I'm decorating my new place, can you help with ideas?
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Q. I just purchased a cute new little 2 bedroom house.
I thought I had it all figured out the way I wanted to decorate it but i'm still stumped! I need some ideas or a thought for inspiration to decorate my place.
About me-
I love french culture
My favorite colors are- cool colors like blues, purples and greens but I also like white and light yellow
I'm a kid at heart but i'm a big girly girl
I like flowers, skirts, dresses, hats, perfume, flip flops, handbags and jewelry
Hawaii is the ultimate vacation spot
I love mellow music but i'm a rocker girl also
I like to relax and read a good magazine
I love to bake and I could live on drinking grape soda
sooo can anybody come up with some good themes for rooms in my new home? Thanks!
I think I want to do the guest room in all white with colored pillows and stuff what do you think?
I thought I had it all figured out the way I wanted to decorate it but i'm still stumped! I need some ideas or a thought for inspiration to decorate my place.
About me-
I love french culture
My favorite colors are- cool colors like blues, purples and greens but I also like white and light yellow
I'm a kid at heart but i'm a big girly girl
I like flowers, skirts, dresses, hats, perfume, flip flops, handbags and jewelry
Hawaii is the ultimate vacation spot
I love mellow music but i'm a rocker girl also
I like to relax and read a good magazine
I love to bake and I could live on drinking grape soda
sooo can anybody come up with some good themes for rooms in my new home? Thanks!
I think I want to do the guest room in all white with colored pillows and stuff what do you think?
Answer
Shabby chic all the way! Hit the flea markets..A great way to redecorate is to recycle. Use an old or new outdoor bird bath inside as a side table or in the bath to hold candles and bath supplies. Add an affordable glass top and wa-la! Instant table. You can also pick up many old architectural pieces at flea markets...paint them, sand them down a bit and you have instant character to any room. An old door can be stood in a corner or used as the top of a coffee or sofa table. The trick is to umber over any color you paint...this gives the piece instant aging and character. Shabby chic is the way to go....understated yet refined if done correctly.
Shabby chic all the way! Hit the flea markets..A great way to redecorate is to recycle. Use an old or new outdoor bird bath inside as a side table or in the bath to hold candles and bath supplies. Add an affordable glass top and wa-la! Instant table. You can also pick up many old architectural pieces at flea markets...paint them, sand them down a bit and you have instant character to any room. An old door can be stood in a corner or used as the top of a coffee or sofa table. The trick is to umber over any color you paint...this gives the piece instant aging and character. Shabby chic is the way to go....understated yet refined if done correctly.
How do I make my room more "teenagery" with household stuff?
Ameeratron
I am trying to make my room in the house more unique. I've already cut out celebrity pictures from magazines and newspapers and pasted them on the walls. Any other suggestions?
Answer
THIS IS AN ANSWER I GAVE FOR A CHILDS ROOM, BUT YOU CAN USE THE SAME IDEAS JUST DO IT FOR A TEENAGE ROOM.
You can do many things.
Start by searching through your house, and asking neighbors to donate items that they want to get rid of that are suitable for a bedroom.
Go to your garage and find some things from previous projects that you can use for this room. Ideas for this can be:
Spray paint
Latex paint
-----------> Tip: Use the paint to repurpose small pieces of furniture to make old furniture items 'match'. This is a great trick to make unmatched pieces of furniture look as though they belong in the same room. Just paint them the same color and purchase hardware for the front of drawers that all match. Hardware is not very expensive when you consider the price of buying a brand new bedroom set.
Use wrapping paper scraps
Use magazine clippings
Use advertisement clippings
----------> Learn to do decoupage. This is an extremely easy craft skill that even kids can help to complete. Basically you lay down a piece of paper after applying the decoupage medium.... (glue type stuff)... it sticks.... then you let it dry. You come back after it dries and apply another coat of the decoupage medium to the surface to lock it onto the project surface.
Very simple to do...yet makes an incredible look.
A friend of mine did this to the drawer fronts of a small white dresser. She cut the 'Winnie the Poo' design off of a shoebox because she loved the picture on it. She actually decoupaged them to the front of the dressers. It was great. I thought they would fall off with so much use of the dressers everyday.... but NO ... they stayed on and never even looked vulnerable to wear and tear. I was very impressed with the whole technique. TRY IT!
http://www.craftown.com/instruction/deco...
---------> You could also use an old large picture frame to make a collage of your childs artwork... or just feature one picture and just add ribbons as borders to it. Like scrapbooking on a large scale.
http://www.crazyaboutscrapbooks.com/arti...
------------>Use paper lamp shades made out of your childs own artwork.
Remove the shade from an old lamp.
Make the design of the lamp shade out of paper that your child can color on and decorate. Give them only the colors that will work in the room. Allow them to use glitter, or beads to glue onto the paper... whatever will work. Perhaps punch holes in the paper to allow light to shoot out of the holes that will dance on a dark wall, or use transparent paper scraps to make a 'stained glass lampshade'. The ideas are endless. When the child is done... simply put the shade onto the lamp.
Use things that you already have:
------------> Old empty CD cases... pop the center black CD holder out, put in some decorative paper, add your own photo... then mount to the wall with sticky Velcro. This way you can change out the pictures anytime you want. These do not have to be 'photos'.. They can be pictures of ballarinas, or baseball cards... whatever you think your child will like.
----------------> Old detergent bottles or 2-Liter soda bottles
Cut the tops off the bottles leaving a small bowl size. Cover this with fabric that you get from old curtains or bed sheets that match the design of the room.
-----------------> Use old curtains or bedsheets to cover items for storage. Such as old baskets that you have, old pillows that you can recover to match the room, or old plastic bottles that can be made into 'catch alls' for the dresser top or desk top. You can make these for toy storage or art supplies as well.
-----------------> Use paint store sticks. (They are free at the hardware store.) Paint them or stain them whichever color you prefer. Glue on some springy clothes pins to the front to serve as an artwork display center. Put a small hanger on the front of the paint stick to hang it from the wall. Add as many or as few as needed to make the display center on the childs wall. Usually spacing them one foot apart is enough to allow room for the artwork to be displayed.
...............> Find an old headboard at a yardsale/fleamarket or free from a friend. Perhaps you already have one.....
Paint it or cover it with fabric. Cover it with an old comforter that you glue or staple to the surface. This will be in place of the batting that most people buy for this purpose. An old comforter already has the batting in it and as a bonus is covered in fabric. (Batting is the fluffy stuff you buy in sheets for apolstering things.)
No one will see the comforter because you will then again cover it in your desired fabric. Fabric can be purchased at the fabric store/ Wal-Mart/ craft stores.... you can find great deals and pick out EXACTLY what you want. Then you can be as creative as you want to be.
Repurpose furniture
---------> Turn an old narrow tall bookshelf on its side where the shelving now forms 'cubby holes'. Have someone cut wood that will fit over the top of these 'holes' to form lids. Cover these with batting and fabric to make seating for the room. Use hinges on the back of the cushioned lids to allow the child to open his/her new toy box. Be sure to apply lots of wood glue to the shelves to hold them in place... and reinforce the sides of the whole shelf with glue and wood strips to hold it together. ***Remember, you can paint it, stain it, decoupage it, whatever you like to make it match the decor of the room.
-----------> Find an old sheet. Fold it over and sew the ends up to make a pillow.... Stuff it with old clothes, old pillow stuffing, whatever you can find to make a big fluffy long floor pillow. Kids can use this to form a horseshoe to lay on while watching TV, playing video games, making a fort, wrestling, whatever makes them happy. (You can dye the sheet to make it the desired color that will match the room.)
-----------> You can take a regular area rug and paint it to match the room as well. Just take a regular paint roller.... and paint it a solid color... then once it dries.... add whatever design you want to add to it. A small nap rug is best so it wont have long shaggy painted strands to trip people up.
Hope these ideas help. :o)
THIS IS AN ANSWER I GAVE FOR A CHILDS ROOM, BUT YOU CAN USE THE SAME IDEAS JUST DO IT FOR A TEENAGE ROOM.
You can do many things.
Start by searching through your house, and asking neighbors to donate items that they want to get rid of that are suitable for a bedroom.
Go to your garage and find some things from previous projects that you can use for this room. Ideas for this can be:
Spray paint
Latex paint
-----------> Tip: Use the paint to repurpose small pieces of furniture to make old furniture items 'match'. This is a great trick to make unmatched pieces of furniture look as though they belong in the same room. Just paint them the same color and purchase hardware for the front of drawers that all match. Hardware is not very expensive when you consider the price of buying a brand new bedroom set.
Use wrapping paper scraps
Use magazine clippings
Use advertisement clippings
----------> Learn to do decoupage. This is an extremely easy craft skill that even kids can help to complete. Basically you lay down a piece of paper after applying the decoupage medium.... (glue type stuff)... it sticks.... then you let it dry. You come back after it dries and apply another coat of the decoupage medium to the surface to lock it onto the project surface.
Very simple to do...yet makes an incredible look.
A friend of mine did this to the drawer fronts of a small white dresser. She cut the 'Winnie the Poo' design off of a shoebox because she loved the picture on it. She actually decoupaged them to the front of the dressers. It was great. I thought they would fall off with so much use of the dressers everyday.... but NO ... they stayed on and never even looked vulnerable to wear and tear. I was very impressed with the whole technique. TRY IT!
http://www.craftown.com/instruction/deco...
---------> You could also use an old large picture frame to make a collage of your childs artwork... or just feature one picture and just add ribbons as borders to it. Like scrapbooking on a large scale.
http://www.crazyaboutscrapbooks.com/arti...
------------>Use paper lamp shades made out of your childs own artwork.
Remove the shade from an old lamp.
Make the design of the lamp shade out of paper that your child can color on and decorate. Give them only the colors that will work in the room. Allow them to use glitter, or beads to glue onto the paper... whatever will work. Perhaps punch holes in the paper to allow light to shoot out of the holes that will dance on a dark wall, or use transparent paper scraps to make a 'stained glass lampshade'. The ideas are endless. When the child is done... simply put the shade onto the lamp.
Use things that you already have:
------------> Old empty CD cases... pop the center black CD holder out, put in some decorative paper, add your own photo... then mount to the wall with sticky Velcro. This way you can change out the pictures anytime you want. These do not have to be 'photos'.. They can be pictures of ballarinas, or baseball cards... whatever you think your child will like.
----------------> Old detergent bottles or 2-Liter soda bottles
Cut the tops off the bottles leaving a small bowl size. Cover this with fabric that you get from old curtains or bed sheets that match the design of the room.
-----------------> Use old curtains or bedsheets to cover items for storage. Such as old baskets that you have, old pillows that you can recover to match the room, or old plastic bottles that can be made into 'catch alls' for the dresser top or desk top. You can make these for toy storage or art supplies as well.
-----------------> Use paint store sticks. (They are free at the hardware store.) Paint them or stain them whichever color you prefer. Glue on some springy clothes pins to the front to serve as an artwork display center. Put a small hanger on the front of the paint stick to hang it from the wall. Add as many or as few as needed to make the display center on the childs wall. Usually spacing them one foot apart is enough to allow room for the artwork to be displayed.
...............> Find an old headboard at a yardsale/fleamarket or free from a friend. Perhaps you already have one.....
Paint it or cover it with fabric. Cover it with an old comforter that you glue or staple to the surface. This will be in place of the batting that most people buy for this purpose. An old comforter already has the batting in it and as a bonus is covered in fabric. (Batting is the fluffy stuff you buy in sheets for apolstering things.)
No one will see the comforter because you will then again cover it in your desired fabric. Fabric can be purchased at the fabric store/ Wal-Mart/ craft stores.... you can find great deals and pick out EXACTLY what you want. Then you can be as creative as you want to be.
Repurpose furniture
---------> Turn an old narrow tall bookshelf on its side where the shelving now forms 'cubby holes'. Have someone cut wood that will fit over the top of these 'holes' to form lids. Cover these with batting and fabric to make seating for the room. Use hinges on the back of the cushioned lids to allow the child to open his/her new toy box. Be sure to apply lots of wood glue to the shelves to hold them in place... and reinforce the sides of the whole shelf with glue and wood strips to hold it together. ***Remember, you can paint it, stain it, decoupage it, whatever you like to make it match the decor of the room.
-----------> Find an old sheet. Fold it over and sew the ends up to make a pillow.... Stuff it with old clothes, old pillow stuffing, whatever you can find to make a big fluffy long floor pillow. Kids can use this to form a horseshoe to lay on while watching TV, playing video games, making a fort, wrestling, whatever makes them happy. (You can dye the sheet to make it the desired color that will match the room.)
-----------> You can take a regular area rug and paint it to match the room as well. Just take a regular paint roller.... and paint it a solid color... then once it dries.... add whatever design you want to add to it. A small nap rug is best so it wont have long shaggy painted strands to trip people up.
Hope these ideas help. :o)
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