Girls bedroom make over

It has been long overdue for our oldest (who recently turned 12) to finally have her own room. We had the space, I just never seemed to have the time until recently to do it. I wanted to remove the popcorn ceiling we have in the house and figured her room would be the perfect start. The room is not very big, 10 x 11, with a small closet. I had done a little bit of research on how to remove  the popcorn ceiling, making sure we didn't have any asbestos in it. Some sprayed water to saturate it, while others used paint, and a few others (who knew what they were doing) using a special sander. I went with the saturating with water route, doing a small area at first to see how easy it would be to take off. After waiting 5 minutes, I used my paint scrapper and making sure not to gauge the drywall I scraped off the popcorn ceiling.

Popcorn ceiling being removed

It is highly recommended to plastic sheet the floor and walls if you can do it, so that clean up is a simple clean up. I only covered the floor and used a waste basket to put the big chunks in. I also used a paint pan to catch the big sections in 1 hand while scraping with the other. A full garbage bag later and tired arms I was finally finished. It didn't look pretty as I was crunched for time and really wanted to get painting. So I left to ceiling as is so it had a more rustic look, primed and painted it a white color and the walls got the same treatment. Due to being a small room and having some large furniture in it we chose white to be the best color to make it look as big as possible.

The room finished being painted.

We chose a grayish purple color for the trim. My daughter really wanted a rustic kind of room so instead of the doors getting a plain coat of paint I chose to do a wood grain technique. She originally wanted the walls to be the same wood grain however after testing out a small area around the closet doors, I found that it does not work on lightly textured walls. The wall around the closet doors ended up being painted the trim color to offset the doors some.

Barn door look using wood grain brush and trim color.

I also repainted her desk with attached hutch, as we wanted it to match the color of the room. I really liked how it turned out and looks a little more sophisticated with the desk drawers painted the trim color.

She also has a dresser that needed a new paint job, so we scrapped off the old and sanded it as best we could before adding the paint. We chose the rustic white wash look for the dresser since the wood underneath was beautiful but too dark for the room.

Of course her bed had to be customized to fit the room with having her desk and dresser taking up so much space. We had a bunk bed set already, figuring it would be perfect with some modifications and a white washed look as well.

She loves her new room and she still has some space for additional bookshelves and a small seating area for her to read, however that will be another day. I am glad this turned out as nicely as it did and we won't have to redo it as she gets older since everything is pretty plain and not childish.