teenage girls room

If you have a teenage girl in your home - you will most likely know exactly what I am talking about in this post.  First I will give you a little background on my own teenage self.  During my years growing up in a modest ranch home, I shared a tiny bedroom with my younger sister Lisa.  Well if you are familiar with the television show the Odd couple you will know what type of relationship we had. 

Lisa was tidy and neat, always made her bed.  Even her stuffed animals were lined up in order by height.  I on the other hand, and I hate to admit this was a complete slob.  I had a constant pile of clothes on the floor, magazines, crafts allover the place, and little collections of whatever I liked at the time (usually in the form of little bits of paper).  I had a vanity with make-up all over and stickers of all the hot guys in the latest issue of Teen Beat. 

To make a long boring story short - things were so bad in our tiny room for my poor sister that my father came up with a solution.  He actually cut a hole in the ceiling, finished the attic space, and stuck a ladder in the hole for me to climb up into my own little pig stye.  Not so comfortable when my 5'9" frame had to crawl around in a room with 5" ceilings.

  My mother would wish upon me that someday I would have daughter that would be just like me.  God works in mysterious ways.  Low an behold there really is something called payback.

Anyway - I really hate entering my daughters room.  It is usually for emergency situations only and to make sure that bed linens are changed on a regular bases.  I don't know why it is, but it always seems easier to tackle the space someone else-  as far as a make-over is concerned.

That is why my latest project is of a good friend's teenage daughter's room.  Which by the way actually isn't that bad considering what I have at home.

Here are the before photos

with a tiny budget, some creativity - and help from the Local Pottery Barn Outlet

The room is just about finished

wait till you see....