big Lots, $5. I did however have to go to 8 stores on that one to find 2 green ones. Heaven knows, you can't stop a mom on a mission, and my mission  was to find those lamps and suprise Al. I found ALL OF IT on sale racks! Each little piece has contributed to a little piece of the pie. Take a look at the before and after pictures. What a difference!

It looks great Al and I am proud of you! You have accomplished a whole new look in there! Now lets just see if you can keep it clean!

Peace out