Happy Birthday!! Room makeover for my 7 year old!

My daughter turned 7 last week and she asked for a room makeover… Well and an iPad, Apple watch, party with all her friends, Legos, dance music…. The list goes on and on…. Of course, yes! She could potentially have ONE of these each year (maybe)…, but this year, I’m doing the room do-over. You see my daughters shared a room until February, when I converted the playroom into a sleek, modern, Preteen paradise! It was a great idea, but left the other room over crowded, dated, poorly coordinated and well, ugly.

horrible, dark and crowded

a panorama of chaos

The bummer of being divorced, as all divorcees know, is that sometimes, and sometimes for very special occasions, you are not with your kids physically. For me, that can be sad and difficult… especially birthdays and holidays…. But really anytime. I know they also need their Dad and I also know that I have them so much of the time… So I try to find constructive ways to spend the time that I’m not with them and deal with the strange emotion of celebrating the day I gave birth to an unbearably beautiful and unique human without being with her (I know… Wait a few more years and I’ll be lucky to get a phone call).

I put that energy to use! I go for a cleansing run or swim or clean the house from top to bottom, or work… But this time, I have a project… And honestly I’m worried that it will be hard to finish in a week!!! The room was a light moss green, but she loves pink, purple, pink and yellow and pink…

So first… I settled on a trundle bed from Wayfair. As always, it arrived fast, and in perfect condition and was super easy to assemble! It was important to both of us to have extra space – without another piece of furniture or a room darkening bunk bed.

Before setting up the furniture, I painted the room eggshell beige (took 4 coats to cover the moss…). I chose a wall for chalkboard accent stripes in “raspberry” and voila!

Remember, after placing tape, “seal” the tape lines with the base color to prevent the color from running

starting to take form!

Next I assembled an IKEA Micke corner desk (LOVE IT) and standing mirror (ISFJORDEN), and flower lights from IKEA’s past years. I decided to bunch the lights into a bouquet and paint a vase to help remind her to hang on tight to her “awesome”! I painted an accent flower over the headboard, and recoated some IKEA shelves with the same chalkboard paint. I picked up coordinating curtains and a rug at IKEA, as well!