Eileen Hull

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Crafty College Makeovers

My youngest daughter,
Maryanne, is getting ready to go back for her junior year at Longwood University. She came downstairs while I was working, scrounging for containers, cool stuff and organizing ideas. This year she’s living in an apartment with two other girls and gets her own room. I had a white rolling cart which she appropriated and also a white laminate unit with three shelves. The colors we were working with are ice blue, apple green, yellow and pink. First Mary cleaned them up, then we measured and I cut a matboard piece to fit the bottom so that desk supplies will not fall through the grid. Then I cut piece to fit on the ends so that papers won’t go flying out, and then some cute little label tags. Mary punched holes in the matboard with the trusty Crop-a-Dile and used some pretty cable ties to hold everything together. I made some black foamboard dividers since black is her other color in the room.

We didn’t do too much to the shelf unit except to clean it and add a blue matboard piece to the top for a little color and then put clear contact paper over it because she plans on using this as her night table.
Then it was on to a duvet cover. We have tons of blankets and I refused to buy another one. However when totalling up the amount spent and time involved on the cover, I could have been wrong there. But it was fun to plan and do it together. Oh wait a minute- she’s at work… who’s down here sewing??? I haven’t done a fun project like this though in a long time and it makes me want to sew more.
I also made some curtains for the RV tonight. Am I on a roll or what? The curtains are placed on a rod up behind the driver/passenger seats and are drawn in case the lights are on in the back. When driving at night the light is very distracting to the driver so this way you can still hear what’s going on, but see where you’re going in the front. Hayward calls this the “night driving system” 🙂 like we’re in a tank or something…

Comments

  3. Earthshine Giftworks says

    I can’t believe Mary is a Junior this year! The rolling cart makeover is wonderful! I got rid of my rolling carts like this one you have pictured…but sure makes me wish I had one…so I could do a makeover! 🙂 And the duvet cover? GREAT idea. And Hayward cracks me up…”the night driving system!”