Drawer Shelf For a Fickle Pre-Teen

If my 11 year old daughter had her way, she'd change her room scheme every six months--not going to happen.  We do however always seem to be adding here and there to it.  The latest addition is this shelf unit made form old drawers.

She has a narrow wall between her bedroom door and closet door so this was the perfect spot for a small shelf.  

I painted the outside of the drawers white 

and the inside in bright colors to match her bedding.

I screwed the drawers to each other and added one long screw into a stud to secure the unit to the wall.  She stylized the shelves.

I like the extra ledges created by offsetting the drawers--perfect for this little mouse,

and my daughter's sand collection.

Her room is not clean right now, but here are some glimpses--one wall has inspirational words and polka dots,

She loves her Paris poster.

I made her L shaped pallet beds (the beds are really messy, but you can see the color here).

This is her art wall,

and the top of her dresser arranged just so.

Her dresser is white with bright colored drawers,

hooks are a lifesaver in a kid's room.

She loves drawing different things on her chalkboard.

It is a happy room and when everything except the bedding is recreated from a thrift store or made from leftover parts and pieces, I guess we can afford to change it up often (I have told her every 2 years).

Sunday Verses

Happy Mother's Day to you all!

Under $100 Linky Party

Hey, I remembered!  Amazing how good the post show brain works :).I took a few days off to work in the yard, but it time to get going again.  I have Junk Fest June 15th.  Here is what some of you have been up to:

Beautiful redo from Going Green

Burlap container gardens from Rustic Rediscovered

Twelve O Eight's sweet salvaged wood stool

Love the handle on these crates from Love 2 Create

The Thinking Closet's book page banner

Mocha avocado smoothie from Screaming Sardines

Sweet vignette from Kammy's Korner

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Rustic Blanket Chest

Reclaimed barn wood, rusty hinges, and a simple build is all it takes to make this lovely, rustic blanket chest.

I started with a nice 3x3 piece of wood.  I knew it would make great legs for a piece.  I cut it into 4 equal lengths and went from there in deciding what to build.  After attaching 4 sides I decided on a blanket chest or trunk or coffee table or whatever you want to call it.

I pieced the top together.  

Here is a peek at the inside:

I rusted the hinges,

painted and stained it all for a great storage piece.

Another One Bites The Dust

Another show down and under my belt.  It was fun and exhausting and wonderful all in one! My favorite part is the people--seeing vendors that I only see twice a year, the lovely ladies who put the show on, the darling customers--yes, I love the people.  Here are some pictures from my booth:

Another wood "upholstered" chair

A One Fish, Two Fish children's set (darn--you can't see the cute seats!)

A drawer storage ottoman

I had a large version of the Montana home art on colorful pallet wood (like the dog picture)--it sold the night before.  I will make more of these!

These letter squares were popular--sold all of them.  Will be making more of these too!

Another window wood art piece

Fun signs and banners

Someone said they voted my space the happiest booth.  It does look like a fiesta threw up all over it--I wanted to have a margarita all day long!

Lemonade Stand

I made this lemonade stand from an old TV cart.

The fun part was creating the details.

Ice cold lemonade anyone?

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Guess who forgot again?  Good golly Molly! I did turn 47 this past week, can I blame it on that? On to some of last week's wonderful links:

Vintage 541 shared a fun memo holder

Shabby Love's side table

Burlap ribbon shades from A Creative Princess

Ipad stand from Laurmelas

Table and chair makeover from The Barefoot Seamstress

How to make t-shirt yarn from Coco and Cocoa

Rustic art from Lake Girl Paints

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