The Ugly Room Reveal

Are you ready folks...

The "Ugly Room" is ready for it's big reveal.  If you want to catch up on the other phases of this saga, click on these links...

First Chapter

 Second Chapter

This 10' x nothing room has literally exhausted me and my savings.   Things that I thought would work... didn't.   Things that I really wanted to work... wouldn't.  I ended up having carpet installed in all three bedrooms and the hallway leading to them.  The remainder of the makeover was either re-vamped or thrifted.  

the vanity... before

 It doesn't require too much imagination to improve on these images ~

anything would be a major improvement...

Let's start at the beginning... before

In case I forgot to tell you the plan...  

this space was created for Gramma and Mya to make special memories... 

whether it be rocking in the chair...

reading a story...

or wondering what adventure these two little ones are off to...

while we snuggle under the quilt...

or play make believe with the little doll house shelf...

or read Gramma's blog at the new desk made from the old vanity... 

or admire all the treasures on the re-vamped cubby shelf...

or contemplate some inspirational sayings on the new chalkboard...

or watch time pass us by on the thrifted clock...

or maybe we can do some crafts...

or play with Gramma's childhood doll...

or play with blocks...

or spell her name with the letters Gail of My Re-purposed Life so kindly donated last year.  

No Gail, I didn't forget about them and the colours couldn't have been more perfect... 

(the bookshelf will be getting a new paint job when the weather warms up and I can use my sprayer in the garage)

So folks this is what I have procrastinated about for 6 loooooong years...

now it is time to purge this chapter and carry on to the next room...

So what do you think...

 is it a fitting space for a beautiful little Princess to share some

special moments with her favourite Gramma?

or do you think she will be disappointed?

or be so excited, she'll want to call all her friends...

or give Gramma big kisses for at least trying hard...



Thrift Store Purchases;

new handmade quilt - $2.99

frame for chalkboard - $4.00

The Grandest Child of All plaque - $1.00
Printer Stand - $5.00

Consignment Shop Purchases;

little boy and girl pic - $26.00

dollhouse shelf - $20.00

clock - $17.00

Total $75.99

 All remaining pieces pulled from around the house...

 Thanks for stopping by... 

I would love to hear what you think... I truly appreciate all your comments. 

Hugs,

Play a Little ~ Work a Little ~ Phase 11

It seems like I had a paint brush attached to my hand this whole weekend. 

It all started Thursday afternoon, when I found this cute little handmade shelf at my fav consignment shop. 

It really isn't that cute the way it is, but I could see beyond that.  You know I am a sucker for anything wood and handmade is a bonus... score for $20.00....

the before...

I then had to shoot over to Rona for a piece of wood for another project, which just

happens to be across the street... can't go in without stopping by the oops counter... it was calling my name...

I found this pretty paint...$5.00...

I knew immediately where it was going to be used.  

this is for Mya's corner...

After two days of painting the shelf , it was time to get moving onto the next project.   

This one is for Gramma's corner. 

remember the vanity huddled in the ugly room...

It is now this perfectly sized desk... I added the top and a piece in the middle and gave it a fresh coat of white paint, I am loving it... 

Took a break from painting and hung the curtains I found on Ebay... I truly love Priscilla curtains... I have had them in every house I have ever lived.  There is just something so soft and feminine about them. 

The blank frame on the wall is going to be a chalkboard... I will pick up the wood for that tomorrow. 

The carpet salesman came Friday to price out new carpeting for the room, the other two bedrooms and hallway.  Hopefully that will be done this coming Friday.  It really puts you at a standstill when there is no carpet on the floor. As you can see, I went ahead and decorated anyway.  I couldn't wait until next week, I wanted to see it done now. 

 Well that is the end of Phase 11... stay tuned for the finale next week.  Keep you toes and fingers crossed it all goes according to plan.   Back to work for another rest tomorrow... so I can store up some energy for next weekend. 

So what do you think? 

Thanks for popping in...

Hugs, Deb

Work a little ~ Play a little...

well I am... I don't make resolutions, I make excuses.

THE WORK PHASE....

 I have procrastinated six L O N G years to get to this project.  I don't know what took me so long to go in there and tackle this ghastly deed.  Aside from the fact the room was utterly depressing and downright U G L Y.   I hated to even walk in there... other than to grab a pair of socks out of the dresser and run like hell to get out before the boogey man nabbed me.   My daughter wouldn't even open the door... she said the room creeped her out.   

Now, let me explain.  I had nothing to do with this room.  It was a bonus when I bought the house.  It is part of the original house before "they" renovated.  Did they fear going in this room too???

Okay it's coming... this is a warning to you.  If you want to run for cover, do it now.  Grab your drink it's a long one. 

Remember this is just Phase One... It is far from completed but a girl can tease a little along the way.  At least I am pre warning you this time. 

even the vanity and dresser are huddled together in fear of being alone in there...

I have big plans for that vanity, but that won't be until Phase 11... just saying.

check out the beautiful carpeting and lovely panel board...

NOT...

let's not forget that hideous stain on the cheap window trim either...

it took hours, just to fill holes and they weren't even mine.

Check out that graining in the board... deep groovey graining, people.

Do you know how hard it is to paint that crap???... with a brush no less...

yeap, just me and my Purty.

Santa did bring me a Command Max paint sprayer and I did two coats of primer with it...

 no matter what I did, I couldn't get a nice even finish... it just wasn't built for a job like this.

wow, what a difference a few paint strokes make.

don't be asking about the colour either... I was determined to use up what I had in the house. 

I mixed and mixed until it didn't look like a dog's breakfast and then slapped it on the wall.  My best guess is, it is a true Khaki colour... it is slowly growing on me.

this weekend, I finally ripped out that lovely carpet with full intentions of laying new floor tile. 

But as I said this is part of the original house... I don't think they owned a level or even understood what the word square meant.  Tile with lines...  not this girl.  Did I mention how anal I am... about straight lines.  I did the next best thing and called a carpet place and they are coming next week to re-carpet... with no lines. 

NOW ONTO THE FUN PLAYING PART...

After painting all the trim white and waiting for it to dry, I decided to go treasure hunting in my room downstairs..

This was hiding behind the door in the ugly room... it was an old CD tower I had bought many moons ago when CD's were in fashion.  Now I download right to my IPOD, so no more CD's to store. 

What the heck was I going to do with it now? 

I took it apart and cut the top and bottom flush with the last shelves... then re-assembled...

and used the top side pieces to make inside shelves as shown above ~

glued scrapbook paper to the back, then painted it white...

turned it sideways, hung it, then went shopping in the house...

let's steal a little bit from here, a little bit from there...

and before you knew it... it was full...

with my collection of ink wells, caligraphy pens and other treasures.

I then dug this little beauty out of the closet and hung her up...

look how lovely that frame looks against the paint.

then I pulled this $5.00 garage sale find out of the linen closet...

That has been hiding in there for the past 3 years...

used the Cricut and etching vinyl and added the saying...

"Moments Make Memories"

installed the chain,

then hung it in the freshly painted window.

This will be much nicer when I get the curtains up...

and last but not least...

a Mya fix...

sorry bad pic but too precious not to show...

can you tell what her newest expression is?... lol

finally a pic with her pearly whites...

and those blue eyes,

just melt me...

Tuesday, she finally decided to ditch her ride and started walking...

she was hell on wheels with this puppy.

Well off to relax a bit... back to work for a rest tomorrow. 

So what ya been working on?...

Stay tuned... Phase 11 will begin next week...

Thanks for popping in...

Hugs,