is this goodbye?

Sad to say I made an awesome decoration for Christmas but can not show you because I have used up my free space.  Now I have to consider if this is worth paying a monthly fee to continue.  I really love having a way to share my creativity and enjoy the people I have met.  But as time goes on and things keep changing I wonder if I should continue.  This blog will never be huge or will it have amazing pictures or proper grammar.  I just can't do what I am not.  I will still continue to visit my favorite blogs and post comments but just will no longer have my own.

If anyone has any questions I will gladly answer them.  If there are no longer any posts from now on.  I'm gonna say that was my decision and it became evident.  Thank you all for your kind words and support.  <3 p="p">
Bambi

I've got a few minutes...

That is pretty much the mentality of my daughter.  It makes me laugh and living here up in the Northwest it is a strong mindset.

So with that in mind I knew her room had to be part recycle, thrift, and colorful.  Also artsy, can not forget artsy.

 

On one of our expeditions to thrift stores in town we cam across some very dated, vintage, bamboo chairs.  I took pictures, I know I did, but can not find them for the life of me.

I even spent hours searching on google and bing for a similar chair but Nooooooooo.  It is so rare that it only exists in this little town. in an old thrift store. 

Ok, so picture this in brown instead of turquoise.  Kinda shabby where the varnish wore off.

 We then tried them out and loved that they not only rocked but spun as well.

How fun is that?

But it was part of a three piece set, two chairs and a coffee table that was at least 4 feet wide.  The chairs were not that wide or large.

There just no way all of it would fit in her room.  Plus they wanted 36 dollars for the whole set.

I know that isn't a lot but it was for me, at the moment with payday another week off.

So I asked if they would be willing to split up the set and let me buy the chair.

They said "yeah" and offered ten dollars for one chair.

I said YES and grabbed the chair before they changed their mind.  I did feel a little bad because I knew there would be no way they could sell the remaining as a set.  But I was on a mission to finish this room.  A week later I strolled back in with a few minutes to kill and low and behold the other chair was still there.  Not to my surprise and I inquired to how much they wanted for just the chair.  The person was saddened to say that someone else had broke up the set and sold the chair for way less and so she had no choice but to sell the remaining chair for 9.99.  I told her I would buy her chair!

 

  I felt like Snidely Whiplash and if I had a mustache I would of been twirling it.

At the register the cashier admitted they were relieved it was being purchased because they thought it was the ugliest chair they had ever seen.  I smiled because I knew it wasn't.  It was only in disguise. 

Because I think it's pretty beautiful now. 

Even though the fabric I bought to recover the cushions is not going to be used (my daughter preferred the original) maybe I will turn them into curtains. 

She is delighted with these chairs and they are good sturdy chairs that have survived decades.  I think they can handle living in her room.

The other day I was driving by THE thrift store and in the window all by it's self. was the matching coffee table.  My daughter was with me and we joked that we should go in and inquire about the price of table and then state that if it was a set we might of bought it.  We laughed all the way home because that would of been a funny skit come to life.

We did stop to find out the price but refrained from voicing the troll comment.

I also realized that if I did not live in this little town I would of never found these awesome chairs for such a cheap price.

Looks Geek-Chic to me

This is what it was.  A long forgotten memory of Paris.

When I had originally decorated this room it had many things going for it.

New activities and growing older made it......well.....cluttered.

The bed broke and the mattress was on the floor. 

I did not take pictures of the floor because you could no longer see it. 

Just imagine all the stuff in her dresser on the floor. 

Her bookshelf was exploding and fell apart at least every other week. 

 

I tried for a couple of months to convince her to let me re-do her room.

She was not having it.   She does not like change and was in fear I would throw away some of her beloved possessions.

One day I was talking about her having a loft bed and filing cabinets for all of her papers.

She was intrigued and accidentally gave me permission to do her room.

(Stuff and Ideas I was using for inspiration)

 

Within an hour I had a storyboard done up with ideas and colors she liked.

She got scared and cold feet and wanted to back out but being a mom I pushed her.

This is the  first wall I tackled, a purple brick faux wall.  She loved it!!

I did too and it was so much better than the broken down Paris. 

I continued the grey and purple by recovering the necklace holder with duck tape.

The curtain was on sale at Walmart and I loved the pattern but after staring at in on the brick wall I changed it.

Since she was still living in this room I could only work on one wall at a time.  The bricks were covered in purple glitter as well and I did the grout lines in a paint that simulated concrete so it feels like grout.  I was excited about that. 

 

Ok, so here is the room now.  I still have to build her bed and find a rug for the chairs.  The chairs have a great story I will blog about at a later date. :)  I hope you come back.

So without further ado ....so Hipster it's really Beatnik GeekChic Teen

TAAAADAAAAAAA!!

It is not completely done yet.

But it is definitely at BETTER.