Ikea Tarva dresser makeover

I have been on the hunt for a dresser since I made over my daughter's room back in January. I searched Craigslist and our local thrift shops, but everything I liked was way too expensive especially for second hand. Then I saw this Ikea dresser hack on Pinterest.


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I knew instantly that it was just what her room needed. My husband and I made the short trip to Ikea and picked up a Tarva dresser. After he assembled it, it looked like this.

I gave it a nice coat of primer and white paint.

I used this FolkArt metallic gold paint on the base of the dresser and added the same knobs from Menards as the inspiration dresser. 

Before and after

I am in love with how this dresser turned out. 

I also added some new artwork that my daughter picked out to finish off that side of the room.

Since her room reveal we've added some new accessories to the other side of her room.

I found the coral bean bag chair on clearance at Target for $9.99 and the gold HELLO pillow is from Hobby Lobby.

You can see the entire room reveal here.

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Coral and navy bedroom

If you follow me on instagram you got some sneak peeks of my daughter's new bedroom. Over the holiday break we decided to tackle a little makeover.


We began the process with a couple days of sorting and purging. She's eleven and was willing to donate bags of stuffed animals and toys. The end result is a much more mature and calming room that should last into her teenage years. The wall color is Behr graceful gray.

Her is a quick glimpse at her room before. LOT'S of hot pink and zebra!

After organizing and purging items in her room we completely emptied the closet and repeated the same process. Sorry no before photos of the closet, but it was jam packed with "stuff". After everything was out my husband removed the shelf and I painted the closet. She already had a set of white cubbies in her room but I thought they would work much better in the closet. We attached scrapbook paper to the backs of some of the cubbies and my husband anchored it to the wall and installed the wire shelf.

The toys that she did decide to keep fit perfectly on the top shelf. The bottom bins hold shoes, purses and bags. I also added some hooks to the side of the wall to hang her hats, scarves and belts.

The other side of the closet has plenty of room for hanging clothes. On top I keep a bin of hand me down clothes from her sister that are still too big and one bin of stuffed animals.

On the bottom she also has another bin full of her Webkinz and still has room for a laundry basket.

The closet doors were dingy and needed repainting so we decided to add some color and painted them a pretty mint green called sprinkle by Behr.

Her zebra desk also got a makeover with some sandpaper and white paint. 

I fell in LOVE with this gold hardware from Hobby Lobby!

Since I was on a tight budget I was thrilled to find this gold frame at Target for just $2.00!

I stole this white frame from my dining room (which now has an empty wall) and added this banner I made with scrapbook paper and paint.

In the future I would love to replace her bed (this is the top of a bunk bed set from way back when my girls shared a room). For now this will work until I find the perfect budget friendly version.

My daughter had to have the navy anchor light we found at Hobby Lobby. Luckily it was on clearance and it does look lovely over her bed.

I am a huge fan of gallery walls (I have them everywhere) so it was a no brainer that she needed one to fill the empty wall.

Most of the pieces came from my favorite store (yes, Hobby Lobby). I made the arrow and small "be you tiful" sign to match.

The bedding was actually our starting point for this room. We purchased it at Target over the summer while it was on sale.

The white ruffle curtains are also from Target. 

I purchased some yarn from Michael's and my daughter and I made the yarn garland together.

The room feels so much bigger now and much more relaxing. 

I am still on the hunt for a large dresser to go on the opposite side of her room. Hoping to find something at a garage sale or thrift shop in the future. I'm also planning on doing some diy artwork to hang over the dresser.

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Zebra desk

Yesterday I shared my daughter's rearranged bedroom which included the zebra desk I painted. Today I want to show you how I did it.

We painted the inside of all the drawers pink for fun!

We started with just a basic wood desk from the local thrift shop. I gave the desk a quick cleaning and then my helper and I painted the inside of the drawers with leftover wall paint.

I gave the desk a coat of primer.

Once the primer was dry I gave the drawers a coat of white paint. The desk required two coats of black paint.

I found the zebra stencil at Hobby lobby {I paid less than $10.00 for stencil and sponge applicators}.

I taped the stencil on the drawer to keep it in place.

I went easy on the paint and just dabbed up and down.

I had to match up the pattern with the stencil to fill the negative space on the ends of the drawer.

Lastly we added some adorable knobs and pulls also from Hobby Lobby {wait until they are on sale for 50% off}.

Now my daughter has a desk that truly suits her taste and personality! It kind suits mine as well {well the younger me}!

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Have a wonderful weekend!

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