Here is what I was faced with (THE BEFORE):
The room was much more messy than the last time I was here. It looked like someone left in a hurry. I first had to pick up all the toys and take everything down from the walls. I piled everything in the middle of the room and started doing a little cleaning. I took out all the nails, screws and push pins and patched all the holes. Then my boyfriend and I managed to take down all of the wallpaper border. (You cannot see it in the picture) This was a lot easier than I expected, but not what I would call easy. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to do the whole room. If you have never tried it, I highly recommend using a scorer and wallpaper removal gel for a project like this. I have done it with a steamer, and the scoring method was much quicker.
Day #2 - My boyfriend had to work late, so I was left to do the painting all by myself. First I had to sand the spackle from Day 1 and clean up all the dust. Then I set to painting. I got all of the walls painted in about 3 hours. By that time I was exhausted and my boyfriend was still at work, so I went home.
Day #3 - This was our day of rest - although we did finish putting the G photo collage together while watching TV.
Day #4 - I started out by taping off and painting all the trim, door and window frame in a nice glossy white. They really needed some sprucing up. My boyfriend put together the first of the cube shelves, so we could get a better idea of how big it would be. I had hoped to get more done today, but in the light of day, the walls needed some touching up - so we ended up putting most of a second coat of blue/grey on the walls.
Day #5 - The last real day of work time. There was a lot to do on the last day. We had to clean up, move all the furniture back into place and do the decorating and organizing. Needless to say we had to stay up a little later than normal. The end result was worth every minute.
Total time spent, about 4 hours of shopping & making art, 25 hours of labor.
Total expense $238 ($200 budget) - I overspent a little, but there were some unplanned expenses.
UPDATE: Nearly two weeks later the room still looks great. The makeover has inspired the owner to keep the room tidy and the bed made. Hopefully that will continue. The boy was totally surprised and looked like one of the people you see on TV makeover shows. He told me he could barely recognize that this was his same bedroom.
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