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