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Yamini LEED AP at Urbanmotifs
Yamini LEED AP at Urbanmo... Professional Duluth, GA on Feb 01, 2012
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Guest Bedroom Makeover

THE PLAN

This makeover is very close to my heart. I did it in 4 days and I worked everything out in less than 1 $1000. To begin, I sketched the concept and design on a piece of paper. I had so many ideas in my mind but going to Lowes armed with the my concept sheet I shopped at l my initial supplies based on my rough sketch. I spent a couple of hours and picked colors that would coordinate the existing wall color.

wanted the room to have a calm and soothing effect with a bit of eclecticism and still have a boutique hotel feel. I had the dresser that I had picked on craiglist and for a long time I couldn't figure what to do with it. After the colors for the room was finalized, I decided to paint it a dark deep blue grey and distress it. I kept the dresser drawers as is to create that contrast I needed.

The 1×4 frame that I used to frame the headboard was painted the same color and distressed to tie up the elements in the room. To see how I constructed and built the headboad, click - http://www.hometalk.com/ecf1c51915/project/9...

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    Before After Pictures of the bedroom
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    I know this is not the right way, since I didn't have much time, I taped the outlets as well!
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    It was time for the side lights to go in. I am not a pro so I got help to get the lights fixed. Centered the wall to make sure they were fixed in the right space.
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    Frames for the headboard.
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    Painted them the same color as the dresser and distressed it to match textures.
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    See the distressed look?
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    Frame nailed together on the headboard. I added corner pieces to make the headboard structure more stable.
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    Lovely distressing!
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    I downloaded this free stencil from Lowes website. Printed it as Fedex and laminated it. Cut it with an exacto.
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    I had the to tape the wall again just to make sure I had equal divided spaces for each motif.
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    It was easy, this was my first time so I chose something simple.
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    Stencil is done and headboard is hung on the wall. What a pretty sight.
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    Bed frame is place.
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    Now for some homemade art. I bought the canvas at Micheal's along with 2 colors of paint. Yellow was the accent color I was going to introduce into the bl...
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    I painted the entire board yellow and added a line of thick blue paint 1/4 length from the bottom of the canvas. I took a plastic fork and drew random lines makes a...
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    This was the dresser I bought on Craiglist. I loved it as is, but wasnt going well with the room. So I painted a dark smoky blue.
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    Sanded it first, painted and distressed.
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    Tada, tha art and the dresser in the room. The horse sculpture is from IKEA and the Owl I made in a clay class in 2005.
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    This is how the room looked after it was done. The side table was a thrift store find. Didn't do anything to it.
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    This chair I picked from TJ maxx and the book basket is made from recycled magazine papers, from TJ Max as well.
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  • Peace Painting Co., Inc. Alpharetta, GA
    How creative all that is.

    I believe you could go to a scrap yard and whip up a showroom from it.

    Nice colors too.

    Best, Charles

    on Feb 01, 2012 · Like 0
  • Donna McCrummen Bernardsville, NJ
    Gorgeous. You are so talented. I love the painting done with a fork.
    on Feb 01, 2012 · Like 0
  • Donna Dixson Buford, GA
    I think you would shine in a show called "America's got design talent!'
    on Feb 01, 2012 · Like 0
  • Teresa D Snellville, GA
    This is really cool, Yamini. I enjoyed the step by step transformation and explanation of what you did. Out of curiosity, how long did this take you?
    on Feb 01, 2012 · Like 0
  • Liza D Detroit, MI
    Very nice...The paint on the wall and headboard are stunning.
    on Feb 01, 2012 · Like 0
  • Steve G Fort Collins, CO
    Great work, as always. Thanks for all the detailed photos.
    on Feb 01, 2012 · Like 0
  • Yamini LEED AP at Urbanmo... Duluth, GA
    Thanks all, I am so glad I took pictures of the entire process!
    on Feb 02, 2012 · Like 0
  • Faye W Douglasville, GA
    I really like that accent color in the bedroom against the bed-head. It's pretty. By the way Yamini, both you and a coworker of mine ironically named Carmini could pass as sisters.
    on Feb 03, 2012 · Like 0
  • Lisa N Acworth, GA
    Love the headboad. How did you create the cloth? Is it painted.
    on Feb 03, 2012 · Like 0
  • Yamini LEED AP at Urbanmo... Duluth, GA
    @Lisa, check out this link for step to step on how I created the headboard.

    http://www.hometalk.com/ecf1c51915/project/9...

    on Feb 03, 2012 · Like 0
  • Rachel H Monroe, GA
    You are one talented lady. This re-do looks great. Thanks for sharing.
    on Feb 03, 2012 · Like 1
  • Homework Remodels ~ Tri-L... Phoenix, AZ
    HGTV has nothing on you, great work!
    on Feb 03, 2012 · Like 0
  • Yamini LEED AP at Urbanmo... Duluth, GA
    @Homework - HGTV? I wish. But thank you for the kind words.

    @Faye, Carmini is such a nice name as well. There is an indian name like Kamini, with the 'r' missing.

    @Teresa, it took 4 days to put it together.

    on Feb 04, 2012 · Like 0
  • Faye W Douglasville, GA
    Yes Carmini is from India and she says you look more like her aunt. On the other hand can you tell me what color, brand and type of paint did you use for your accent wall?
    on Feb 07, 2012 · Like 0
  • Yamini LEED AP at Urbanmo... Duluth, GA
    Faye, the wall color is called "Lyndhurst Dutchess blue from Valspar.

    I need to see your friend pics who knows if we are related,

    on Feb 07, 2012 · Like 1

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