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Posted by: Katja Presnal Tags: better homes & gardens, cheap design, Giveaway, home decorating, interior design, make over, room makeover, sweeptake Posted date: April 24, 2009 | 383 Comments

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FROM BLAH TO SPRING SOPHISTICATED

I am so excited to share my bedroom makeover with you. I turned my bedroom from blah to sophisticated with the inspiration from Better Homes and Gardens and a budget of $500.

Even better – I am able to offer one of my readers and mini-makeover! Read the details on the bottom of this post to win your own Better Homes & Gardens home make over!

It took me a few visits to Walmart to gather all of the products from the Better Homes & Gardens product line, and one day to put together my bedroom. You can also see what my fellow bloggers, Sheena of Mommy Daddy Blog and Colleen of Classy Mommy did for their living rooms and kitchens by visiting BHG.com.

$500 BUDGET

My challenge was to actually to try to spend the whole $500. In addition to bedding, curtains and lighting, I bought some green bowls from kitchen section and garden lights from garden section to bring little details to the room.

My Better Homes & Gardens products from Walmart:

Wall Scones & Candle Holders with candles 70$
Curtains with curtain accessories 60$
Bedding $125
Lighting $52
Picture Frames $40
Book Shelf $75
Bowls $10
Total: $432
(Prices are approximate with taxes)

In addition I got fresh flowers from 1-800-Flowers.com and printed out photos with my printer, and used some items that I found from our home.

BREAKING THE DESIGN RULES AND GOING WITH ASYMMETRY

Originally I bought two of the bookshelves – I know that in interior design it is all about symmetry, and I wanted to have two bookshelves on both sides of the bed as side tables. I like to have books, somewhere to lay down my laptop and other things for the night, but our bedroom is so small, that we couldn’t fit two bookshelves in the room. I decided to forget about traditional rules of design, and decorate my room with less symmetry.

I made my own side table with a few photo boxes and added some height with a third box and added a lamp. Note that even my lamps are not matching – but they have the same color lamp shades and are at the same height. I like the idea of having black and white photos, but I mixed it up little bit even in the photo frames. I used black and white photos, color photos of flowers (to match the decor) and a few pictures with a color pop up.

My plan was to bring spring and garden in our bedroom. I wanted to have green as accent color, but ended up added shades of fuchsia and pink, the colors that I found in a Better Homes and Gardens “Garden Room” rose pillow. I even used different colored candles in the wall scones and in the candle holders on the bookshelf to give some contrast.

Notice also my curtains, which look perfectly symmetrical at the first look, but when you look closely, I added garden lights as a tie back on the other side. The ribbon was holding the cream colored bedding together when I bought it, so talk about using your resources! To add a little personal touch, I tied three old fashioned keys to the ribbon tie back. I repeated the number three many times… three candle holders, scones, keys and three flowers on the window, bowls on the shelf, three boxes stacked as night table.

So.. What do you think? How did I do?

YOUR TURN

Spring is perfect time to think of decorating and something new to your home. I am so happy to give one lucky reader a mini $100 make over of your own! Enter to win a $100 Better Homes and Gardens room mini make over.

ENTER THE GIVEAWAY – EACH WAY = ONE ENTRY

1. Leave a comment which room you would like to decorate with the Better Homes & Gardens line from Walmart.
2. Blog about this giveaway and tell me what you would get with $100. Leave a link here.

RULES:
Deadline for comments/above: May 7th midnight EST. US only.

This post is also published at BHG.com.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I received $500 worth of products to do my room make over and a payment to blog at BHG.com. I also received flowers from 1-800-Flowers.com.

About the author

Katja Presnal
Katja Presnal is an international lifestyle expert who inspires you to live life to the fullest. She has been featured in NY Times, Glamour, Redbook and Woman's Day magazines among many other national and international publications and written for MTV3 and Lifetime TV networks. Read Katja's full bio and connect with Katja on Twitter @katjapresnal

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383 Comments for Win Mini Room Makeover by Better Homes and Gardens

Claire

I’d like to decorate my bedroom.

Michael

bathroom

Melissa Barnes

You did a fabulous job – I love your make over!!! I would have to say my hall bath needs a makeover – currently it is bare so I need to decorate it.
Thanks

Mary Casper

bedroom here too its in need of a lot

Patti Sherman

I would opt for curtains for my family room

Katy M

I think, since we have a couple of charis, that I’d like to spend most of the $100 on the Garden View Patio Rug. It’s red with green and gold stripes: the perfect way to add some color and start a color scheme going out there (like you did with the pillow on your bed). I’d finish off the rest of the $100 toward the 29″ Round Outdoor Firepit. Now that’s awesome!

Katy M

I hope this counts as a “room”…because I’d love to to our patio. We live in Southern California and, if properly decorated and furnished, could definately use the patio as extra square footage and an extra “room” all year round.

joanmurraycefalu

My room could really use an update! Hope I win:)

Valerie

Would love to have an uplift in my home

Deborah Wellenstein

I would love to do our bedroom. Thank you!

Melissa Butler

I would redo my guest room ~ we are moving in to our new home in less than a month!

Courtney

I love your makeover. It’s beautiful! If I won I would get the Better Homes and Gardens Tribeca 4-Piece Comforter Set in Black and Ivory. I need bedding and I love the colors and design of it. I’d also get the Better Homes and Gardens Bronze Twist Table Lamp.