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10/19/2004: "Decorating a Black and White Themed Teen Bedroom"

When we found out we are having twins, our teenage daughter volunteered to move into a smaller bedroom so that the twins could have the bigger one. It was definitely time to come up with a new room theme! We also didn't have much space to work with or a lot of money to spend. She decided to go with a black and white theme.

The walls were already white, so that part was easy.

As a school project, our daughter repainted an old cabinet that had been in her room for some time. She painted it white and then decoupaged black and white photos (mostly scenery she liked) from magazines and that she had printed from the Internet. She then printed some of her favorite Bible verses in fancy fonts and decoupaged them on the cabinet also. We found some black knobs to match. She was happy with how it turned out, and she got a good grade on the project!

She found some black and white posters for the walls that she liked. Because of the limited space we decided to put up shelves on the walls to replace her bookcase. My husband spray painted the metal runners that the shelves hang on black, and the shelves are white. It looks really nice and frees up a lot of room. We also found an inexpensive black TV stand at Walmart to put her stereo on since she had to give up the dresser it had been on before.

So that's how, on a very small budget, we decorated our teenage daughter's bedroom in black and white, and we were all very happy with the result!

Rachel Paxton
Editor/Publisher
CreativeHomemaking.com