"Back-to-School Little Diva Oasis" Makeover

In this makeover, we had a fun design experience with a big reveal for a little angel. My clients were grandparents who live in Texas, and their granddaughter from Virginia, who was visiting them for the summer.  As a back-to-school gift they wanted to give her a fresh start that would be bright and airy capturing some of her personality.  She loves to read and is becoming a Tweener, who is coming into her own and discovering her style.  With an agreed on budget and just a few simple attributes about our little diva client, we had everything we needed with full creative control.  The vision was to give this room a makeover that was big, bright and bubbly to match her personality.  We worked with her father on the design criteria to start with a basic foundation of bedding furniture only. In the design we incorporated her love for bright colors with an accent of her favorite color purple.  The design would not be complete without adding some special touches, like a personalized hand-painted sign and a display of one of her NaNa's warm sayings, "Love You More"! Let's not forget that every girl with style needs some necessities, like the perfect little diva custom-painted mirror and pretty boxes to hold her diva-rific styling tools.  We created a space for her to read and journal and added a customized hand-painted message board for her fav diva notes.  Taking all of this into consideration, we transformed this room into a "Back-to-school Little Diva Oasis"!

[Update: The Little Diva loved her new space and didn't know what to look at first.  What a great return home surprise to a special gift that keeps on giving -- Way to go Grandparents!]

BEFORE:  Basic Foundation ready to be fit for a Little Diva!

AFTER:  Transformation Makeover for a Little Diva Tweener

Special thanks for courtesy project design photos, Ray and Maria L., Frisco, TX