big girl room {furniture}

one of my goals with the transition to camryn's big girl room was to buy as little furniture as possible.  or as economically as possible.  i figure she's going to be pretty rough on it so there's no since in investing a ton of money.

i showed you in yesterday's post the iron bed.  this was my college bed.  it was a rusty bronze color but in great condition.  it just needed a nice coat of black paint.

the dresser was david's father's as a child.  it was in great condition but the stain had turned orange over the years.

and i don't know which was worse.  the smell of the drawers or the hardware.  it smelled like a musty old house.  we put coffee grounds in plastic containers inside the drawers for a few days and it absorbed the odor.  score.

i also had a nightstand that was a dark espresso stain.  i didn't get a before photo but it is very basic.

the wood furniture took two coats of primer, a light sanding plus two coats of aspen grey paint by valspar.  i'm not a grey paint kind of girl but i love the way it turned out. soft and neutral.

the brushed silver hardware is also from lowe's.  $2.47 each.  i wanted some glass pulls but they were $6 each.  if i'm being honest here, i bought the glass pulls.  after i saw the total on the receipt, i freaked {and david freaked, too} so i returned them.  it was too much of an investment.

the nightstand looks cute, too.

 i found the turquoise hardware from hobby lobby.  $3.99 each but i waited until all hardware was 50% off.

and our elephant humidifier matches, too.  i don't know about your house, but we cannot live without a humidifier.

the metal bin underneath wrangles some books and is from kirkland's.

and speaking of book wrangling, we have a lot of books.  i wasn't sure what i was going to do with them.  in the nursery they were stored in the pink striped cabinet.

i found this shelf at target.  it was on sale for $35.  awesome.

the blue bins are from lowe's - $6.99 each.  target had some purple ones for $9.99 each but i went the cheaper route.  

lastly, i found this chair at kirkland's.  it was on clearance for $129.97.  i love the grey velvet upholstery.

 it is a perfect landing space for camryn's elephant and a monogrammed pillow from pb teen.

stay tuned for all of the details - walls, lighting, accessories.  those are my favorite parts!

sources:

paint aspen grey by valspar at lowe's

silver hardware lowe's

turquoise hardware hobby lobby

cube bookshelf target

turquoise fabric bins lowe's

chair and black/white metal bin kirkland's

turquoise oblong pillow pb teen