Last week I shared how Baby Girl sharing a room with us, helped us save money on re-doing a room for a nursery right away. It also saved money on how much furniture and decor we needed as well. With our second baby girl just a few weeks from her arrival, we felt like it was time to get a room ready for both Baby Girl, and a spot to put a few nursery things for our newest little one. We've been following Dave Ramsey's plan for a little over a year, so putting a realistic budget together was important. Since everything needed to be changed, I decided to make $700 the budget for room. Let's see if I was able to keep to this budget!
First step in doing the room redo was to take the furniture and other odds and ends that either belonged to me or my mother in law, and get rid of or move it elsewhere. The other thing we needed to do, was to remove the wallpaper border that had been there since my husband was a boy!
I don't know if you've ever removed wallpaper, but if you have, you know it's a pain to get off! In our house I've removed either wallpaper or wallpaper border in almost every room of the house. Fun! My top tips for getting it off, is to remove the top layer as much as you can, then use a walpaper remover spray (I've also used fabric softner and warm water) on the white under part. This can be a slow process, but eventually I was able to get all of it off. I did use a scraper (like this) to help me get some of the tougher spots off. Unfortunately, the top part of the wall had been left unfinished, which meant that often times pain came off with the wallpaper. I was able to scrub the whole thing down, however, and you couldn't tell where it had been left unfinished once I had it painted.
This part cost $0 for me, since I had all of the supplies already. The wallpaper spray is about $8 at Lowes.
Next came the fun part! As we've re-done other areas of our home, I've learned a few things about choosing and prepping for flooring and paint. Some of the big ones are:
Choose a paint color slightly lighter than what you want.
I learned this the hard way with my son's room. The grey on the paint chip looked lighter than after the couple of coats it needed. Now I am really wanting to go back over it with a lighter grey, as it makes his room feel darker to me. For Baby Girl and our new little one's (I really need to find a blogging name for her!) room, I knew I wanted the lightest grey I could find. The color was Sherwin William's Icicle. Absolutely beautiful, light, and airy, which was exactly what I was going for. For the flooring, since my husband DIY's it, he prefers peel and stick laminate. For it a big tip is to:
Make sure your first row of flooring is straight.
For some reason, baseboards aren't always the way to line things up, and while it suggests you work in the middle first, my husband found it easiest to make sure things lined up at the wall, and then worked his way from there.
Other things to remember are to be sure and buy painter's tape to cover border. I've tried 'winging' certain sections before, but it has always failed miserably. I also take off all the outlet covers beforehand to make it easier. This may seem like 'duh' things to do, but when I was a newbie, I had no idea what I was doing! Making sure the floors are covered (we didn't have to this time, since the carpet was going to be removed), baseboards are prepped, and you have a clean wall to work with, makes for an easier time painting. I only had to do one full coat, with some touch-ups in a few places I missed.
For this part of the project we spent:
About $150 for flooring (11x13 room, at $1 a square foot)
$40 for paint
$6 for painter's tape
$15 for painting kit (comes with rollers, brush, pan and liner)
Around $211 for everything.
After removing the very old mattress already in the guest room, we wanted to get a mattress that would not need a box spring, so it would be closer to the floor. At first, I had wanted a whole new bed frame with a roll out trundle to still accommodate my in-laws and any guest we might have come. After doing research, I decided to stick with the vintage iron bed frame that was already in the room. It's beautiful and feminine and only a full size, so it wouldn't' be too massive of a transition for Baby Girl.
We could have waited a ordered a mattress a bit cheaper, but we needed to go ahead and take it home this past week, as my in-laws were coming in for a night. We went to Sams Club and bought a Serta Mattress 10". It was one of those that comes in a box, and our kids loved playing in the box almost as much as they were excited about seeing the room transformation!
I also bought this dark grey rug from Sams. I was sad at first at the limited stock they had, but after choosing this one, I am absolutely in love with how it looks in here! I will be adding some pinks and golds to the room to bring some contrast, but I am loving the neutral-ness of it. This will make it easier to change out decor down the road, without having to completely re-do the room again.
For this part of the project we spent:
$300 for the mattress at Sams
$100 on the rug, also from Sams
$400 total for this part of the room transformation.
Overall I spent a little over $600 of my $700 budget. I still need to get new bedding and some curtains. Any new decor pieces I'll be getting over the next year or two, as I find it on sale (and as it fits in our Home category in our Dave Ramsey Budget!)
In a couple of weeks I'll be sharing the finished product, with all the decor and organization done. Also if you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, I'll be sharing a walk through of what the room looks like right now. This is part of my baby themed month, where I am sharing stories and/or IGTV videos with content on organization, hospital bags, and more!
For now, here is a sneak peak of one part of Baby Girl's room that she is enjoying most right now! I think she approves!
Note: Amazon links are affiliated. While these products aren't what I have in the room, I tried to find similar things.
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