Better After Gives Back: Part 4

(This week I am sharing something I like to call ‘Better After Gives Back,’ which is a surprise makeover for someone whose home could use a little pick-me-up! Confused? Start here.)

I wanted to share a few details of the room today, and one of my favorites is this oversize print, “In The Air” by Ina Christensen.  It just sums up everything I wanted Jessi’s room to feel like: free-spirited, whimsical and fun!  A happy little reminder not to take life too seriously.  The colors are fantastic too.

This print and many more are available at UGallery.com, an online gallery that connect art lovers with artists.  They were so super awesome to work with and generously donated this artwork for Jessi’s makeover.

When I say they were awesome to work with, I truly mean it. My computer froze up in the middle of my order, so I called customer service and talked to A REAL PERSON.  And not some call-center robot, a real person from the real company, who fixed my problem by taking down my order by hand and inputting it the system herself.  Also, the art you order comes directly to you from the artist themselves, so there is tons of original work to discover that you won’t find everywhere else.  Very cool.

The nightstand was a yard-sale score, and I found the cute little owl lamp at Wal-Mart!

Where is this fabulous bedspread from, you ask?  I’ll tell you.  It’s from a pile of stuff we found in Jessi’s garage that she was planning to yard-sale.  Not so fast Jessi.  This bedspread is perfect. Look at all that texture, yum.  It just needed to be brought to life with pretty pillows, that’s all.

The jewelry storage was a fun little accessory that was born from these old drawer fronts:

I just spray painted them white, then used a bunch of fun Rustoleum colors on random hooks to create this display.

The little chair was an $8 thrift-store find, and the reason that it looks so good is that I didn’t recover it!  Credit for that goes to Laura; I would have thrown my staple gun through the window trying to recover all those round edges.

By now you are probably thinking: Ok Lindsey.  So, you broke into Jessi’s house while she was gone, spent three days feverishly transforming her bedroom and bathroom with the help of her friends and family, all without her HAVING A SINGLE CLUE that this was even going on, what the heck did she think about it?!?!

Stay tuned.  That part is tomorrow!

Update: Continue on to the final part here!

 Here are all the links if you’ve missed anything: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Sponsored in part by the awesome people at Rustoleum, Online Fabric Store, UGallery, and RECLAIM Beyond Paint.