Re: Bedroom Restoration for Daughter

JocelynB

Queenslander renovation in Brisbane.
Bedroom created for my 15 year old daughter.
Project involved restoring all windows by hand, including reglazing with rose coloured glass, as well as paint, curtains, mirror, shelves.

Steps

Step 1

photo before. This was taken by the real estate, during the sale before I bought the house. Does not show how terrible the walls and windows were, but you can still tell its old.

Step 2

Patched and sanded walls, they were terrible after house had been a rental property for a decade.
Silicon cracked skirting boards and around window and door frames.

Painted;

ceiling - flat white

walls - snowy mountains half

skirting boards and doors - oil enamel white

Step 3

Electrician replaced oyster light with ceiling fan

Step 4

Hung mirror.

Step 5

now the hard part. Windows!

removed all 8 windows and sanded frames and sills. This part took several days.
Bunnings- Ryobi orbital sander and 40 or 60 grit paper

Chiseled out putty and removed glass. There are 40 panes of glass in this bedroom!

Took primed frames to glazier and had new glass cut. I choose Pink Florentine to both restore the charm of the house and give my daughter a beautiful rose hue inside her room.
Puttied all glass into the frames. Installed new matt black hinges.
Installed windows into sills which is pretty hard to do alone FYI. (I would recommend finding help on this step.)

Installed polished brass window hardware.

Step 6

Curtains. Bought off the roll material from Spotlight and hemmed to size. Installed curtain rod at ceiling height to create a feeling of flow and depth.

Step 7

windows when finished

JacobZ

Hi @JocelynB,

A warm welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, it is great to have you with us.

Thank you for sharing the renovations you've done to your daughter's room.

You've created a wonderful haven for your daughter to relax in.

It's wonderful how much natural light will stream through the beautifully restored windows. After the sanding, painting, tinted glass and glazing, you've really created a wonderful feature for this room.

The addition of the handmade curtains and the new fixtures and fittings truly put the cherry on top of a brilliant bedroom.

Congratulations on a wonderful project.

Jacob

Bedroom restoration for daughter