Redo Your Room by Faithgirlz! and Girls' Life Magazine

I've got a tween living in my home. My sweet little girl that was perfectly happy with pink comforters and no window treatments is growing up. This book was a perfect answer to her desire to make her room her own, without much monetary investment on my part.
One of the things that I really liked about this book is that it's not just about making over your room, but how to clear your space for new things and how to start conversations about changing your room with your parents.
The projects are all very cute and relatively simple to complete. There is a lot of washi tape involved as well as creativity. We won't be using all of the projects, but there are enough of them to make the book worthwhile.

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