I wonder what they paid for this

[tarheels]

Yall familiar with Phoebe Howard? Big Atlanta designer. Very high end.

How much do you think this simple B&A cost?

www.mrshowardpersonalshopper.com/mrs_howard_personal_shopp/2013/01/before-after-of-the-week-dweck-boys-rooms.html

[peach]

She needs to hire a spell checker.

That room looks great, but it's not a transformation I agree.

[Deleted]

Lol. It is a very cute room. I feel like you girls have been helping me with simple changes like that all week. :-)

[sailorgray]

I LOVE the bed, but I think I could come up with something like that by shopping in my basement. It reminds me of what my boy friends' (not boyfriends...lol) rooms looked like when I was a kid and the character bedding wasn't so popular - simple and whatever the parents had around.

[tarheels]

Heeeyyy, wait a minute. Did yall notice that they put IN W2W carpet? I wonder if it's coming back?

[emoflamingo]

That's really boring.

[ktzmoh]

That poor boy's room looks like a bland hotel room .

[ssmjlm]

I hope not more than $500.

And I think the wood is still there, they just put the world's biggest carpet remnant down probably b/c a boy who is going to put fatheads on the wall probably isn't the cleanest. Then again I wasn't allowed food or drink in my room as a kid.

[thewop]

Jan 9, 2013 0:42:50 GMT -5 ktzmoh said:

That poor boy's room looks like a bland hotel room .

ITA. No personality.

[auntie]

Jan 9, 2013 0:42:50 GMT -5 ktzmoh said:

That poor boy's room looks like a bland hotel room .

This. It looks almost like the boy moved out and took all the personality with him.

It does remind me of the sort of summer camp vibe created from using whatever's on hand for a casual summer place in the woods.

[Deleted]

Why cover up those beautiful hardwoods with carpet? Blech. I don't understand that console table though - seems rather hotel-ish. Hopefully there's a desk somewhere in there.

[Blueper]

I could obtain all of that off of my local Craigslist and ebay for $600.

[Blueper]

Somebody reads YHL

www.mrshowardpersonalshopper.com/mrs_howard_personal_shopp/2012/12/before-after-of-the-week-dweck-breakfast-room.html

[housegeek]

That is way too safe. No character at all.

[patches31709]

How boring. How old is this poor kid?

[TBM]

Jan 9, 2013 10:31:29 GMT -5 patches31709 said:

How boring. How old is this poor kid?

lol. That's what I was wondering.


I guess they expect the fatheads stuff going on the wall to bring the personality and fun to the room.

[ktzmoh]

Jan 9, 2013 9:16:48 GMT -5 Blueper said:

Somebody reads YHL

www.mrshowardpersonalshopper.com/mrs_howard_personal_shopp/2012/12/before-after-of-the-week-dweck-breakfast-room.html

I really love that light fixture, and but oy why the wicker? It looks bizarre in YHL, and it only looks marginally better in this professionally done room. Maybe they should have just spray painted the old upholstered chairs?

[SusanBAnthony]

Jan 9, 2013 10:37:26 GMT -5 ktzmoh said:

Jan 9, 2013 9:16:48 GMT -5 Blueper said:

Somebody reads YHL

www.mrshowardpersonalshopper.com/mrs_howard_personal_shopp/2012/12/before-after-of-the-week-dweck-breakfast-room.html

I really love that light fixture, and but oy why the wicker? It looks bizarre in YHL, and it only looks marginally better in this professionally done room. Maybe they should have just spray painted the old upholstered chairs?

And changing the light, chairs, and putting stuff on the shelves does not seem like "oh wow I hired a professional decorator!" To me.

Anyone know where I can get a boys bed like that, though? I like it.

[tarheels]

Jan 9, 2013 9:16:48 GMT -5 Blueper said:

Somebody reads YHL

www.mrshowardpersonalshopper.com/mrs_howard_personal_shopp/2012/12/before-after-of-the-week-dweck-breakfast-room.html

Lol! You know that book disclaimer, "any resemblance to persons, real or living, is accidental...?" Nobody at Phoebe Howard has heard of YHL, I guarantee it! lol Their website is ages more professional than the blog - I kinda wonder about them not spiffing up the blog. www.phoebehoward.net/home.aspx

[bunnymendelbaum]

That bed looks like an antique one my parents have.

I totally think it is cheating to not show the fatheads on the wall.
It's like doing a closet makeover and only showing an after will half your stuff back in the closet.