Yesterday I took a trip to the local reuse centre, my friend had gone there to pick up some props for university and told me they had a variety of different photo frames there, I needed some for uni and I didn't want to pay a lot for them so I took a trip there. While I was looking around I saw these two shelves on top of a cabinet. I wanted some shelves for my room to stick candles etc on them so I decided to pick them up. For both shelves it was £2.50 which is a bargain! Although they are blue I can easily paint this and one of the legs do shelves have legs!? The long bits at the bottom of the shelf, what ever that is called moves slightly so I just need to reglue this. I am thinking of either painting it a cream/white gloss or a pale colour as a statement shelf type thing

They have so many pieces of furniture there that could easily be repainted and reused. I plan on going there again as they have quite a lot there. I also picked up some more things for uni which I can easily use again. I picked up 4 photo frames which were £5 and two victorian styles candle holders which were £2.50. They are always having new stuff in the shop because everything is donated and the money goes to charity.

I also went to B&Q the other day because I needed some wallpaper for my degree space at uni, while I was looking around the wallpaper section I came across this border which has neutral colours and quite pretty I felt. This could be a possibility for the border around my room as it is the exact width I need the border to be. I can't find the border on the website for some reason!

Also with the wallpaper I brought for uni I have some left over, I was thinking of cutting off some of the wallpaper and sticking it in a frame as I really like the pattern and the colour of it is a pale green. Or saving it for when I get my own place and having one wall covered in the wallpaper. It would have to be a small room as there is only 10ms of wallpaper in each roll and as I have already used some of this up I wouldn't have enough for a big wall. Or if they still have it in stock when I get my own place in a few years which I think is very unlikely I could always buy some more of it.

http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/wallpaper-wall-stickers/wallpaper/greens/Statement-Living-Walls-Beatrice-Olive-and-White-Wallpaper-10647730

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Today I took a trip to the local Wilkinsons, I find that they have some really nice home items there especially if you are on a budget like I am! I do not want to spend a lot of money redoing my room I want to spend as little as possible.

I brought these ornaments from Wilko:

I love these little birds, I brought them for a friend as part of her birthday present. I loved them so much I had to go back and get myself two! They are a bit lighter face to face, they also do them in silver. They are £2.50 each which I think is great for such cute birds!

I also brought these tier candles and candle holders. The candle holders are hand made clear glass and were £3 each. The tier candles were £2 each, I think that there are 10 in a box. As far as I know they are not scented, they are just plain cream candles. I want a shelf in my room to have some ornaments on display above my bed, I think I am going to have these on either corner of the shelf with other candles in between. I may change my mind about where I put them as I have two shelves by my built in wardrobes. The wardrobes are either side of the chimney with the shelves going slightly over the chimney. I could put the candles on these small shelves instead of on a different shelf. 

I also brought some white gravel for £2, I have a few bowls in my room that used to have red pot pourri in them but as I am changing the colour scheme I decided to get rid of it. At the moment I have used some of the gravel in the bowl and placed some small yankee candles in it. 

I also saw this large moustache wall hook, it has 6 hooks coming off a black moustache. I was thinking of getting this for my room to hang my scarves on. I already have hooks on my door for my coats and jackets but it is quite full, so one for my scarves would be great. I didn't end up getting this as I wasn't 100% sure on purchasing it although I may go back for it in the weeks to come. It is £4. 

I also brought some boxes from Tesco, they are on offer at the moment they were £5 they are now £2.50. They are very shallow, which is perfect to go under my bed. They have wheels on the bottom and a lid that folds in half. I was going to buy some clear shallow boxes which were £4, but when I saw these I changed my mind as they were cheaper but also better I thought. The boxes are clear with a deep purple lid. I am not too fussed about the colour of the lid as they will be hidden in my room anyway. 

I am going to look in the shed tomorrow with my mom to see what paint we have. I want to start sorting through my room and getting rid of anything I do not need. The only thing I will need to buy for my room is a TV wall mount and a border, apart from this I do not plan on buying anything else. I have quite a few things in my room that I can easily reuse. 

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I plan to paint the top half of my walls in a light cream colour as we have some from when my parents repainted downstairs. I have to have a border in my bedroom because the person who owned the house before us didn't wallpaper the walls correctly, there is a gap where the border is so I need a border. I don't fancy wallpapering my room because I have the wallpaper that is textured which is very difficult to get off! Also I do quite like the fact that the wallpaper in my room is textured.

Last time I painted my room I had difficulty finding a nice border for it, so I plan to go out in the next few weeks and look at borders. I shall take a few samples to see what type of border I like.

I am unsure about the bottom half, I could paint it the same light cream colour as the top half will be, or I could go for a darker shade, I am not too sure of what to do! No matter what colour I paint it I will have to put a primer on first because the colour it is at the moment is quite a deep red.

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I love a youtuber called Mr Kate she does a lot of interior design, I love her ideas of reusing old furniture but painting it to improve it, so this is what I want to do. I wouldn't do this for every piece of furniture in my bedroom because it would be a bit too much in your face but I am thinking of doing it for the bedside tables and maybe my book case. I have two built in wardrobes, a desk and TV stand which I do not want to paint. I am thinking about mounting my TV on a wall which would mean that I could get rid of my TV stand.

I need to have a better think about what I want to do but for now I will post inspiration images on here.

At the moment I really like turquoise and coral colours so I may use these colours to repaint the furniture. As this will create a nice pop of colour in my room as the walls will be neutral.

I love this video she did on reusing a wood pallet to make a coffee table, I can't wait until I have a house so I can create beautiful pieces of furniture like she does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYGcVcZnNKo&list=UUDVPcEbVLQgLZX0Rt6jo34A&index=21

Mr Kate's youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMrkate she is so awesome!!!! Go check her out!

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My room at the moment is a light cream on top with a black border and red on the bottom, I haven't decorated my room for about 6 years. As I am getting older I feel like I want a more grown up room rather than what I have at the moment. I want my room to be more neutral so I can decorate it with pretty pastel colours to suit my style more. I plan to do this after I finish university in a few weeks.

At the moment I have a lot of lion photos and paintings on my walls as I love lions my nan often brought me photos and paintings from charity shops. I have got quite a few of them now but as I want to change my room I think that I will save these paintings and photos for when I move out.

I don't plan on moving out of my parents house for a few years. I need to get a job first and save up some money before I move into a place with my boyfriend. As I do not want to get a flat I would rather get a house straight away we need to save up a lot of money to do this. So redecorating my room at the moment would be the best thing to do. Plus it will be practice for when I decorate my own house!

I shall be posting images on my blog for inspiration! I am quite looking forward to this as I have been wanting to change my room for a while now but because of university work it just hasn't happened.

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