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| Tara creates a feminine and fashionable bedroom retreat for a busy mum. |
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This busy mum works long hours and likes to retreat to a restful feminine haven at the end of the day for sleeping, reading and watching television. But her room is currently cramped and not too inviting and there is a bigger room next door used for storage and babysitting her grandson. The spare room is located at the front of the house and is nice and bright so Tara is going to do it up for her.
Before
- Existing bedroom cramped and cluttered
- Room next door larger and used only as spare storage space
- Built in timber wardrobe with curtains
- White walls, Timber mission brown
- White newish slim venetian blind and lace curtain
During
- Paint walls and inside wardrobe Dulux Wash' n' Wear Lilac Whimsy
- Paint architraves, skirting board and exterior of cupboard Wild Orchid
- Paint pine bed with undercoat and acrylic
- Position bed and mark out spot for wall feature
- Stencil vase into painted frame
- Make bed canopy using bamboo — cut along the join to about half the bed length and lash together four lengths. Mark out position of cup hooks then screw in wall mates and hooks. Suspend canopy from string and drape muslin loosely round frame.
- Extra muslin used as window dressing
- Double sided fabric panels attached with velcro to cupboard for decorative doors
- Matching stool cover to wardrobe, new bed linen and a white timber shelf
After
- Clutter free with cupboard looking more attractive and inviting
- Attractive décor and matching furniture
- Larger and more functional room
- Feminine and fashionable bedroom retreat
Difficulty Level 1/5
Basic painting & sewing plus simple bamboo canopy.
Time Taken 2 ½ days
Painting: 1 day
Sewing curtains & Creating Bed canopy: 1 day
Dress Room: ½ day
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Cost
Freedom Quilt & pillowcases $89.00
Voile fabric 4m x $19 per m $76.00
Home Spun cotton fabric 4m x $4.50 $18.00
2 step stencil from craft shop $42.00
cottons, velcro, ribbons, baubles etc $20.00
Paint $220.00
Muslin @ $1.41 per metre (20metres) $28.00
Bamboo frame from Ozzie Mozzie net $66.00
Dowel 3 pieces of 1.1m $25.00
Dowel for curtain rod $25.00
90cm raw pine shelf from Hardware store $14.57
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Total Cost
Total cost $623.00
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More Info
For more information on Dulux paints call their Customer Service Hotline.
Ph: 13 25 25
Ozzie mozzie nets & bed linen
ph 02 9918 0414
www.omn.citysearch.com.au
Freedom Furniture - 1800 811 955
www.freedom.com.au
Materials available from your local Home Timber & Hardware store.
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