the teenage room renovation

After much planning and doing - the teenage room renovation is pretty much complete.  Considering I last decorated her room just after she was born, I figure a new life stage deserved a new look room. SHe had really enough of the yellow walls.  Annika has been fairly patient with sleeping in a renovation site with hacksaws, paint trays, powertools and screws everywhere.  She is really happy with the result.  So am I.

From this:

To this:

a handy place to put her bags and bits

Love a wall sticker.  Especially one for $20 (from Ikea)

We painted chalkboard paint on her cupboard door so she can draw and.....stuff...

Sh choose this wonderful greeny blue colour for a feature wall, and she though of the idea of putting little black boxes on it.

There was a tiny bit of yellow remaining in her bed linen..

The room feels fresher and lighter and more grown up.  We re-plastered, got new fans and powerpoints, painted, put in new blinds and curtains, and a few new accessories (thanks Ikea for having matching accessories to tie in with the theme of black/white/trees/birds - does the theme or the availability of the theme at Ikea come first?.....).  We completely tidied out her built in cupboard and desk drawers, and de-cluttered.  We kept the same furniture, but Chris re-sanded and lacquered the bedside table.  So the total cost of re-doing the room was kept to budget.

Now she just has to keep it clean.