A Room of Her Own Progress

After months of planning, the Room of Her Own renovations are in progress at the Alpha House of Tampa. Last week the design teams assigned to rooms in the East Wing did their installations. The energy and excitement was high and infectious! When they completed their work at the end of the week, it was time to move the residents once more to allow the East Wing design teams access to their rooms.
Our room work started off with a good cleaning. Everything was taken out, and the walls, ceiling and built-in furniture was scrubbed down. Then the painting could begin. Here's my crack team of helpers!

Linda and John Day offered to help with the painting, and I enlisted the help of Doug Phillips for carpentry and general assistance. They started with the ceiling, which required two coats of paint, generously donated by Tanner Paints and Benjamin Moore. Once that was dry, they moved on to the walls above the bead board line. Look out, John and Linda get kinda crazy with those brushes and rollers! Good thing Linda was due for a haircut.

Once the walls had two coats, Doug and John could start installing the beadboard and trims.

When the carpentry was all done, I painted the laminate furniture with a countertop paint also donated by Rustoleum. The fumes were noxious, but the result was worth it!

New drawer pulls, a new ceiling fan and sconce and a wonderful Roman shade from Levelor were all installed to complete the design elements. Then, artist Jeff Monsein swooped in at the eleventh hour to do a simple treatment of vines and butterflies on one wall. I'm saving this to show you later!

Today, I meet our room "Adopter", Roxanne Simmonds with Bank of America. Roxanne will be providing bed and crib linens, towels and other elements that will soften the room and add to the comfort for the resident. Next week, I'll show you pictures of the completed, fluffed room, and I'll also share pictures from some of the other designer's rooms. Worth the wait, I promise! Meanwhile, you can check out the Room of Her Own Blog for updates at this address and you can see the latest coverage from WFLA here.