Still working on youngest one's new room! Sneak peak!

Well I have finished scraping back and painting all the woodwork in my daughter's new room...it was bad....I hate multi-paned windows.....yeah, yeah I know they look great....as long as you dont have to prep and paint them!

But moving on, with inspiration from this image on Pinterest....

Love the brightly painted iron bed, so I did this....

 Lovely turquoise! (so much better than the black)

I have now found a great doona cover set which is going to really pop with colour in this room.

The little touches of turquoise will tie in nicely with the bed.

I am also in the middle of a rather large painting for her room which is the center motif on the bed cover.

I will show you more as I do it....stay tuned

Inspiration for a young girl's room makeover.....

So as I have mentioned a FEW times now, my eldest daughter has moved out and the youngest is going to be moving into her larger room which means I need inspiration!!! So of course I turn to Pinterest!

This is very cute! Olivia would love to have a little sister to share with..... but that is not going to happen!! And  I have been told that pink is OUT! I told her that black is OUT! She is 8 going on 16!

I love the blue and pink...but as I said pink is OUT, the tree mural is interesting though.

 The white painted timber panelling is very fresh and the high shelves are a great use of space along with the toe to toe divan beds.

 This is just fun, I love the colour, you can't help but be happy in a room like this.

How gorgeous, don't think the budget will stretch to this!

This would be every little girl's dream, wouldn't it but I think this would limit any future changes to the room and I LIKE to make changes!!!

I thought about getting her a day bed but we have inherited her sister's old iron bed.

What a great use of space in this compact room for two. A sophisticated colour pallette of beige and pink.

Another great day bed, the walls are a very pretty light aqua.

WOW! Maybe for when she is a teen ager!

LOVE THIS...I know, I know it is PINK but it also a lot of WHITE!

Well that is some food for thought at the moment.... in the meantime, I am still slugging away painting windows, skirting boards and doors.

You can find all these images my Pinterest

Well...she has moved out now the work starts!

So as I have said before, my eldest has moved out (by the way it is her 23rd birthday today, Happy Birthday Dom!!!), now it is time to get to work on her bedroom! Well she hasn't totally cleared it out yet, so I need to get in there and get the last bits and pieces out. She has left her old iron bed soooo....time for a makeover!!

Looks like I will be getting on to ebay again!!! Too much stuff to keep!

Though I do have plans for these old wicker bedside tables.... I have had them for over 20 years.... I think some white spray paint will transform them and they will last another 20 years!!!!

Olivia will be moving into the larger room (and her room will become a spare room come study for me!)Her sister's old black iron bed was not working for me.... time for something a little bit more fun....go turquoise paint!!!

Well first I undercoated it with Zinser bulls eye, my go to undercoat that works on just about everything!!!

Here comes the turquoise!!!

I couldn't find turquoise spray paint so I had to buy a tin of oil based paint....hmpfff.... a lot more work! But worth it! Though I dont think Olivia is over the moon about it yet....she just has to wait and see the big picture.

So stay tuned and see how the room transforms.... I might even keep the room colour, it was only painted a year ago and I quite like the colour and it seems to work well with the turquoise....there is a lot of other work to do, for some reason I didn't paint the windows in Dom's room when we first moved in so it is time to do that but of course it will be a lot harder now that I have had shutters installed....groan.... plus the skirting boards and door somehow missed painting....funny what you notice when most of the furniture has been removed!!

Well there is a lot of work to do ... I will keep you posted on how I am going!!!!

Well...I'll be bunked!!!

A couple of times of year the whole family manages to get together for a few days down at my parents house in the gorgeous Southern Highlands. We sure make a crowd, there are 13 grandkids now ranging in ages from 6 to 23. Many a time we thought it would have been a great idea to have a bunk room.

As I have been cruising around on Pinterest again, I realised how popular they actually are. So for all of you who have had the same idea, here is some inspiration....

So if it is a holiday house or just a lot of kids...try it, the kids will love it!