"While You Were Out" Bedroom Makeover--Success!!!

We just revealed Meggan's bedroom to her this evening and she loved it.

Here are the pictures:

Meggan's first look at the room.  We stenciled one wall with a zebra print.

Beautiful bed...we painted an antique door and bought and sewed pillows. Comforter was on clearance at Bed, Bath & Beyond.  The lamp is from Target; paper lanterns from K-Mart. The pictures of Meggan were taken by Jenna and Ellyn.

The bookshelf is from Target.  Meggan always wanted a bird, so the little birdcage on top has a fake bird in it.  Meggan used to disco in the silver platform sandals on the bottom shelf.

The table is from an auction and was painted white by Jenna and Ellyn. The cute red clock is from Target; pegboard is $6 from Lowes, then painted.  There's a goldfish swimming around in the hanging bowl on the left.

Meggan's silhouette was done by Ellyn.  The red heels were purchased by Meggan at a garage sale.  (She wears them occasionally with a black strapless formal.)

Black bins are from Target.

Paint colors are Kilim Beige from Sherwin Williams on the walls, the door is Animated Coral from Sherwin Williams.  The pegboard was painted Asparagus from Lowes. A few random blue things were painted Sprinkler from Lowes.

Happy Birthday, Meggan!

Is there an animal in your bedroom?

There seems to be an animal presence in your bedroom, Meggan.  It's a good thing you're an animal lover.

More hints for Meggan

Dear Meggan,
While you have been away at Gramma's for your "while you were out" room makeover, we have had some decisions to make--lots of decisions to make!

We have decided to have you help us choose the paint color for one of the items we are painting for your bedroom.

Which color do you prefer?

asparagus or sprinkler

(Jenna and Ellyn vote for asparagus and I (mom) vote for sprinkler.)

And the second hint for you:

We haven't decided yet what is going to happen to this wall...
but we know that it will not be painted tan like the rest of the room.

We can't wait for the bedroom to be finished, so that we can show it to you on your birthday.
lots of love!
Mom, Ellyn, and Jenna

"While You Were Out" Bedroom Makeover -- part 1

My youngest child is turning ten years old next week. Yes! My baby will be ten!
Apparently when Meggan was five or six (which seems like last week), I promised her a bedroom makeover when she turned ten.
I can't believe it came so quickly. I love this beautiful girl so much!

For more than six months, Meg has talked about re-doing her room, and my 15-yr-old daughter and her friend started making plans for a "while you were out" makeover.  Meggan determined that she wanted the makeover for her birthday gift.  So while Meggan is staying with Gramma for a few days, we are painting and sewing and shopping.

I can't really recommend doing a bedroom makeover during an addition/remodel of a kitchen, dining, and family room. It seems that since the bedroom isn't a part of that remodel process, maybe a family would want to leave the unaffected rooms intact--in order to keep their sanity.  However, this bedroom makeover/ birthday gift was planned long before the addition/remodel, so we are living in a little more chaos because of it.

Here are a few before pictures of Meg's bedroom. (I forgot to take before pics until it was partially cleared.) Really, there was a LOT more stuff in this room before I shot these pictures.

I am pretty disappointed that I will no longer have a "little girl" bedroom in my house.  I think every home needs a bedroom with a child-sized table and chairs,  a doll house, and a border of yellow and pink flowers painted along the top of the wall.  Since my girl is growing up, some of those things will be going into storage.  I plan to use them again one day...

Here are some peeks into the room makeover for Meggan and Gramma to see:

More photos later, we are too busy painting and sewing to spend much time blogging!