My Purple Heaven for Under $100

We bought our house over 3 years ago. As a homeowner, nothing is ever finished. I always swore I would never have one of those "junk room" that hides random crap like photo albums, bins of clothes and workout stuff you don't have time or space always behind a closed door. Well, it happened. After having a room I never entered, and after falling in love with meditation during a vacation in Hawaii, I decided we needed to completely empty out our non working "computer/library room." It consisted of an ancient desk top computer and printer that didn't even work on a old crappy desk my husband had from high school, too many books I'll never look at again, random things hanging on the wall including a calendar from 2013 and of course bins of clothes...
















First step was to pick out a color. We went completely "safe" with the colors in the rest of the house so I knew I wanted something different. My husband on the other hand is a little resistant to bright colors. He felt the mint hospital green was an acceptable color for a meditation room. Mmmm...NO.  I talked him in to letting me do whatever I wanted including using purple, yellow and orange.  We agreed on "Butterfly Garden" for the wall color. My husband likes picks colors that have suitable names. We work amazingly well together painting and knocked it out in a few hours.

Over the next couple weeks, I made throw pillows. Yes, this took weeks. My sewing machine had some issues. I bought it brand new at a second hand store but sometimes we just don't get along. I ended up hand sewing the last pillow because I just didn't have the patience anymore...surprise, surprise. But I love how they came out.

It took some time but not much money at all. I'm good at finding deals anywhere and everywhere. If you want to redo a room in your house, use stuff you already have. Some of the things in this room were originally in other rooms in my house not getting much attention.

I found some cool wall hangings in the meantime for super cheap. My brother got a me a Groupon for a canvas print for Christmas and I knew I had to get a picture of Hawaii printed. My friend Steve takes some pretty awesome pictures.  My sister got me a hammock chair for a house warming present that we could never find a home for. It is now THE focal point and coolest part of this room.  The straw mat we scored at the flea market last year for $3. Square mirrors were $20 at Walmart.  Luckily, my husband is OCD and lined them up perfectly! Fabric and pillows were the most expensive thing from Jo-Ann's but with a coupon and teacher discount was only about $40 along with a mini water feature. I also bought contact paper to makeover the old ugly bookshelf. So easy and looks so much better! The gold lotus decal I got on Amazon for about $25. The wire statue I made in college and the few other things I had around the house.

I now have a meditation space, workout area and just a pretty awesome room to hang out in.

 

  

Zoe loves the hammock chair too