Lately I’ve been wanting to re-do my room. Since I still live with my mom (we get along famously and it saves money while I’m paying off student loans and other such debts), I can’t exactly afford anything extravagant. But then again, what 22-year-old can? 
But I’ve been toying with ideas of changing up the furniture, the art work, and the color scheme of it all. I live upstairs in my house, in a loft-style room, so the ceilings are low and peaked in the center, leaving my options kind of limited. However, I’ve been inspired to go the DIY route through reading various DIY home improvement blogs.
Take, for instance, this post on 2nd Floor Living. Most visions of Ikea furniture conjure up images of cheap particle board, but this just goes to show you that you can take something that’s inexpensive and make it look like a million dollars. My favorites in this article are:
The Ikea Lack side table retails for $7.99–what a steal! They also come in a variety of fashion-forward colors. Other Ikea do-overs can be found at IKEA HACKER.
What trendy and creative ways to update the boring and generic Ikea pieces! Happy styling to you all…if I end up making any of these I will be sure to post pictures and recap the results!
