All that said, their room needed to "grow up" a bit. It was done in a "wheat" color on top and a dark brown on the bottom...in between was a jungle animal wall-paper border. It was cute. Their room was ok. The colors all went together, there was a theme, it worked.
But now we are changing it all! (and I am lovin' it!)
First I knew the wall paper border had to come down.
I was worried it wouldn't be easy to do. My worrying was pointless because it was a BREEZE! Georgia and I first sprayed the border (we used a mixture of warm water and Palmolive dish soap).
Then we peeled off what we could...mainly the top layer.
Then we sprayed what was left, the bottom layer.
We let that sit for MAYBE 3 minutes (we would play I Spy or sing a couple of songs) and then we scraped it off! We used my Pampered Chef pan scraper and it worked like a charm!
The stuff literally just came right off! Big easy pieces, in no time at all. It was wonderful! We did the entire room in less than 50 minutes!
Next I decided to go from bunk beds to twin beds.
I didn't want to spend the money on twin beds. I thought about just buying the basic metal frames...but then I would have to buy box springs. I went back and forth for a couple of days (which is a LONG time for me to decide something...I am usually a very quick decision maker) and then decided to go for it! How hard could it be?
First Georgia and I took the parts off of the bunk bed that I knew we wouldn't need anymore. These were pieces like the steps for the ladder, side beams, etc.
Then I measured and marked where all of the cuts would need to be. I marked all the way around the post (a friend of mine suggested that).
Then it was time to do the cutting. I was again worried that this would be hard.
Well, turns out...it wasn't hard at all!
Of course I actually didn't have to do the cutting, a friend of mine offered to come do it for me. (don't ya' just love gentlemen!)
First we tried a circular saw. It wouldn't hold a charge.
So then he decided to just try a hand saw~worked great!
He got the whole thing done in about 15 minutes! YEA YEA YEA!
Then I grabbed the hand sander and sanded the newly cut tops. It made a huge difference!
So now we have two twin beds that I am purchasing new bedding for. Then the walls will get painted and then bead board will go up! After that comes even more fun~decorating! WOOHOO!
Stay tuned for further updates as this project continues.
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