Room Transformation: Before & After

My New Years' Resolution was to transform my exercise room into Hayden's bedroom and make the water closet storage room into a walk-in closet.

BEFORE

 Here is my exercise room that I painted 3 years ago. I wanted bright colors that would give me energy.  I loved this room and used it almost on a daily basis.  It was hard to let it go.

BEFORE

Here is the water closet/mess.  It was the only part of the house that was never finished.  I paid my talented brother Cannon to come and sheet rock it and divide it off from the furnace and water heater.  It was a great transformation.

AFTER
 So I started back in January.  I painted the room a light turquoise, put up beadboard (wallpaper) and the chair rail.  Then I had to caulk it all and paint the beadboard and the chair rail.  It took me weeks before I got it exactly perfect.

 AFTER
Then on to the closet.  Cannon made a dividing wall and then put in a door.  I painted the closet and even cut and laid the carpet.  Jeremy put up the new shelves and racks.

Its now ready for some clothes.

Finished Product

Finished and Decorated

Hayden is loving her new room, she has a walk-in closet bigger than ours, a reading corner and entertainment closet (tv, dvd, stereo).

I finally have one resolution checked off my list, now to start on the rest. j/k  And to think it only took me 11 months :-)

Hayden's 11

Hayden is finally 11 years old and I really can't believe it.

She is so mature and fun-loving.  She is spunky and organized and a great student. She is just a Awesome kid all around.

 She took peanut butter blossoms to school for her class, she has most every year. 

She got this big chocolate cupcake cake.

 That night we had a small family party and she received many nice things. She wanted gift cards this year, and this is what she got:

• 2 Dillard's
• 2 Claire's
• 1 itunes

 Her biggest surprise was her "total room makeover"

I have been working on a bedroom for her downstairs for months now and the completion plus new items in the bedroom was her birthday present from us.

She could not even peak in the room for weeks as we moved all the furniture, organized the closet and redecorated it. 

On her birthday she got to finally walk in and see her new bedroom.

New items she got was a bean bag, reading lamp, pillows, wall decor, closet organizers, etc.

She LOVED it.

(seeing the room for the first time)

The new walk-in closet was the best part. Large enough to keep most of this "hoarder's" stuff hidden from view.

Happy Birthday to Hayden.

(I am going to be posting some room before and after pictures soon. I am very happy with the way it all turned out.)