Acadia's Extreme Room MakeOver

I have searched and searched and cannot find any photos or blogs about the last time we made over Acadia's room.  I can't even remember exactly when it was.  It was after Rori was born, but it was before Rori moved into a "big girl bed" because Rori inherited Acadia's old bedroom theme.  Cadi's room had been "princess" for quite some time and she had outgrown it.  Her new love was horses so we redid her room in blues and browns and lots of horses.  But now that she's preparing to enter her teenage years, she's ready to move on to even more grown up stuff.

For Christmas, we gave her new bedding and a few accessories with the promise that a new room was coming.  This weekend, we delivered.

Here are some before shots.  The room was really messy, in part because she didn't have the right storage, but also in part to the million (give or take) stuffed animals she owns... well, and that she hates to clean her room. ;)  She has had to let some of her stuffed animals go, but she still managed to keep a lot. lol  When I took these pics, she had already been clearing off her shelves, they were usually stuffed full of things.  She had already given a lot of the horse decorations to her friend who loves horses, so you can't even tell it used to be a horse room. :S

Cadi and I did most of the work and she used this as one of her Young Women Personal Progress value projects.  It definitely took her more than 10 hours!  But we did ask Ryan to help with a couple of things, particularly in regards to demo.  He can't pass up a chance to break things take things apart, nor an opportunity to use his power tools.  If he knew the pics were going to go on the blog he might have dressed better. lol

After everything was taken down and cleared out, we prepped and painted.  Then we had a ton of furniture to put together!  3 tall bookcases, a headboard, captain's bed, and the cool cube shelving that would go over her bed.  We also installed the curtain rods.  We used Ryan's power tools more than he did!

The room looked nice with a fresh coat of paint, but we knew it would look even better once we got her furniture moved in...

It was turning out just as we dreamed it would!  Today, we started putting everything back in.  She is still rearranging some things, but this is pretty much how it looks now...

Our goal was to give her a more efficient space that better reflected who she is and who she wants to grow to be.  She now has a really, really cool room that totally matches her style and personality.  She loves it and so do I. 

If I were Ty Pennington, I'd say, "Welcome Home Cadi, Welcome Home!"