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My Daughter’s Green Room

June 19, 2012 By Karen Cooper 22 Comments

I finally finished my daughter’s green room.  As you might remember, her room started off with lavender walls, pink/green/yellow/purple bedding, and a white Pottery Barn rug with flowers on it, all of which M deemed “horrible” (reminder: she’s almost 5).  She wanted it “all green.”  Have I mentioned green is her favorite color?

I refused to paint the walls the color green she wanted, which was something like Kermit the Frog green.  I decided I had a better way.  First, I started painting the lavender walls with white paint.  Let me tell you – lavender is not easy to cover.
Goodbye purple room
Here’s the start of coat #1.  It took THREE coats. I even changed brand of paint on the second coat, thinking that had something to do with it.  It didn’t.  The purple was just hard to cover.  Three coats.  I used (mainly) Olympic no-VOC paint in ultra white.

That’s Hank the Dog, wondering what I’m doing.

After three coats of white paint, I then taped off the stripes.  I have a laser level somewhere, but the home-improvement gremlins have hidden it, so I used a regular ol’ level for this.  It took some adjusting, but eventually I got it level and right.  Then I painted the stripe green.  The color is Grass Stain (Valspar Signature color).

Stripes around the room
Stripe around the room
Are you done yet?

Dogs wondering whether I will ever be done with this project so I can take them for a walk.  Sigh…

Anyway, after two coats of green paint, I pulled the tape off and touched up the paint.  Then, while the paint dried, I did some other painting.  I had bought a desk at Goodwill for $20 about 6 months ago.  I had bought it for M, but I wasn’t sure where it was going to go in her room, so it had been hanging out in our breakfast room.  Today, I sanded down the wooden face of the drawer and painted it the same green.  I also painted the frame of a full-length mirror green.

Once the paint had dried, I put the room back together.  Without further ado, the finished room:

my daughter's finished green room at thediybungalow.com
finished green room - other angle - from thediybungalow.com
finished green room - other corner - at thediybungalow.com
laugh, love

M told me that she didn’t just like her new room, she LOVED it.  She also told me I was “the best mom in the whole entire universe and world.” I mean, you can’t beat that.

I made faux Roman shades for her windows:

shades' fabric (Ikea)

 

finished room with Roman shade at thediybungalow.com

Bonus:  I didn’t spend a lot of money on this room redo!  Here’s the breakdown:

Duvet cover and shams: $39.99 (Bed, Bath and Beyond, on clearance and 20% off with coupon)
Duvet insert: $19.99 at Ikea
Fabric for Roman shades: $6.99/yard x 7 yards = $49.00, from Ikea
Two cans of Olympic No-VOC Paint, Ultra White: $48
One can of Valspar Signature paint in “Grass Stain”: $34
Green lamp base from Target: $10
Two lampshades: one from Target $11.88; one from Ikea $5.00
Full-length mirror: $9.99 (Ikea)
Rug: 9 3×3 rug squares, connected together on the back with duct tape – $9.99 ea. x 9 = $90
Desk: $20 (Goodwill find)
Everything else, we already had.
Total: Approximately $338.00

I’m really happy with how it turned out, and I’m thrilled that she loves it.  That’s the main thing…she just loves it.

I told her she can’t change her favorite color until she graduates from college.

Click here to see how I ended up rearranging the room to make a larger play space for my daughter.

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Filed Under: Decorating, DIY, Paint and Color, Readers' Favorite Posts, Room Reveals Tagged With: Bedrooms 22 Comments

About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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Comments

  1. Diana says

    June 19, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    Looks great!!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      June 19, 2012 at 2:17 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Suzanne says

    June 29, 2012 at 2:45 am

    Wow! Love the room. You are quite the DIYer!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      June 29, 2012 at 3:09 am

      Thank you! M loves it, and that makes me so happy. She says that the stripe looks like it’s a present. Smile.

      Reply
  3. Elizabeth says

    July 2, 2012 at 1:58 am

    It really looks lovely.

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      July 2, 2012 at 2:39 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  4. Eclectically Vintage says

    July 31, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    You are the best mommy in the universe! Even the dogs think so!

    What a great idea to give the kids what they want – without having to paint the whole room (that they’ll want to change in a year or so anyway)!

    I let my girls choose – wow, did they choose some bright colors!!

    So glad you joined our Color party! Pinning this – giving me an idea for my girls playroom which my daughter wants in “hot pink”!!
    Kelly

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    • Karen Cooper says

      July 31, 2012 at 7:10 pm

      Thank you! I’m so glad it gave you an idea for your girls’ playroom. I could not imagine a whole room of that color green, so I thought this was a good compromise. And I love how kids love such bright, happy colors – just have to control how much of them end up on the wall! I’d love to see the playroom when you paint it. Thank you again.

      Reply
  5. Karah @ thespacebetweenblog says

    August 2, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Your dogs are SOOOO cute!! And that green room is perfect … the stripe, the bedding. LOVE. Thank you so much for linking up to our party! 🙂
    Karah

    Reply
  6. Karen Cooper says

    August 2, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    Thank you, Karah! Thanks for hosting the party!

    Reply
  7. Linda @ it all started with paint says

    August 4, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    I’m honored to be meeting the best mom in the whole wide universe and world! Love your green stripe solution … and now I’m scared because I painted my daughter’s room purple and she wants a change which means I’ll be painting three coats of cover the purple!

    Thank you so much for sharing at our Crazy for Color link party!

    🙂

    Linda
    http://www.itallstartedwithpaint.com

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      August 5, 2012 at 12:54 am

      Thanks, Linda! Thank you for hosting the party! And good luck with the purple…it’ll be fine, but it wasn’t fun to cover.

      Reply
  8. Jocie Hagan says

    August 23, 2012 at 12:26 am

    I love that color!!!!! The room looks amazing. and I can’t believe that lavender took so many coats to cover. i would have thought it would be no big deal.
    Thanks so much for linking up and linking back. Be sure to like us on facebook for contest updates and winners!
    https://www.facebook.com/OneProjectCloser

    -Jocie @ The Better Half
    http://www.oneprojectcloser.com/thebetterhalf

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    • Karen Cooper says

      August 23, 2012 at 1:08 am

      Thanks, Jocie! Thank you for hosting the contest! I didn’t think the lavender would be hard to cover, either, but, wow, it was. Thankfully, I don’t think we’ll have any more lavender rooms in this house.
      (P.S. I liked you on Facebook – thanks!)

      Reply
  9. Rita@thissortaoldlife says

    August 24, 2012 at 3:02 am

    This is such a fresh, fun room. It looks so clean and bright, and those shades are going to be awesome with the green and white walls. So nice to see a little girl’s room that isn’t screaming “little girl’s room!”

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    • Karen Cooper says

      August 24, 2012 at 3:18 am

      Thank you, Rita! My daughter loves green; she is not a pink and purple kind of girl. She loves the room. I’m glad you liked it, too! Thanks again!

      Reply
  10. In The Middle Of Nowhere says

    January 19, 2013 at 9:42 pm

    Green is my favorite color, too…cute room!

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    • Karen Cooper says

      January 19, 2013 at 9:44 pm

      Thanks! My daughter LOVES green, so she just loves her room.

      Reply
  11. sparkling74 says

    January 19, 2013 at 11:06 pm

    I like the way you allowed the green but not too much. It’s just the right amount. Did you stencil the shades, or was that the print? I just saw someone’s blog where they stenciled something very similar and stenciling curtains seems to be the rage these days. Something I have no patience for!

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    • Karen Cooper says

      January 20, 2013 at 1:35 am

      Thanks! I did not stencil the shades (I am really not good at stenciling!). The fabric is from Ikea. I don’t remember the name of it, but can look it up if you are interested. Thanks again!

      Reply
  12. Judy says

    January 20, 2013 at 4:05 am

    hi, it is beautiful. It looks refreshing to the eyes. Terrific Job.

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      January 20, 2013 at 2:13 pm

      Thank you!!

      Reply

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