<-- This is the only picture i could find of my old room ---my best friend is going to kill me haha.
Look how immature and cluttered it is eeeek!
My mum agreed as she has always wanted me to be in a room which i am comfortable in and not embarrassed to bring friends home to see it (which it has always been!) which resulted in me sticking artwork and posters on my wall to hide the hideous wallpaper. It was a guest bedroom ended up looking like some run down old creepy mess! I just couldn't stand it but i have always made it my own. It took some hard convincing from my mum and me to make my dad finally agree. He did but at the same time he was a nervous wreck! I do love my dad to bits, he has faith in my ability to do a good job but he is a perfectionist/ hoarder so it meant him coming out of his comfort zone and letting me loose on his house...that was the hard part! And if it was left to him it would NEVER! get done!
Ideas time...
I have always had ideas about what i would love to do with my room. Because of the shape of my room and the amount of furniture i had, this meant it would be a lot harder.
I de cluttered my room literally dumping anything that i didn't want, being harsh as hell as a lot of the things i had in my room i had from a very young age and grew quite attached to.
Bin bags everywhere, wardrobe in tatters...looked good.
Colours...
I originally thought i was going to go with purple as that was my favourite colour growing up...then as i grew up it changed to a duck egg blue and the final spur of the moment choice...a dark lime green colour!
Well try explaining that to my dad, think he nearly had a panic attack saying we will never sell the house, it was funny but at the same time it made me want it even more...so i did.
I purchased all of the materials, paints etc from B&Q which in my estimation has gone up in regards to quality and service. I purchased a Dulux lime green (Can't remember the exact tone) in a matte with slight sheen finish. It was the paint which you pick the colour and get in mixed in store. So easy and because of the machinery used, it was guaranteed if you keep the code that you get the same tone each time which was my worry as i just about got away with having enough paint... I bought the largest tub costing around £40 with a medium size costing about £25-£30...there was a buy one get one half price deal on at the time thank god, so that helped keep the price down quite a lot. I thought the colour Lime green went with so many other colours and was so different...like how i am, don't they say a room is meant to depict the persons character and personality, well mine definitely does.
The room...
I started by removing all the wallpaper!! Took for ever but it felt so good to see the back of that ugly, fugly paper! I didn't use anything except lots of water, sponge and my poor, poor hands which were so sore at the end. Took me a whole day...i work fast!
Painting...
So big.....so hard but so worth it in the end!! Rather than explain how i painted.....BORING!!! why not just show you instead:
Re-Tiling...
As well as painting my room, i decided to do everything and redesigned the sink area by adding in my own colour scheme and tiles. Some of them had fallen down so it looked awful anyways.
I used a tool to help force the tiles off, i didn't really do that part professionally but it worked....
I then filled in all of the gaps with poly filler to make sure the wall was even. When it was dry i sanded it down so that there were no bumps, so it was smooth.
I then used an owned brand Diall all in one grout and tile adhesive from B&Q to use as the adhesive and the grout. I used mosaic tiles along the bottom of the wall and square tiles to go above. I used a brown and beige theme that would go with the colour scheme of the room. After i had secured my tiles, i then used a clean sponge and wiped away any white smears and excess grout.
The video i used to help me learn how to tile the wall is by a man called Paul Roberts. The video is extremely simple and easy to follow:
My photos:
Furnishings...
In my room i already had a single bed but since i moved back home i decided to invest in a double bed which i can use in my own place when i move out again.
However, i have only just ordered the bed frame and mattress from a company in Plymouth called Big SleepThe bed i ordered is a light to medium brown colour, think its called an Aztec theme. *I will put a photo up when it gets delivered.
However next door to Big Sleep is Big Pine and Oak Furniture store where i managed to get a chest of drawers and a bedside table in the clearance both costing me around £140!!! BARGAIN!
As well as my chest of drawers, i also have a tall drawer made out of wicker which really compliments the room. Available from Homebase. There is also a set of drawers which i bought from Ebay made out of sea grass which i am using until my new chest arrives.
As for the lights i have a duck egg blue lamp shade which i bought from Next home last year. I also purchased a Lantern from Homebase (which they still sell) for £10! On the ceiling i replaced my old lampshade with a dark chocolate brown twine ball for around £10 from B&Q. It looks beautiful with the wall colour etc.
Around my mirror, i used some white frangipani flower fairy lights which i bought when i visited Camden Market, London back in 2008. They sell them still on their website as well as a whole range of other fairy lights, lanterns.....too much to chose from really but they are all so beautiful! They cost me around £30-£40, and are pretty expensive but i love them, they are definitely worth it. Mine have lasted me about 6 years and still going strong.
I have a duck egg blue shaggy rug which i purchased from Argos for around £20.
My curtains are a patterned duck egg blue romolo, lime green and white flower curtains from Dunelm Mill from £20 with a wooden curtain pole which i already had.
Finally, other furnishings include my wall stickers purchased on Ebay. One of birds on a tree And one with writing to help motivate me, which i put above the door "Don't dream your life, live your dreams". Really does make me happy and motivates me. Both stickers are black as black on green looks gorgeous. I also purchased wooden black photo frames from Ebay...£20 for two.
I think my parents were pretty happy....so was i!!!!!
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