Making old new again

While at Kohl's last week, Michelle feel in love with an outfit she saw.  Never mind the outfit was $45 (originally $72!).

She feel in LOVE with the look of the tie!

When I told her no, she had that broken-hearted look on her face.  Determined to repair her heart and not break the bank, I turned on my thinking cap.  I went through all of the clothes that I had saved from Stacy and found an outfit that was similar in style.  It didn't have the look of the tie that she fell in love with, but we worked with it.

Before

I went to my fabric box and found a coordinating fabric that was a perfect match!

I quickly made a tie out of the fabric which mended the broken heart and didn't put a single dent in my checkbook.

After

From a day of cleaning to a redesign

I woke this morning with the intention of simply cleaning my daughter's room.  That quickly turned into a "gather and donate" session.  With everything disheveled and out of place, I decided to go ahead and paint.  Which then lead into moving furniture and wall decor.

Twelve hours later, she had a really cute and CLEAN room!  Best of all, the redesign cost me very little money.  $34.09 to be exact!  I'm happy, my daughter is happy and best of all....my checkbook is happy!  

The purple paint was actually the springboard for the redesign.
Purchased in the  Oops Paint section of our local big box hardware store for a mere $5.
The butterfly wall decor was picked up at a discount store  and craft store for just under $5, combined.

Once we had the paint, we went for the fabric.  We found the fabric for the pillow at our local big box retail store in the clearance section.  6 yards of fabric for $4.50!  

The curtains were recycled from a previous year.
The Peace Sign wall decor was upcycled from my eldest's last bedroom.
 The comforter was purchased at a local big box retail store for $15.

 

Since she LOVES to color, draw, write and do just about any craft, we created a small space for her.
The shelf was an unused shelf in my laundry room, simply painted to match the wall.  The pink shelves are plastic baskets that I had in the garage.  I screwed them to the wall (going through the plastic to add stability).
 The pencil/pen holders are soup cans that I covered in coordinating scrapbook paper.

A few other pieces of wall decor to hang and we are done!