It all started last year with a piece of Trina Turk outdoor fabric:
While completely gorgeous, this is pricey! And being the cheap girl that I am, it is sadly unattainable. But the color combination stuck with me. Because we were knee deep in Barbie Dream Home notions, I searched for viable alternatives.
Here's what I came up with. A navy/white piece from One King's Lane, Navy Velvet, Cat's Cradle by Robert Allen and Magic Carpet by Waverly. Somewhere along the way, the Barbie Dream House was put on hold. So the palette was left to modernize the Green Room.
An idea started forming. I wanted to make the room a guest room/project room/office for me. I wanted to make the existing twin bed look more like a sofa with an upholstered headboard. Then the other side of the room would make way for my office. Google images brought me this image of kind of what I'm looking for in a bed situation.
Similar colors? Check! The addition of underbed storage? Score! Turns out, my dad's neighbor is a finish carpenter who is going to build me a similar bed for only the cost of the materials!!!! Rock on, Dad's neighbor!
Meanwhile, I decided on how to make my desk. I thought a Habitat door would be a great desk top option. Plus, I'd be upcycling something, and it made my heart feel all warm. Two Helmer files would be the base of one side and a Lowe's clearance wall cabinet became the other side.
And here she is! It actually turned out better than I imagined. A happy accident is how the doorknob hole is a great place for power cords so the desk can sit flush against the wall.
I hate, hate, hate having the ugly printer on the desktop. I repurposed a shoe cubby into a printer stand under the desk. Mason jars I've emptied became great storage for sorted buttons, upholstery nails, even rubber bands. The trash can used to be Waverly black/white toile. I painted inside sun yellow and the outside sky blue. Love how it turned out.
My pin board used to be painted black. Black/white houndstooth fabric covered it. (I went though a houndstooth phase there for a while). A coat of gloss navy and some navy/white ticking give it a fresh outlook.
Pixar here I picked up at the Goodwill on discount day. I gave him a nice coat of gloss sun yellow.
Pullo did not know what to make of all of the activity going on. He kept a respectful distance.
This was an unfinished wall cabinet I picked up on clearance at Lowe's. Several coats of high gloss white later, it's the right side base of my desk.
It's the perfect hiding place for my photo paper, copy paper, binders and my cameras.
Little turquoise Buddha was a Target clearance purchase.
I already had two Closetmaid shelving units. I put contact paper on foam core to make a wallpaper effect on the back. Love the graphic pattern.
Pinterest turned me on to turning an old spice rack into a supply organizer. A quick spritz of spray paint on the lids is all it took.
Papyrus cards and an internet truism are hung on the end of the shelves. Target clearance frames are painted Lobster Red.
Hopefully, this isn't true. But the card was too cute to pass up.
Another Papyrus card.
And no, truer words were never uttered. Unfortunately.
Stay tuned for the second side of the room and all of the other projects that have been occupying my last year.
