Redo Your Room {a book review}

What a fun book for tween and teen girls! I was excited to share Redo Your Room: 50 Bedroom DIYs You Can Do In a Weekend with my 12-yr-old daughter. She is on a year-long quest to plan out a bedroom redo for her 13th birthday (did I mention that she likes to plan ahead?), so this is a great jump-start for her idea board!

Complied by the editors of Faithgirlz! and Girls' Life magazine, this book is chock-full of creative ways to personalize your space. It begins with getting your room organized and gradually moves into style, walls and windows, closets, and everything in between. (I'm hoping my sweet girl will spend a little extra time on the organizing chapter ;) ).

After getting your space all clutter-free, organized, and furniture in the right spots the remainder of the book focuses on fun projects for each area of your bedroom. My girl has quite a few pages bookmarked already!

The projects featured in this book are generally inexpensive and most use supplies that you probably have around your house. Well, at least if you're a craft junkie like me. Some do require some sewing skills so that might be tricky if you're like me and missed the sewing gene. Lucky for me I have a mom and sister who can help me out in this area. Maybe you do, too :) Most are super simple projects though that anyone could do!

If you've got a daughter in the tween through college ages, this is a great idea book for her space! You can find this book at Amazon or Christianbook.com for an inexpensive price. So grab your copy and get started on some fun weekend projects right away :)

Disclaimer: I was provided this book free of charge from BookLook Bloggers in exchange for my honest

and unbiased opinion. No other compensation was received.

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