Thursday, August 13, 2009

Bedroom Remodel Update

So I mentioned last week that while three of our kids were gone camping with Grandma, we were going to surprise them by shuffling rooms around so they would all come back to their very own spaces. No more sharing. We'd been talking about doing this for at least a year but time and money and trying to take it on with 4 kids underfoot was too overwhelming. Well, the day they left to go camping I said to the hubs, "Let's just do it!" So we kicked into gear the very next day.

Spontaneous moments of insanity are always the best way for me to tackle big projects.

One of the projects was to transform my daughters room into my youngest sons room with VERY little money. Her walls were a pale green and her floor....well, in another spontaneous moment of insanity, we gave in to her girly whims and had installed pink carpet. This was our biggest and most expensive hurdle. We didn't have the money for new carpet or laminate floor so we had to get creative. We ripped up the carpet, the padding, the tack strips and the staples from the floor. Then I found a $16 gallon of floor paint at Wal-mart and rolled a deep navy blue all over the plywood floor. I'm so glad I went with a dark floor color because it hid a multitude of sins in the condition of the plywood floor. I think the glossy white that I was contemplating would have made all the flaws stand out. The walls were painted a Robbin's eggs blue (1 gallon at $13) and the trim a shiny white semi-gloss which I already had leftover from another project.

The total cost? $29 for one happy little boy.

Before (I forgot to take the before picture until after we had already ripped up the hideous pink carpet)

After


Stay tuned for the master suite remodel. It isn't quite finished yet so as soon as it's done I'll give you the breakdown and photos.

13 comments:

Charlene said...

Great job! The room looks wonderful.

Nicole said...

Wow! That looks amazing! Awesome!

Miriam said...

I like the kid-in-undies look. It just completes the room :P

SnoWhite said...

awesome! nice work on the budget :) I'm sure he loves it.

Sarah said...

Fun! Way to go you!

Thinking I may do that in my living room. My carpet is pure NAST.

Lisa said...

If you decide to upgrade later - you should check out carpet tiles. Totally removable if something is spilled or whatever.

Terri Steffes said...

Totally adorable and the floor will be so easy to clean. Great job!

Kelli said...

Great redo! Love it!

dani said...

looks really good! looking forward to seeing the master.

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Southern Gal said...

"Spontaneous moments of insanity are always the best way for me to tackle big projects."

I love that! It fits me to a 'T'.

Is that carpet in the first and second pictures? It's not pink, but it looks like carpet.

Gayle said...

Nope. That's the pad underneath.

Halfmoon Girl said...

I'm impressed! Looks great.

Katy said...

It looks fantastic!