That’s right, 19 hours folks. 9 am I arrive at Emily’s apartment with paint, brushes, a power sander, and coffee in tow; everything we needed for the big room redo. Emily’s room that is. It needed some TLC; mismatched furniture, out of place items, 12 million pens (seriously, in her room we found about 200 pens?!). We made a quick trip out to pick up a few things and…3 hours later, we got to work. Or so we thought. The cord to the power sander didn’t reach any outlet, Em was intimidated by the primer and we were totally disturbing a pool party taking place behind us.
Well then she got mad, she may have started to swear, I can’t remember because I was afraid of her. But she was angry. Angry that we had a perfectly good power sander and we were doing this by hand. She booked it to the hardware store, determined and not about to give up. 30 minutes later we have a death trap of extension cords spanning about 4 flights of stairs, a working power sander and a happy Emily.
12 hours later we’re still working in the pitch black trying to finish this furniture. It was around 1 am when all the furniture was finally done…except for the drawer that my crooked eye drilled. We think we’re done, until we get this second wind and start busting through the massive amounts of things she has stored in places of her room that you and I didn’t even know existed. By the time 4 am rolls around we were spent.
It was totally worth it, the best way to do a quick makeover is to get it done in one day. It was a successful, budget friendly makeover using all the furniture she already had and adding a few new touches. Her room is much more inviting and cozy and she’s loving it. However, I don’t think she’s signing up for another marathon room makeover any time soon!
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What we did: sanded, primed and painted the nightstand, dresser and bench at the end of the bed. Decoupaged the bookshelf with wrapping paper and tissue paper, added curtains and an area rug, photos and art on the walls, cleaned and threw things away…no need for clutter, prettied up the bed and added a few accesories. And the whole thing, for under $200!
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