Kids' room make-over

'What I've been up to' Update #2

My second attempt to let you know what I've been up to the last several months since I've not been blogging much!

I finally finished my daughter's room!

The poor girl had to wait forever for me to finish because I kept getting bored and getting into other projects. Finally, however, I did finish :) Here's how it turned out!

BEFORE:

AFTER!!

Giant flowers towering over her head on the walls

Her bed cave with some of mommy's artwork. I may still hang a white bed canopy here, but that will be for another day. (I wish it would stay this clean!)
Photo collage to gradually add to and grow - it already has grown since taking this picture!

Elli decided that she needed to 'help' me every time that I went in to paint her room. So I assigned her to one flower. She did, however, paint on her own and strayed to other parts of the wall and on top of the flowers I already painted - but that was soon fixed and she decided not to do that again. :) I kept it in her flower garden and hope it's not painted over a stud, because I want to cut it out and frame it! She used every color that I used on her wall and did pretty well, I think.

I added embellishments here and there that stick off the wall - butterflies, flower centers, etc.

She's pretty content in here :)

He's not so much.

Bathroom make-over

'What I've been up to' Update #1!

Faux painting around a toilet is tricky - but totally worth it :)

A long time ago, I bought some paint to do my guest bathroom - well, I finally finished it! I still think it needs a little craftiness added to the walls, but I haven't decided what yet. Maybe my lovely, fellow crafters can suggest something!

Anyhoo....here's the before:

This is what I saw every time I walked up from the basement or from the garage...
Boring...ugly...and a little creepy....

Now THIS is what I see :) I'm much happier :)

Give me a day (and a babysitter) and I'll transform the place!
Blue walls, yellow rugs...I kindof wish I was a little sick so it wouldn't seem so funny that I go in there a lot right now! Lol!

I did a faux finish on the walls with plastic WalMart bags. I looked like a smurf by the time I was finished! Seriously - my hands are still stained.

Now I have a towel rack! Woohoo!! and Elli has a little mirror at her height

The room is so small, I couldn't get a good shot of the entire mirror collage I did on the wall (behind the commode!). Oh well. But it really brightens up the room!

The trim, doors and cabinet are white along with new knobs. It really is a new room!

My window treatment - I Mod-podged fabric to the window! It's such a small space, I didn't want to weigh it down with curtains and I don't want people lookin' in from the outside - so this was a cheap and crafty alternative! It will come off, but I have no idea how hard it will be to wash the glue off...I don't plan on doing it, so I'm not worrying about it!

I love it so much, that I did it in my other bathroom windows!