Saturday, June 5, 2010


I've been wanting to take on the task of Paris bedroom. I've hated her room, it's so small, It had a ginormous loft bed in it, that i thought would give her more space, but really it made the room look small and cluttered So I've been trying to think of a bed solution. Her Room is kind set up so there is only one place for the bed if it's a regular size bed. So I decide to do a smaller bed but not a toddler bed, Kinda a In between bed, That way it fit's in her little nook and totally opens up the room. I really wanted a simple cute French Country look, (really i don't know what that is, But in my mind this is what that looks like)

So here is her before picture............................


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Here are the After shot's..............................


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So here is the break down of everything and it's cost (just for my gee whiz file for later on in life)


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The head board is actually a big Cupboard door i picked up and a place in lethbridge called RE-PEAT. It's a dirty old place that sells all the salvaged stuff from houses, So they have door's window's, cupboards, Lights, and much to Blazes amusement, Toilets.


Headboard - $5 Paint for headboard was the same paint we did the baseboards with so it was free.


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Bedding- I had the quilt done already for her about a year ago, And i had all the fabric already (of course) so for the bedding i spent $3.50 on one new pillow. I sewed the 3 large pillow cases, and covered the 3 pillow forms from her last bedroom set. The lace and trim were free from Grandma Gibb.


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Her bed- I love her bed It's made out of a Pallet. The pallet was FREE (Thanks to Pattie Miller!) Then i went to walmart a got a package of leg's, there were 6 for $12, then i spray painted them. The mattress was made out of 3" foam and then 2 of those egg carton cushions. The foam was $40 but i only used half and the other was free (Thanks Mom). I also did buy a new sheet for $9.


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Frames- The 5 glass frames above the headboard were all from the Dollar store, i bought the Black paper for $4 and the Doilies were Free (Grandma Gibb once again). The rest of the frames on the other wall were from the dollar store except the big one, That one was one we already had. So total for the frames was $13.


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Her name above her bed was a re-use from her last room. But when i did it it cost me $8.


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Her new train station clock was $16 from Jysk.


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Curtains were for free along with the lace trim.

And finally the Picture of the Eiffel Tower was $20 from Ross's


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And finally (besides the bed) my most favorite part of the room............... The Chandelier of lantern's and flowers


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The lanterns all together (mini and regular size) were $17, The gigantic Tissue flowers, well for the tissue it was one dollar and then i made them. Paris loves this as do i!

So this room redo was a grand total of................(drum roll)...................


$124.50

It took 3 day's to finish ( Mind you, I also had to take care of 4 kids, and wait for Brad to help hand the big picture and help me lift the bed) But all in all well worth the time and every penny spent!
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23 comments:

  1. does she really fit in that bed? It looks so small! I need to see a picture of her sleeping in her bed please.

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  2. Hehe Yes she fit's and she got a few inches to grow before it's to small. Hopfully we sell the house before she grow's anymore.

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  3. Very cute KD! I can't wait till Kaiya can have her own room and I can do it up all girly.

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  4. Oh Duh me,Lara, I forgot to say she does not sleep were the headboard is she sleeps on it sidway's so the headboard is at her side. No wonder you did not belive it!

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  5. Hahaha I agree with Lara! There's no way she fits in there. :) It's really cute KD. When she grows out of it in a week, you can send it on down here to Eve. :)

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  6. I love it!! Such a cute room.Good job!

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  7. What a gorgeous room! I love all the colors and the wall behind the bed is fabulous! Fantastic job! Hope you are enjoying your weekend! ~ Stephanie Lynn

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  8. Looks great.... very exciting!

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  9. Oh my goodness! I love it. I did a post on making furniture out of pallets about a year ago and fell in love with the idea of making a bed out of one. And you did it!!!

    Love the entire thing. I think the pallet bed really is so french looking. So cute!

    XOOX
    jen

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  10. How cozy and sweet. I bet Paris will love her room makeover :o)

    I came here via Sunday Showcase Party. I hope you will visit me sometimes over at Pittypat Paperie.

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  11. This is awesome! Love it! I love the pillows too, nice work, thanks so much for sharing.

    Ana White
    www.knock-offwood.com

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  12. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!! That bed is SO creative! I just used a pallet (free as well) to make an industrial looking coffee table for my back patio, I used BIG caster wheels. I'll never look at pallets the same way again!! LOL!

    Tania

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  13. Love this room! So cute with so many colors!!!

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  14. Looks great KD!! Love the fabric colors in the pillows!! And the clock! When I am down this summer if your clock mysteriously goes missing...jks!

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  15. That is fantastic KD! You are one amazingly talented woman.

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  16. That bedroom is SO cute. Love the pallet bed and that it fits right in the little nook, sometimes that nook is so important for us girls!

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  17. Very cute, sweet, feminine. It looks more spacious now, too. Wonderful job.

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  18. KD, yes your amazing, it looks beautiful!

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  19. Gorgeous room! You have done a fantstic job of making it precious and pretty! Thanks so much for linking to the Sunday Showcase party! I greatly appreciate it! Hope you are having a fabulous week! ~ Stephanie Lynn

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  20. I know this sounds silly but how did you hang the lanterns and pompoms all together.. I LOVE the look of it.. hope you don't mind if I copy :)

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  21. Hey! Great job on the room re-do. Did you use the tutorial for the bed & lanterns from Ashley Ann's "Under the Sycamore" blog? It looks beautiful! ;)

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  22. Ficou perfeito, incrível!!! Parabéns!!!

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  23. What a cute room! I can't tell you how much I love the lantern chandelier. What a great idea!!

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