I gave you a peek at this Pottery Barn Kids Stanton Collection knock-off last week when I revealed Isaac’s Black and Green Industrial bedroom makeover. It is the perfect place to keep track of the school calendar, awards and coupons won from school, some basic school supplies, birthday invites, etc. We are really trying hard to continue to give Isaac more responsibility when it comes to his knowing his schedule so this seemed like a good step in that direction.
Those lonely drawers without a dresser that you spot at curbside trash piles and garage sales? Don’t pass them by! Drawers are actually super easy to repurpose and there’s a lot that you can do with all or part of a drawer. Drawer fronts typically have some type of beveled or raised edge, which adds way more character to a project than a regular board. And drawer boxes are exactly that–a ready made box! Check out some of the neat ways you can transform old drawers with these 5 Ways to Repurpose a Drawer.
I don’t know about you, but my summer is flying by at break-neck speed! The kids will be starting school soon, and you know what that means….we’ll be inundated with papers! When Sarah from Sarah M. Dorsey Designs shared her Oversized Striped Cork Board this week, it was a good reminder to me of how handy it can be to have one place to hang up the most important of those papers during the school year. Not to mention having a place to display art projects, pictures, memos, and more. I went through my files and found a few more favorite bulletin board projects to share with you today. All of these can be made fairly easily with just a few simple, easy-to-find supplies. Check out these 5 Ways to Make a Bulletin Board.
Over and over again, I hear how hard it is to decorate for tween-age girls. When I saw this bedroom by stylist Sarah Gunn featured at House of Turquoise, it seemed like the perfectly decorated solution to the tween girl bedroom dilemma. Since this is such a great example of a tween girl’s bedroom, I went ahead and looked around the web for five ways that you could DIY elements of this room for less.
