All Grown Up.

Time to reveal-all as to why I've been missing from my blog recently...But the weather has been so gloomy again, I've not been able to take any decent photographs of my daughter's bedroom makeover that we worked on together...

In natural light things look like this...

Very grey and not that pretty when compared to the real room...

So I've snapped a few in artificial light to hopefully give you an idea of what we've achieved in our spare time...

(There is a photo on this old blog post which shows how the bedroom used to look - Really quite different!)

We went for a restful duck egg blue/green on the walls,  with cream for the ceiling and floor.  Most of the accents were cream as well, with a touch of dusky pink. All my daughter's choices, but ones we both ultimately agreed upon - She leaves home this year for uni, but obviously needs a bedroom to come home to. In-between times we can use it as a spare room for guests.

For now though, there is evidence of a teenager in residence, as it should be...

(Little handmade hanging owls bought at Bath's Christmas Market this year.)



The two owl cushions were gifts and are from her old room...
They sit on a metal Victorian cot that I bought at the flea market last month.  It makes a great little sofa with the side folded down - The perfect spot for her to enjoy her TV, or to read a book.

I also bought this large oval mirror at the local flea!...Thankfully someone had already painted it the exact cream for the room...but there was plenty of other pieces that needed a repaint...

Such as the dressing table...





The little cabinet above the sink...

A metal table which had been living in the garden, outside the summer house...

A 70's stool to match, with freshly painted legs and a new vintage fabric seat.

The fireplace.

The mosaic hearth we made together a few years ago, from broken rose china.

The old light fitting was also given a new coat of paint...

As were the French window bars which we have on most of the windows throughout our house.

This lovely old cupboard was 'borrowed' from hubby's office 
;-)) ...getting it upstairs was a major task!
It makes a fabulous wardrobe in the alcove now. 

The glass panels were lined in another vintage fabric to hide the hoards of shoes and bags a teenager seems to collect!
 

I made the curtain from an old lace bedspread, lined with an antique French linen sheet.

A lampshade simply made like many others in our home. 

Flowers from her boyfriend :) for all her hard work.
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Out on the landing things have returned to normal...which is something I'd quite like to do, if there is such a thing?! 

I'm taking a short break until sometime next week (except for work tomorrow). Hopefully I shall have something to post about on my return.

Have a lovely weekend,

Niki x