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An Easy Way to Decorate with Words on a Wall

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Sometimes our upstairs feels like a dorm. ย With six kids sharing (albeit on a variety of differing schedules) three bedrooms it can be a bit chaotic. ย When we first moved in together, my husband and I had a lot of discussion on how we were going to arrange the sleeping quarters of the four girls. ย The boys were a given. ย But with the girls, would they share with their biological or with their family name sake? ย Or with their step? ย The one closest in age? ย We were being cautious, but in the end we most definitely were overthinking this blending of our families. The two middle daughters (step-sisters) walked in the house, ran through the rooms and declared that they were going to share the “blue” room. ย The room was painted with a navy blue wall. OK, but does the 20 year-old want to share with a 10 year-old? Sister negotiations set in, and they worked it out themselves. ย Nicole and Olivia took the blue room, and Alyssa and Sophia took the room with the walk-in closet. ย Each daughter is sharing with a step-sister.Then it came to decorating and meshing styles. ย Each daughter got to pick out a paint color, and I started painting. ย Nicole and Olivia decided on turquoise and coral. They had envisioned their bedroom walls covered in quotes and started a collection of quotes and photos on tumbler. ย When I was done painting they planned, and designed, and collected quotes, and planned, and planned, and planned. ย And planned some more. ย After a year of them planning, I took it into my own hands.

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Now I am really a hands-off my kids rooms unless they ask me to help. ย I believe it is their room, and they can set it up the way they want. ย But these two were not getting anywhere, and they seemed to want to get something done. ย Part of the problem was scheduling. ย Our kids have busy schedules and they split their time between two homes, ย So one day last summer, the house was quiet – all the kids were gone, and I got a bug to decorate.Since I knew it would probably not be met with great enthusiasm – I was super frugal with my supplies. Paper, pencil, scissors, tape, a stack of National Geographics, and two pictures from Home Goods.I knew the girls’ general feelings of quotes that they were thinking of, and with this in mind I settled on the quote, “Go Confidently in the direction of your DREAMS”. I had a stack of shimmery silver sticker paper. ย It actually has a sticky side, but I choose not to remove the backing. ย I choose to tape up the letters with painters tape. ย It is all really easy to remove!I found a font online that I freehand drew onto large butcher paper. ย I first drew all of the letters on the butcher paper and cut them out to make a template. ย I used the template in revers to trace onto the back of the silver paper. ย I did it this way so that I would not be leaving any drawn lines on the front o the silvery paper. Essentially I drew and cut out each letter twice. ย This took me longer than I had anticipated, but the entire project was done in a day. ย I laid the letters out on the floor to help ensure even sizing.

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Scrolling through Tumbler I found words made up of letters cut out of magazines. ย I have a stack of old National Geographics, and I thought their full page pictures would be perfect for this. ย Cutting out these letters went quickly. I cut out, “Imagine” and “Believe”. ย I taped these two words above their closet.

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I found a hand-calligraphied quote made by my daughter in her art portfolio, and I hung it up.

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I found these two prints at Home Goods, and because they matched the room colors I bought them and hung them up.

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I also bought the turquoise pillow and the small white shelves from Target. ย All in all it was a really inexpensive transformation. ย Which was a good thing! Especially since neither one liked my handiwork. They have been kind, and they have tolerated the large sparkly quote. ย But for both of them, it feels too young. ย I agree. ย I keep waiting for them to take it down, but I think they don’t want to hurt my feelings. I have a new idea for their wall……

The words will come down soon. ย But this time they will help.

The two wall colors of this room are Jamaican Sea by BEHR and Coral Expression by BEHR. ย I used the self-priming interior eggshell finish.

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