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Article: Polka dotted paradise: grow up your room with a fresh pop of color, shape and stunning details. And do it all for cheap!
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- Girls' Life
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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When Maddie, 13, decided her room was ready for a grow-it-up makeover, her mom told her she had to stick to a $1,000 budget. Not bad. So Maddie turned to GL's fave designer Lane Oliver, creator and host of the Digs A Go-Go makeover DVD, for fabulous ideas.
Bargain Basement
Lane's favorite trick for updating your bedroom on the cheap? Getting creative by redoing old stuff in a bold new way. To get this polka-dotted party started, Maddie rummaged through her family's basement in search of long-forgotten furniture (freebies!) that could be transformed into something special.
Down under, Maddie found a queen-size mattress and an old metal headboard ...