Inspiration Leads to Renovation

As you know by now, my lovely daughter has "flown the coop" as it were. So with that inspiration and my love of the Ballard Designs "Claudette" headboard, I set out to redesign her bedroom.

Ballard Designs

I was in love with the shape, but not so in love with the price! In addition, it was not available in a twin :(

So taking inspiration and confidence from previously attempting creating these . . .

Angel Wings

I decided to re-create the Claudette headboard,  Anthropologies Style from cardboard and an old Jane Austin novel.  Again, I headed to Lowes for the all important refrigerator box and began to cut, saw, mold and paper mache'. I am so very pleased with the overall transformation of the bedroom. One that was last done for an eighth grader, to one that any young adult would be proud to call her own.

 . . . what started as this . . .

. . . now looks like this.

linking to :
Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch
Tuesdays Treasures at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Be still my heart . . .

Ahhh... it pays to be kind and help loved-ones move. Because when you do, you run into someone selling this beauty for (drum roll here) 

$20.00!

love the details, the patina and even the hairline crack down the entire front of the door!

Ispiration to Perspiration

I have always loved silver leafed furniture, but didn't like the sticker-shock from seeing the prices being asked.

Paying huge prices is NEVER my style.

[Brissi vases]

You see it sitting there . . .against the back wall . . . all shiny . . .BLING . . . I had to have one. Then I found these . . 

and the finish on this Ballard Designs lamp . . .YUMMO

 Then there was this . . .

BINGO

I had this little dressing table, bought about 8 years ago from ABC Distributing for about $50.

 

You can just see it in the corner :)

With a little of these two friends . . .

 I got this! I LOVE it and what's better, my young-adult daughter LOVES it! What say you?

 

(ignore the lamp cord, wall color and stuff in general  . . . room is still in transition)

please go over and join these sites:

Furniture Feature Friday at Miss Mustard Seeds

The Shabby Nest

Finding Fabulous
Metamorphosis Monday also check out Sailing Simply and other wonderful transformations at Between Naps on the Porch!

and a sneak peek at the finished room . . .Tee Hee . . .

ack . . . there's that ugly lamp cord again :)