Dana Alsam
my room is pink and frilly. i like rock and skinny jeans and converse and black. how do i redo my room? i dont have much money. so any cheap ideas?
Answer
Look for inexpensive sheets sets that you can turn into a duvet cover (pronounced "do-vay cover", it is a giant pillow case for your blanket. Just do a straight stitch up three sides of two top-sheets and leave the top open, then slip your blanket or comforter inside like a paper into an envelop or pillow into a pillow case You can baste it closed or put on buttons and button holes, but my daughter-in-law just puts the open part at the bottom of the bed), with coordinating color sheets for simple rod-pocket curtains and table cover for the night stand. You like "no frills" so solid colors or bold stripes might be more your style.
You can paint the walls yourself for about $35 in paint, a set of rollers, and one good brush. For decorations, take a photo of your favorite pair of sneakers or jeans, and take the digital photo down to a Kinko's or similar office printing store, and get them to print it up as a poster. It should be about $15, plus another $15 for an inexpensive frame. An alternative would be to spray adhesive onto a piece of foam-core board to mount it and make it easier to hang on the wall.
As far as color, since you like black, be careful that you don't overdo it as a color. If you don't want frilly girly pinkish, remember that going all black would not automatically be the opposite. Going super sophisticated might be the opposite. Clean warm tan on the walls, tones of red(blue, green, purple, or whatever) stripes on the bed and windows, and then a throw rug on the floor that picks up one or more of those colors to complete the look for a relatively small amount.
IF you can sew your own, you can get the sheets for about 8 to 10 dollars for each top sheet. How many you need depends on how many windows, how big your bed is, and so on.
If you can not sew, make a point of cruising second-hand stores. You may or may not be willing to take on second-hand bedding, but you can pick up accent pieces, posters, even rugs or weaving that would work in lieu of a head-board on your bed.
Decorating doesn't have to be expensive. You do have to be willing to be creative rather than getting it all out of a bag already coordinated, or willing to "re-purpose" things. A pair of tiny children's sneakers (I've seen "baby sneakers" at the dollar store) might be just the thing for the pull on a light chain or roller-type curtain, or with a hot-glue gun, could be a new base for a simple desk lamp. If you decide to downplay the Converse and play up the rock and roll, use a sheet of music for your poster - a song relevant to you would be perfect - and look for music themed or guitar or drums items. Drumsticks bound around the base of the lamp, for example, or guitar picks as a border on the lamp shade. Have fun with it!
Look for inexpensive sheets sets that you can turn into a duvet cover (pronounced "do-vay cover", it is a giant pillow case for your blanket. Just do a straight stitch up three sides of two top-sheets and leave the top open, then slip your blanket or comforter inside like a paper into an envelop or pillow into a pillow case You can baste it closed or put on buttons and button holes, but my daughter-in-law just puts the open part at the bottom of the bed), with coordinating color sheets for simple rod-pocket curtains and table cover for the night stand. You like "no frills" so solid colors or bold stripes might be more your style.
You can paint the walls yourself for about $35 in paint, a set of rollers, and one good brush. For decorations, take a photo of your favorite pair of sneakers or jeans, and take the digital photo down to a Kinko's or similar office printing store, and get them to print it up as a poster. It should be about $15, plus another $15 for an inexpensive frame. An alternative would be to spray adhesive onto a piece of foam-core board to mount it and make it easier to hang on the wall.
As far as color, since you like black, be careful that you don't overdo it as a color. If you don't want frilly girly pinkish, remember that going all black would not automatically be the opposite. Going super sophisticated might be the opposite. Clean warm tan on the walls, tones of red(blue, green, purple, or whatever) stripes on the bed and windows, and then a throw rug on the floor that picks up one or more of those colors to complete the look for a relatively small amount.
IF you can sew your own, you can get the sheets for about 8 to 10 dollars for each top sheet. How many you need depends on how many windows, how big your bed is, and so on.
If you can not sew, make a point of cruising second-hand stores. You may or may not be willing to take on second-hand bedding, but you can pick up accent pieces, posters, even rugs or weaving that would work in lieu of a head-board on your bed.
Decorating doesn't have to be expensive. You do have to be willing to be creative rather than getting it all out of a bag already coordinated, or willing to "re-purpose" things. A pair of tiny children's sneakers (I've seen "baby sneakers" at the dollar store) might be just the thing for the pull on a light chain or roller-type curtain, or with a hot-glue gun, could be a new base for a simple desk lamp. If you decide to downplay the Converse and play up the rock and roll, use a sheet of music for your poster - a song relevant to you would be perfect - and look for music themed or guitar or drums items. Drumsticks bound around the base of the lamp, for example, or guitar picks as a border on the lamp shade. Have fun with it!
I need advice on colors for a teen girl's bedroom?
Christine
I'm 17 & I'm getting a new bedroom soon.
I want this color paint:
http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6566-framboise/
But I don't know what colors would go with it for a bedspread!
Help?
I'm shopping at pbteen.com but should I look elsewhere for a new bedspread to match this paint?
Answer
That's a nice color but to much of it will be overwhelming a light blue patterned bedspread will work or either a white bedspread with a design on it here are a few things you should look at that I think will match perfectly with your wall color.
This is at pbteen.com:
http://www.pbteen.com/products/suite-dot-quilt-and-sham/?pkey=cpatterned-quilts
(if you get this quilt all of the colors it comes in will match your wall color)
Overstock.com is also a good place to consider but I don't know how much you plan to spend on a bedspread so I'm going to give you a few of the cheapest ideas which are:
1) http://www.overstock.com/Bedding-Bath/Sage-White-8-piece-Comforter-Set/6580366/product.html
2) http://www.overstock.com/Bedding-Bath/Chelsea-Black-White-8-piece-Comforter-Set/6294845/product.html
Those 2 are real nice and will look really nice with your wall paint. If you want to check out more comforters, Overstock.com Has some real nice Comforter sets.
That's a nice color but to much of it will be overwhelming a light blue patterned bedspread will work or either a white bedspread with a design on it here are a few things you should look at that I think will match perfectly with your wall color.
This is at pbteen.com:
http://www.pbteen.com/products/suite-dot-quilt-and-sham/?pkey=cpatterned-quilts
(if you get this quilt all of the colors it comes in will match your wall color)
Overstock.com is also a good place to consider but I don't know how much you plan to spend on a bedspread so I'm going to give you a few of the cheapest ideas which are:
1) http://www.overstock.com/Bedding-Bath/Sage-White-8-piece-Comforter-Set/6580366/product.html
2) http://www.overstock.com/Bedding-Bath/Chelsea-Black-White-8-piece-Comforter-Set/6294845/product.html
Those 2 are real nice and will look really nice with your wall paint. If you want to check out more comforters, Overstock.com Has some real nice Comforter sets.
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