Amber's Birthday Surprise!

This year for Amber's 12th birthday, I decided to surprise her by redoing her room.

We bought bedding for her when we moved to our house 10 years ago, and otherwise we have never done anything else for her room. Her bed was a $10 yard sale find, and her dresser and desk were both hand-me-downs. Her room drives me insane, so when I saw a quilt that I wanted to make in November, I knew that I had to do it.

Here is the before picture of her bedroom. You can see why it drives me crazy.

What a MESS!

And here is the after!

I love the way that it turned out. And I have to brag that I am also very proud of the way that the quilt turned out.
I still am going to replace her old dresser when I find one that I like and can afford, but otherwise, it is done.

Now, we just have to "fight" over what things she gets to put back into her room and what gets to stay on the walls.

And here is here face as she walked into her new room and realized what was going on.

But even better, here is the look on her face 10 seconds later when she said, "Where's all my stuff!"