I sometimes feel as though I have more projects than time. I finally decided to tackle my 12 year old daughters room. Truthfully, she couldn’t care less what her room looks like, but since I care it was time to get started.

Here is a picture of her room from our old house. My husband found her chest of drawers at a junktique store in New Orleans. It had good bones, but was rough. The color was a whitish green. The knobs were some kind of metal buried underneath dark brown tarnish. I think the photographer (this is from when our home was for sale) doctored it up a bit, because it was worse than this.

Hannah also needed a desk. It couldn’t be a regular student sized desk because she does a lot of art. We needed to find one that was large enough for to be able to work without feeling cramped. I picked up this one at the thrift store for 30 bucks.

The size was perfect, but the top was kind of beat up. I also got her bookshelf to the left for free on Craigslist about 9 years ago.  The chair was from our old dining room set.

So with a few products, I completely changed the look of the pieces.

I think they turned out really good.

I have never spray painted a major piece of furniture, but I will now. The Rustoleum 2X ultra coverage is amazing! I only had to touch up a few places. Most of it was covered in one coat. I didn’t even sand it down.

For the knobs I used Bar Keeper’s Friend.

I love the way they look against the Vintage Teal paint.

For the desk I sanded the top 4 times. I knew that it was going to have a “rustic” look, just because I have worked with this type of finish before. I was okay with that because I really like that look.

I painted the chair to match.

The color looks really blue in this picture, but it’s more of a turquoise.

I also painted the bookshelf.

We still have a few more things we want to do in here. I’d like to find a larger rug and she really wants a swing chair, but I think we’re off to a good start.

I love her day bed cover. It has all the colors that are in her room and it’s easy to slip off for sleeping. She uses a white down comforter that is stored in her closet when not being used. The picture below shows how much brighter it actually is.

This picture turned out a little dark, but you can see the other side of her room.

 

One project down, many more to go.

Stacy