It is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress.
-Dorothy Draper
Two months ago I wrote about the beginning of our daughter’s bedroom remodeling. Even BlogHer picked up the original story as our goal was to do it all on a very tight budget.
Well, we finished a few weeks ago and I want to share Eloise’s bedroom today. I will share Esther and Astrid’s next week.
Here was the “before” room that Eloise and Esther shared for the past five years… and the original plan layout: 
And here were some inspiration rooms that Eloise found:
We made a short before video on the changes we wanted to make…(Yes, I’m wearing yoga pants..don’t tell anyone.)
And here is the “after”…prepare yourself for the WOW. Also, peace out.
You will note that I did allow the peace signs to permeate the room. We are all cool here.
Benjamin Moore Paint Colors she chose:
Did we keep to budget? Well we did. Also we are grateful that we did this during Eloise’s birthday and Christmas as most of her presents were for her room which helped a lot with the budget.
- We spent about $100 total – which was spent on paint and pictures
- Eloise was gifted her sheets, comforter, bean bag and lamps from family(Shopped Pottery Barn Teen, Company Store, Garnet Hill, Target, Ikea)
- Everything else in the room we owned and re-purposed into her room
- Still to buy – a few pictures and window coverings
Eloise officially turned nine during the remodel. When I took the photos of her new room. And her. I could see it in her face. Her eyes. Her smile. I could see this amazing girl growing up and now finally having a room of her own. I am so happy for her.
This is SO great! I would have loved that room at her age! (I would love it now.) (Totally wearing yoga pants right now.)
I know – I kind of want to kick her out and take it over for myself. Hope she doesn’t mind my Madonna posters.
Loving the “Peace sign theme” ~ totally awesome & how happy Eloise is with the transformation. You did very well!
I’m embracing the Peace Signs. Slowly.
Oh my I LOVE the turquoise walls and the purple goes gorgeously with it. Hey, I wanna hang out there!
(I’m kinda glad you wear yoga pants too)
LOL – yes if I’m deep in some home remodeling – yoga pants it is.
Pretty use of color. It’s about time Ashlee and I do this for Eleanor and Maria!
It was super fun. Esther’s should be done this week so I cannot wait to share THE BRIGHT PINK!
We’ll keep an eye out!
Those wall colors are BRAVE and awesome! Well done!
Yes I love them – she loves them. xo
the most lovely thing of all is seeing her happy face in HER room.
you are a pretty amaing mama … i hope you know that.
I know – you can see the joy. SWOON. She loves it so much.
amaZing.
with a z.
i am, apparently, not an amaZing typer.
Oh.I.LOVE how the room turned out! Beautiful & the colors are gorgeous!! That aqua is perfect (can you share what it is?) A lovely room for your lovely girl…I can picture many hours spent reading, day dreaming or journaling in such a pretty, peaceful space! Great job!
I just edited my post to add the colors we used. xo
You are the best mommy EVER…all I wanted when I was little was my own room, you’d think being an only child it wouldn’t have been that difficult but alas it was…
She loves it so much. I had my own room but don’t remember any big decorating..except for my Boy George posters of course.
Oh friend, it’s perfect! Pure perfect!
{And I love that the peace signs made it into the room, too!}
xo
Beautiful girl inside & out. Beautiful room. Loved this post! So fun to See!
Wow, what an amazing space for your big girl to have!! I started tearing up at your last line. She is so sweet and growing too fast! xo
It looks beautiful. She is a very lucky girl. The color choices are great.
Looks amazing and I recognize those PB peace sign decals, my teen has them too. Love the yoga pants (and the tshirt).
I know -I love this shirt. Not many people get it in the “real” world lol
Nice job! Muriel’s one big request for christmas was those same sheets! I will say, she now is a cool, peace girl herself!
I love every bit about her room. The item that caught my eye the most though…The Eiffel Tower. That girl loves her some Paris! I hope her dream of going there one day will come true.
I know – Paris. She LOVES that Eiffel Tower.
Oooooooo! I love it. That blue is beautifu. I shared a room with my sister from age 5 – 16. I would have killed for a room of my own like this one!
OMG! Look at that booty in the yoga pants!!!
Eloise…you are such a great designer! I LOVE it! The color of the walls is amazing!!! SOOOO cool….I’m packing my bag and coming to stay with you! Running away from home to live with Eloise! You have fabulous taste my friend….I expected nothing less! Enjoy it sweet girl!!
I know – now everyone knows I’m a closet yoga-pants wearing mom.
It turned out great, how fun!
WOW! Gorgeous. The girl AND the room – Great Job Mama!
I’d show my 6 year old – but I’m afraid you’d have one more daughter if I did that!
You really are SuperMom!
She is welcome here anytime. Especially if she has an affection for peace signs.
This is awesome…and so much more space. What girl wouldn’t want that cool spot??
Wanna redo my room? I’m looking for a budget makeover too!
Thank you! I cannot begin to tell you how much she loves her space now. It’s awesome.
That is amazing. When you can you come do my house?
Eloise looks so happy and grown up. What a great gift you all gave her!
And I’m so glad you were wearing yoga pants. If I see you wear them once, that means I can wear them every day, yes? No? Well, worth a try.
LOL – I know yoga pants for all!
Eeeeek! So exciting for her to have her own room now! She is just the sweetest. And what a cute little distraction you have going on there.
OMG isn’t she funny.
I love Eloise’s room. Love, love the colors and the peace signs. I can’t believe she is growing up so fast. Beautiful room!
Thank you! She loves it so much and yes – too old!!
Great job. My seven year old wants to do this so bad, but I have so many around the house projects going on that she is just going to have to wait her turn.
LOL – I our office is a pit right now and I need to focus on that next.
Okay, that room is beyond awesome!
I love that you embraced all that color! Fabulous.
I find that the more I embrace their ideas – the more they actually know sooooo much more than I do lol
Also, now I want her room.
Holy cow, it turned out awesome!! Way to go on such a fantastic (and relatively cheap!) remodel!
this is SO great! i was just wondering the other day if you had done the makeover yet. on my iPhone i couldn’t see the paint colors but now i can – love the aqua – such a hard color, right? it looks like you guys picked the perfect shade.
Yes – such a hard and bright color. LOVE it with Purple = who knew, right? lol
I love the colors she chose! They really make her walls pop!
Karly got a new comforter from PB teen for Christmas, too!
(Her room doesn’t look as cool and she still needs to go shopping. But other than that, we’re golden. Actually black and white. That’s what color she chose for her comforter. She already had purple walls and blue blankets. And good taste. Just not enough clothes. Clearly.)
XO
Black and white – I LOVE that. Also, we need to go shopping.
This is excellent! A big girl room for a big girl. It’s amazing how you can see in kids’ faces a hint of the young women and men they will become.
I know. Crazy – I see her at 18.
I love it! It’s so fresh and feminine without being too cutesy. Well done!
Oh my goodness. This is the cutest bedroom in the world! I cannot believe how OLD and MATURE she is!! I’m so proud to see my painting in there with all the other art work!
<3 e
Oh they love those paintings. Esther and Astrid’s will go up this week. xo
I love it! perfect…
and have you ever blogged about your girl’s names? they’re exquisitely old fashioned, except perhaps Astrid, and I wonder how you picked them
Thank you! I have blogged about how Esther got her name here…(it’s worth the read..Eloise named her)
http://sellabitmum.com/2011/02/27/queen-esther-2/
I named Eloise. Her middle name is Lorraine – which is my Grandma’s name and my mom’s middle name – so I wanted an old French name to go with Lorraine. I actually wanted her first name to be Lorraine but Jed nixed it.
Astrid is named after the Pippi Longstocking author. We love her books so much.
xo
WOW! IT looks SO cute/COOL!
LOVE it!
Hey Tracy,
I am in the middle of redecorating my girls’ room. I am very slow, more than six months. I have a hard time committing to things like that; always afraid I will make a mistake.
The bedroom turned out darling; and they grow up so fast.
Love,
Your Utah Friend,
Tina
I know – we hadn’t touched their rooms since we moved into this house seven years ago. It was nice to finally do. Eloise made most of the decisions. xo
Peace out indeed. Her very own space. Im in love.
So nice, and she looks so happy
She certainly looks happy, and content. You did a great job with the remodel (I’m glad there weren’t any hot-glue-guns involved, or I fear that might have lead to a “no peace signs” rule).
No glue guns ever again!
UGH! Peace signs, makes me want to gag on the Give Peace a Chance saying. My 8 yr old is totally into that right now.
LOL – I know..I have to keep telling myself “it’s only a phase..it’s only a phase…”
Awesome post – what a change!
So … you’re an interior designer as well as a fashion consultant?
We really need to hang out.
I wish – all design is courtesy of my 9 year old. I need her to do my room now…
I am so happy you were able to do this for her. I’m sure it means so much. I wish I could give my oldest her own space. At the very least I’d like to give them separate beds (they have bunk beds now DEATH TO THE BUNK BEDS FOR THEIR MOCKING OF ME EVERY TIME I TRY TO PUT ON A FITTED SHEET!).
The reason I love the room so much is that from how you’ve described her, it fits not just her at 9, but it’ll grow with her. Not too cutesy as Kristin says above.
Awwww, this brings such a huge smile to my face. There’s nothing quite like your first “big girl” room. I remember mine all too well (perhaps because I wanted desperately to not share a room with my younger brother any longer. Ugh, that was killer).
Love the colors she chose and the peace sign theme. A girl after my own heart
It looks amazing! Look what a great job she did, mama! And no black walls to speak of.
Wow! Good for you! It looks fantastic!
gorgeous!!!
My daughter loved watching your girls on the video!
FABBBBUUUUULOUS…great video also….did you end up painting your old desk like you had planned?