A tour of Miss Sophie's bedroom.

Last summer, we were renovating our bathrooms (future post coming soon....hopefully!) and realized we also needed to turn our former guest room into our little girl's bedroom. As anyone who has gone through renovations can tell you, they can add up in cost, so we needed to decorate on a tight budget. This meant that we would be hitting up the major chain furniture/home decor stores- i.e. IKEA, Target, Amazon, etc.

But admittedly so, these are some of our favorite places to shop, so it wasn't a major issue. The only question that always drives me is, "how do you personalize what may appear generic or blah?"

I am no where near being an interior designer (I'm actually quite horrible in terms of spatial intelligence), and I don't tend to stick to "themes." But with Pinterest being a kick-starter to get the creative juices flowing, I decided on some focal color schemes to tie it all together, and added the pieces (many gifted!) to complete what is now Miss Sophie Grace's bedroom. 

In all honesty, it was her oldest brother's temporary bedroom for awhile (until he started complaining about the amount of girlyness around him), and she still hasn't really moved out of our bedroom ^^. It isn't quite "complete," and I've been swapping random knick-knacks on the shelves. However, it's functional and the room will continue to evolve and grow along with her!

All wall shelves, baby crib and mini table lamps are from IKEA. 

The midcentury-style dresser (replaced with raw brass knobs found on Etsy was on clearance (last I checked, it's still on sale!) from Threshold, Target. 

Stuffed unicorn head, pink penguin, pillows and wall clock, also from Target.

Amelia the bunny blankie from Elliefunday.

Little house-shaped shelves and Lightbox on clearance from Michaels.

All books (some second-hand) and stuffed cloud pillow from Amazon.

Gold polka dot wall decals from Polka dot wall stickers.

Glitter eyelashes wall decal, DIY.

Watercolor calligraphy art made by a dear friend.

Wallcolor from Benjamin Moore (I actually don't remember the color, will have to look it up if anyone is interested!).

Revamp for Less than $5

I've had these white patent pumps for over 7 years and they've been beat up pretty badly (I've been known for walking crookedly). After throwing them into a bag to donate, I thought about blinging them up to hide the scuff marks. Referring back to my first glitter DIY here with some old Jeffrey Campbells, I decided it was worth a shot to revamp and renew!

If you haven't discovered Mod Podge yet, you really are missing out on some fun projects. All you need is glitter, mod podge, a brush and something dull.

Several coats later... et voila! Good as new!

Another revamping project I did involved a can (or two) of metallic gold Rust-Oleum and random knick knacks I had lying around the house that I grew tired of seeing. I was inspired by a friend who got me hooked on the Midas touch, which caused a spray-painting frenzy.

A lackluster table from IKEA needed a pick-me-upper. Nothing a bit of tape and gold spray paint couldn't handle!

The easiest DIY: Coloring old buttons with a metallic Sharpie pen. We'll see how it holds up after a wash, but for now it works!

And for less than $5, you can update [just about] anything your heart desires...