Here we are in week 4 already of our $100 Room Challenge and I am thanking my lucky stars that this month has 5 Wednesdays in it! Need a quick recap? The $100 Room Challenge is hosted by the lovely Erin over at Lemons, Lavender & Laundry\u00a0<\/a>and is featuring a group of awesome bloggers. We are showing you how you can transform a space with only $100 and things you already have on hand!<\/p>\n
Here’s what’s been accomplished so far:<\/p>\n
In all honesty, I’m a total procrastinator. I hammer out my best work the day\/night before a deadline. So it’s not entirely surprising that I have a few half completed projects on the go and will probably only get them finished up next week!<\/p>\n
One of those projects is getting some shelves built for the room. He didn’t have anywhere to stick his medals and trophies, other than a little ledge I had put up for Lego <\/a>initially.\u00a0The kid is also a total tchotchke lover and collects items like a grandma. All those items usually end up under his bed or in his closet.<\/p>\n There isn’t much selection when it comes to shelf hardware in our area. My cheapest option was Wal-Mart & at $10 a bracket the shelves weren’t looking like they would be cheap. That’s $40 on brackets alone, talk about a huge chunk of my budget! When a friend said she was headed to IKEA (which is inconveniently 4 hours away) I jumped online and found these EKBY BJARNUM Bracket for $10 a pair.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I figured I would use some of the wood I had in my stockpile to make the shelf. Welllllll… these brackets are 1″ wide, and if you know standard wood width, you’ll know that it’s only 3\/4″ thick, so that sucked. But then IKEA came to the rescue again! We had bought a FJELLSE single bed frame years ago for one of the kids. Carter had been using it most recently until we bought him a bigger bed, so instead of getting rid of the frame, I broke it down and had been using it to make signs with. Well shit, the frame of the bed measured a true 1″ thick! Although the board was not wide enough, I knew I would be able to join a couple of pieces together to get the width I needed. See, it pays not to throw stuff out sometimes!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/a> <\/a><\/a> <\/a> Total so far: $86.20<\/p>\n Want to see more? Check out my progress in Week 1<\/a>, Week 2<\/a>, and Week 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n Don’t forget to check out the other greats rooms below!
\nAfter a broke the frame down a bit more, I cut the wood down to 27″. I glued along the edge of two pieces and then clamped them together. Once dried, I gave them a good sand and then stained them with Minwax Gel Stain in Coffee. I didn’t realise how beat up the boards were until I stained them. I opted not to sand them down super smooth because I liked the rustic beat up look they had & I was also feeling lazy. Right now the shelves are half done.<\/p>\n
\nI also printed out some awesome prints I found on Etsy and initially glued them down to some foam\u00a0core board. They are extremely underwhelming and not at all what I pictured in my mind, so I’m gonna have to brainstorm a bit more.<\/p>\n
\nHere’s the dent I’ve made so far in my $100 budget:<\/p>\n\n
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![<\/a><\/p>\nI figured I would use some of the wood I had in my stockpile to make the shelf. Welllllll… these brackets are 1″ wide, and if you know standard wood width, you’ll know that it’s only 3\/4″ thick, so that sucked. But then IKEA came to the rescue again! We had bought a FJELLSE single bed frame years ago for one of the kids. Carter had been using it most recently until we bought him a bigger bed, so instead of getting rid of the frame, I broke it down and had been using it to make signs with. Well shit, the frame of the bed measured a true 1″ thick! Although the board was not wide enough, I knew I would be able to join a couple of pieces together to get the width I needed. See, it pays not to throw stuff out sometimes!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>\nAfter a broke the frame down a bit more, I cut the wood down to 27″. I glued along the edge of two pieces and then clamped them together. Once dried, I gave them a good sand and then stained them with Minwax Gel Stain in Coffee. I didn’t realise how beat up the boards were until I stained them. I opted not to sand them down super smooth because I liked the rustic beat up look they had & I was also feeling lazy. Right now the shelves are half done.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>\nI also printed out some awesome prints I found on Etsy and initially glued them down to some foam\u00a0core board. They are extremely underwhelming and not at all what I pictured in my mind, so I’m gonna have to brainstorm a bit more.<\/p>\n<\/a>\nHere’s the dent I’ve made so far in my $100 budget:<\/p>\n\nDrywall mud: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPrimer: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPaint and new roller – $48.76<\/li>\nMagnet Board: $0.00 – already had hanging<\/li>\nWhite Vinyl: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nShelf Brackets: $21.00 for 2 sets<\/li>\nWood for Shelfs: $0.00 – already had in the scrap pile<\/li>\nHockey Printables from Etsy: $16.44<\/li>\nFoam Core Board: $0.00 – already had on hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTotal so far: $86.20<\/p>\nWant to see more? Check out my progress in Week 1<\/a>, Week 2<\/a>, and Week 3<\/a>.<\/p>\nDon’t forget to check out the other greats rooms below!\n<\/p>\nAn InLinkz Link-up<\/a><\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/autumnandash.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ekby-bjarnum-bracket__03265_PE073754_S4.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>\nAfter a broke the frame down a bit more, I cut the wood down to 27″. I glued along the edge of two pieces and then clamped them together. Once dried, I gave them a good sand and then stained them with Minwax Gel Stain in Coffee. I didn’t realise how beat up the boards were until I stained them. I opted not to sand them down super smooth because I liked the rustic beat up look they had & I was also feeling lazy. Right now the shelves are half done.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>\nI also printed out some awesome prints I found on Etsy and initially glued them down to some foam\u00a0core board. They are extremely underwhelming and not at all what I pictured in my mind, so I’m gonna have to brainstorm a bit more.<\/p>\n<\/a>\nHere’s the dent I’ve made so far in my $100 budget:<\/p>\n\nDrywall mud: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPrimer: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPaint and new roller – $48.76<\/li>\nMagnet Board: $0.00 – already had hanging<\/li>\nWhite Vinyl: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nShelf Brackets: $21.00 for 2 sets<\/li>\nWood for Shelfs: $0.00 – already had in the scrap pile<\/li>\nHockey Printables from Etsy: $16.44<\/li>\nFoam Core Board: $0.00 – already had on hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTotal so far: $86.20<\/p>\nWant to see more? Check out my progress in Week 1<\/a>, Week 2<\/a>, and Week 3<\/a>.<\/p>\nDon’t forget to check out the other greats rooms below!\n<\/p>\nAn InLinkz Link-up<\/a><\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/autumnandash.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fjellse-bed-frame__0107489_PE257171_S4.jpg\"){kind=link}
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![<\/a>\nAfter a broke the frame down a bit more, I cut the wood down to 27″. I glued along the edge of two pieces and then clamped them together. Once dried, I gave them a good sand and then stained them with Minwax Gel Stain in Coffee. I didn’t realise how beat up the boards were until I stained them. I opted not to sand them down super smooth because I liked the rustic beat up look they had & I was also feeling lazy. Right now the shelves are half done.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>\nI also printed out some awesome prints I found on Etsy and initially glued them down to some foam\u00a0core board. They are extremely underwhelming and not at all what I pictured in my mind, so I’m gonna have to brainstorm a bit more.<\/p>\n<\/a>\nHere’s the dent I’ve made so far in my $100 budget:<\/p>\n\nDrywall mud: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPrimer: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPaint and new roller – $48.76<\/li>\nMagnet Board: $0.00 – already had hanging<\/li>\nWhite Vinyl: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nShelf Brackets: $21.00 for 2 sets<\/li>\nWood for Shelfs: $0.00 – already had in the scrap pile<\/li>\nHockey Printables from Etsy: $16.44<\/li>\nFoam Core Board: $0.00 – already had on hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTotal so far: $86.20<\/p>\nWant to see more? Check out my progress in Week 1<\/a>, Week 2<\/a>, and Week 3<\/a>.<\/p>\nDon’t forget to check out the other greats rooms below!\n<\/p>\nAn InLinkz Link-up<\/a><\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/autumnandash.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_5531-1.jpg\"){kind=link}
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![<\/a>\nI also printed out some awesome prints I found on Etsy and initially glued them down to some foam\u00a0core board. They are extremely underwhelming and not at all what I pictured in my mind, so I’m gonna have to brainstorm a bit more.<\/p>\n<\/a>\nHere’s the dent I’ve made so far in my $100 budget:<\/p>\n\nDrywall mud: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPrimer: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPaint and new roller – $48.76<\/li>\nMagnet Board: $0.00 – already had hanging<\/li>\nWhite Vinyl: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nShelf Brackets: $21.00 for 2 sets<\/li>\nWood for Shelfs: $0.00 – already had in the scrap pile<\/li>\nHockey Printables from Etsy: $16.44<\/li>\nFoam Core Board: $0.00 – already had on hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTotal so far: $86.20<\/p>\nWant to see more? Check out my progress in Week 1<\/a>, Week 2<\/a>, and Week 3<\/a>.<\/p>\nDon’t forget to check out the other greats rooms below!\n<\/p>\nAn InLinkz Link-up<\/a><\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/autumnandash.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_5533-1-1.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a>\nHere’s the dent I’ve made so far in my $100 budget:<\/p>\n\nDrywall mud: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPrimer: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nPaint and new roller – $48.76<\/li>\nMagnet Board: $0.00 – already had hanging<\/li>\nWhite Vinyl: $0.00 – had on hand<\/li>\nShelf Brackets: $21.00 for 2 sets<\/li>\nWood for Shelfs: $0.00 – already had in the scrap pile<\/li>\nHockey Printables from Etsy: $16.44<\/li>\nFoam Core Board: $0.00 – already had on hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTotal so far: $86.20<\/p>\nWant to see more? Check out my progress in Week 1<\/a>, Week 2<\/a>, and Week 3<\/a>.<\/p>\nDon’t forget to check out the other greats rooms below!\n<\/p>\nAn InLinkz Link-up<\/a><\/div>\n](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/autumnandash.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_5535.jpg\"){kind=link}