• Home
  • Projects
    • Room Makeovers
    • DIY Home Improvements
    • Decorating Ideas
    • Organization
    • Furniture Makeovers
    • Crafts
  • Holidays
    • Winter
    • Spring
    • Summer
    • Fall
  • Printables
  • Recipes

How to Nest for Less™

A New Bedroom Fit for a Princess

in Room Makeovers on

Sharing is caring!

0 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

I’m currently in the process of trying to redecorate my daughter’s bedroom. It’s been a long overhaul to say the least! Before the remodel my three year old had a hot pink accent wall which really overpowered the entire room. I thought it was a good idea to paint the wall this color when I decorated the room with Disney princesses, but it really limited any future designs.

So there’s the before… and after! Here’s how I transformed the room (thus far).

ellie-bedroom-after

So with a new plain white comforter from Target that I got on sale for $79.99 in January, I got the bug to re-vamp the rest of her room to match! I purchased a green, blue and rose argyle rug from www.capeldealers.com for $138. Yeah, it’s kind of a stretch for me to spend this much on one piece, but I knew I really wanted to base the room these colors so I splurged!

I finally got around to painting the hot pink wall light blue to match the other three walls. I have plans to do a damask stencil design but the overall blue walls is a big change thus far! I put a green glider from her old nursery in the corner with a pink accent pillow to bring out the rose color in the new rug. I’d really like to find a desk to refurbish for that area, but until then this is a perfect place to read her favorite books!

I also purchased a mirror from Pier 1 Imports on clearance for $20. It was an off white so I painted it green to match the chair, then sanded it down to give it a rustic feel. While I was there, I picked up a green damask pillow on clearance for $17 for her bed.

Next I found some silver shadow boxes on clearance from Michaels ($32 for 4 total) and lined them with scrapbooking paper to match the decor in her room (only $8 for the paper!). I also used multi-colored scrapbook paper to cover the wall letters from her former nursery and give them an up-to-date look.

chair-end-table

Ah, the transformation is almost complete. I know her light and breezy color scheme doesn’t really go with the rest of my house, but I love it! Just waiting to get my large damask wall stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils to get delivered so I can finish her walls. Keep checking back to see how it turns out!

ellie-bedroom-after

popular-projects
« Accent Table for my Red Kitchen Wall
Updated Chair for my Kitchen Desk »

Comments

  1. melissa alder says

    at

    this is a beutiful room. i am wanting to update my daughters room to give her a more grown up look. she’s seven but her room still has a little tikes toy box and a little table and chairs. i’m taking those items out and updating her room with a more slimline dresser or vanity and maybe those clear stackable storage drawers for her closet to keep her little odds and ends in. i’m also going to make her a stylish chalkboard for her wall so she can still play school or write cute messages on it. love your color scheme too. my little girls walls are a light blue with all white furniture. i made her a muliti colored rag quilt for her bed to give the room a bright pop of color. i’m also gonna find a second hand chair to put in there also. her room is small so i have to use scaled down furniture. thanks for more inspriration to do my daughters room.

    • howtonestforless says

      at

      Light blue is my favorite wall color for little girls bedrooms. Goes perfectly with anything. And this room is only 10x10ft so I know what you mean about small space!

  2. melissa alder says

    at

    well Erin maybe I will post some pics for you to see. it’s not quite ready yet. we just installed a wood stove and my husband is putting a rock wall up behind it. we have a long way to go. we added a 30×36 addition for bedrooms because when i met and married my husband this house only had three bedrooms. i have five children with three of them still at home with me. so as you can imagine we needed more room. the kitchen is really old and the floor is nasty. cant wait to get rid of that. we are putting in an old bathroom complete with clawfoot tub mixed with some modern fixtures. i like shabby, country chic. if that’s a style? lol. anyhow i will be coming back to your site for lots of ideas in helping me with our house. i will post pics as soon as i can. thank you again for the inspiration 🙂

    • howtonestforless says

      at

      Oooh, the wood stove and rock wall sound fabulous Melissa. Love the clawfoot tub too. Can’t wait to see your progress!

  3. J-Nut says

    at

    The rug is so cute! Worth the money I think 🙂 And the stencil looks lovely.

    • howtonestforless says

      at

      Thank you so much!

  4. Rebecca Barnhouse says

    at

    Hi there what is the paint color and brand? Thank you!

    • howtonestforless says

      at

      Unfortunately we moved and I can’t remember the name of the paint. Sorry! We used a similar color in her new bedroom though, Poetic Prose from Clark+Kensington at Ace Hardware.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

We love to conquer DIY, home improvement projects, and room makeovers. We're not experts; we just try to design on a dime.

Follow us as we try to update our latest house one project at a time. Check out our archives for over 1,000 DIY and home-related projects. Enjoy! Read More…

ARCHIVES

Copyright Policy

All text and images on this site are copyright of How to Nest for Less, LLC. Unless otherwise noted, you may not use this content without written permission.

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

How to Nest for Less is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Privacy

Copyright © 2023 · glam theme by Restored 316

Copyright © 2023 · Glam Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

0 shares