| When we found out we were having twins, our | | | | good grade on the project!She found some black and |
| teenage daughter volunteered to move into a smaller | | | | white posters for the walls that she liked. Because of |
| bedroom so that the twins could have the bigger | | | | the limited space we decided to put up shelves on |
| one. It was definitely time to come up with a new | | | | the walls to replace her bookcase. My husband spray |
| bedroom theme! We also didn't have much space to | | | | painted the metal runners that the shelves hang on |
| work with or a lot of money to spend. So when we | | | | black, and the shelves are white. It looks really nice |
| moved her into the smaller bedroom, she decided to | | | | and frees up a lot of room. We also found an |
| decorate with a black and white theme.The walls | | | | inexpensive black TV stand at Walmart to put her |
| were already white, so that part was easy. Having | | | | stereo on since she had to give up the dresser it had |
| the walls white also makes the room look as large as | | | | been on before.We had an old bulletin board that |
| possible.As a school project, our daughter repainted | | | | needed a facelift. We taped around the inside of the |
| an old cabinet that was mine when I was growing up. | | | | board and then spray painted the frame of the board |
| She sanded it, painted it white, and then decoupaged | | | | black. We then used a paintbrush to paint the cork |
| onto the cabinet black and white photos (mostly | | | | white.My daughter likes candles, so she accented her |
| scenery she liked) from magazines and photos that | | | | room with white candles and black candle holders.So |
| she had printed from the Internet. She then printed | | | | that's how, on a very small budget, we decorated |
| some of her favorite Bible verses in different sizes | | | | our teenage daughter's bedroom in black and white, |
| and in different fonts and decoupaged them on the | | | | and we were all very happy with the result!Pictures |
| cabinet. We found some black knobs to match. She | | | | of the finished results: |
| was happy with how it turned out, and she got a | | | | Paxton is a freelance writer and mom of four. |