The One Room Challenge Reveal 2

Tangerine Tom Boy Room Reveal 2

(See Reveal 1 HERE)

I have been working on redecorating my youngest daughter Sophie's room for months. I was motivated to get started by my friend Linda at My Crafty Home Life. She created this challenge for us: 15 bloggers (Designers and DIYers) complete 1 room in their house in 6 weeks. I have gotten the bones of the room complete: built a custom bed to fit Sophie's tiny room, painted twice, no actually 3 times because I added a tangerine racing stripe to the walls. I dealt with an unusual door problem because her room has an arched doorway and no standard door would fit it. We have added storage, art and fixed up an old dresser, night stand and lamp along the way. This post will take you through my drapery and door solutions:

Remember my inspiration fabric? I decided to use it to make a roman type shade.

I lined the fabric with a cotton muslin.

Sewed tangerine grosgrain ribbon to both sides. It is about 4 inches longer than the curtain.

That way I can roll the curtain up and tie the ribbon in bows to let the light in.

(Notice the snow? I took this photo today! March 22. No spring weather for Idaho.)

Here's what it looks like when the curtain is down.

This was the old door, but it lacked privacy.

 This was our solution. We used closet door hardware. It is meant for 2 sliding doors but works perfectly for our situation. Since our ceilings on our upper floor are only 82 inches in height, we were able to use a standard door, molly screws and mount this directly to the ceiling. I like the industrial look of it but you could frame it in with some molding, as you would a standard closet door. The track and all the parts cost only $14.99.

When door is closed you have no idea there is a cute little room behind it.

The door slides right over our stairway and out of the way. It doesn't take up any space and the best part is, no more slamming of the door. Whenever Sophie would leave her little half door open, her older (teenagers) siblings would slam it shut. I don't know why... They are teens, that is the best explanation I have. Now they really can't slam it. I think I will install these all over the house! LOL!

This is the view from the inside. No one peaking in at her. She loves the privacy!

Here's the handle we put on the outside. Just simple galvanized looking door pull. I think it was around $2. This room is still a work in progress. My next reveal will hopefully be my last but who knows? I am a little crazy like that :) That post will be about the dresser and storage solutions we found. I hope you'll come back for it.

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