DIY Project Time!!!

This week I want to go over some of the projects I have been able to complete!

1. Bedding
2. Desk Renovation
3. Closet Transformation

Bedding

The first project I gave myself was my bedding. As you saw in the initial pictures I posted in my 1st bog post, I did not have any bed sheets or a blanket. I was literally sleeping with just a throw blanket for the first few days until off to Target we went.

With the original pillow in mind, I walked around Target and choose items I thought would go well with the color scheme.

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Here are the items I bought:

Performance Sheet Set Solids 400 Thread Count – Threshold™ $49.99

Gauze Coverlet Gray Sky – Opalhouse™ $55.99

2 Standard Garment Washed Quilt Sham – Opalhouse™ $8.00

Solid Bed Skirt – Made By Design™ $12.80

Printed Wall Tapestry – Opalhouse™ $15.00

*Color is darker in person*

As you can see the items I choose correlate with the pillow’s. The bedsheets are a soft yellow and the blanket is a light blue with grey undertones.

Then I also bought a wall tapestry to put above my bed. It is a very nice color and I feel like it pulls the look together.

FINAL LOOK

BEFORE

AFTER

Desk Renovation

Do you remember that old mint green desk and lamp I had in my room? Well I decided that instead of buying a new desk and lamp that I would spray paint it. Fun right! Well, not completely. I first had to take my entire desk apart and try to remember where each of the screws went. That took like 40 minutes.

I began by spray painting the metallic pieces, including the screws and lamp, gold. Then I moved on to the wood pieces that were mint green and spray painted those an off-white color.

I’m not going to lie, this was a two-day project that required a couple of trips to the craft store for more cans of spray paint. But I was happy with the outcome!

I will say that the paint, especially on the wood, does easily come off. So, I would recommend putting on a top coat of some sort after finishing. I didn’t do that and now I have scratches on it that are very visible but that I am too lazy to fix…oh well.

Want to do a better spray paint job than I did?!?! Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ec28Q3itcg

Krylon Spray Paint – Modern White

$8

Krylon Spray Paint – Metallic Gold

$8

You may be thinking to yourself, what happened to that little mint green stool she had??? Well, that I couldn’t paint so I donated the old stool I had and bought a new one that fit in well with my newly painted desk. That one I bought at Ross for about $40.

FINAL LOOK

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  BEFORE

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  AFTER

Closet Transformation

While I was at Target I also bought some items for my closet.

I wanted to make sure that my closet was organized, cute, and color coordinated. A big pet peeve of mine is when things don’t match and so having teal bins and hangers of all kinds of colors was getting on my nerves.

These are the things I got:

3 – 24 CT. – Wood Hanger – Made By Design™ $20.00 each

1 – 2pk Wood Pants Hanger – Made By Design™ $4.00

Single Tier Metal Shoe Rack White – Made By Design™ $20.49

Folding X-Frame Hamper – Made By Design™ $20.00

Fabric Cube Storage Bin (13″) – Threshold™ $10.99

 

2 – Y-weave Bin 13″ – Room Essentials™ $7.99 each

Y-Weave Medium Rectangle Bin – Room Essentials™ $5.99

Large Metal Underbed Bin White – Made By Design™ $13.00

After I bought everything I went home and researched some videos to help me begin my closet organizing journey. My favorite video that I came across was from the Buzzfeed Nifty channel. It was very straightforward and gave clear tips and directions.

Check it out here: https://youtu.be/9rIRsiwMrbk

After become motivated by a few videos and episodes of Marie Kondo’s Netflix show, I took everything out of my closet.

I put the bins on the top shelf. In the two larger bins I have my jeans folded. In the smaller bin I have my t-shirts folded. In the metal bin I have organized all of my purses.

After organizing my bins, I took my clothes off the plastic hangers and onto a pile on my bed. I then went through every single item and sorted them into two piles – what I wanted to keep and what I want to donate.

After that I put the clothes I wanted to keep on the new wooden hangers and the clothes I wanted to donate in large plastic bags.

I then organized my clothes into the closet according to the type of item it was:

• Coats
• Jackets
• Sweats
• Cardigans
• Woven Sweaters
• Blouses
• Shirts
• Jean Jackets
• Flannels
• Professional Clothing
• Skirts
• Dresses

After that I organized each category of clothes according to color (lightest to darkest) and length.

If you noticed I put my dresses to the right hand side because I do not want them to obstruct anything beneath them. That way they will be nice and snug beside the hamper.

Once finished the closet looked very organized, sleek, and CUTE!

FINAL LOOK

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  BEFORE

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  AFTER

Overall, working on these projects was EXHAUSTING but SO worth it.

I am a strong believer that having your room organized and clean helps you feel better. For example, when I have long days at work it is nice to come home to a clean room where I can do homework and be able to concentrate and then transition to a nice clean bed.

Having a nice room where you feel comfortable is essential to happiness and good rest!

I hope you enjoyed the blog post for this week!

XOXO

Nayelli