the big reveal (Julia's bedroom re-do!)...

A few weeks ago I shared my sister's bedroom re-do that we did over the summer. Well, here (finally!) is the other bedroom for my youngest sister that I promised I would share.

Today was also the perfect time to post because a little over a week ago I was reading the blog Room Remix and saw that she was going to do a mood board Monday event. The rules of the event were to design a room around one of two products, a set of drapes from Pier 1 or a trellis fabric. As soon as I saw the curtains I had to participate because I had actually used them in this bedroom re-do over the summer. Which is why this post is kind of a 2-in-1. I'm posting the pictures of the final bedroom re-do and participating in mood board Monday with my project!

Enjoy!

I'm an idiot and I didn't take some before shots of the whole room but I did take shots of the furniture that we sold via craigslist. Above is her armoire desk that we sold because, like my other sister, she never used the desk and it really just took up too much space. You can also see that bright green paint that her room was painted before.

She was about 11 when we moved into this house and she wanted a "tropical beach" theme so the green was nice and bright for when she was younger, but now she wanted something a little more grown-up (but still fun and colorful).

After asking her what she was looking for in her new room I came up with a design idea...

I'm not going to share all the sources on the idea board only because what we ended up using in the room was a little different, but most things (on the idea board) are from Ikea, CB2, and Pier 1....in the real room however, most things she already had, like the furniture, bedding and accessories. We also incorporated a few new pieces, like the nightstand from Ikea (I painted it white, it was like $15, not the one in the idea board), the drapes from Pier 1, and that cute lamp from Ikea on her nightstand.

And now I'm going to stop talking and just show you the room!

I chose a light gray paint (Gray Owl from Benjamin Moore) for her walls because she wanted something much more subtle and relaxing than the bright green. She also wanted to use the accessories as the main source of color this time instead of having bright walls. --and I apologize for the different lighting in every photo, these pictures were taken several different times by different people!

(can't take any credit for this picture, taken as a wonderful favor from my mom's co-worker, thanks Pam!)

My sister has had that papasan chair for years and she wanted to keep it, but in the old room it was behind the armoire so you felt really closed off from the room when you sat in it. Now it's in a nice space that she can use to relax, read, or use her laptop (probably the third, she is 17).

Another shot that I took while I was finishing decorating, clearly I hadn't put up the cute yellow paper lights yet.

Other side of her room, you can kind of see that the room is a little narrow, but it's still pretty long.This was my favorite find for the room. I found this lamp on craigslist for $30! Definitely beats the $100 price tag of the phantom lamp at CB2 (which is in the inspiration board).

We're still trying to figure out what to do with the wall behind the dresser, I haven't found anything that looks quite right yet. I'm hoping to work on this next time I visit. So far though, I think the lamp definitely ads a nice touch to this dresser, and room.

...and that's the room! My sister is very happy with it, and she finally keeps her room clean because of it!

Go there to check out other great mood boards!