Pinterest Challenge: B's blue wall reveal - we built a desk and some shelves and made a gallery wall
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It's that time of year again when Young House Love and Bower Power host their quarterly Pinterest challenges. I love these challenges and luckily I was in the middle of a project that fit perfectly when they announced it.
The rules are simple: Pick something from your Pinterest boards and put your own spin on it and show what you made.
Here is my first inspiration from the Matsutake blog:
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Desk
Here is my second inspiration picture from Decor and the Dog. See that leg on the bed. Love that leg. (pfftttt - whistle)
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Bedframe
Here is what dh and I built together two weeks ago using our miter saw and our new Kreg Jig - It was a Christmas present last year from the house
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Here is what the wall looked like before, after I painted it earlier this year.
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And here come all the pictures of the "after".
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In addition to building the desk, I also stained and finished some Ash wooden planks that we mounted with some of IKEA's EKBY BJÄRNUM shelf brackets.
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(proud mama alert) The green and orange derby car took home 3rd place in B's den. B and dh built the blocks they hang from. They hang from a dowel they drilled into the wood.
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B's first portrait. Read more about each piece from his gallery wall here.
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This is a FEJKA plant from IKEA that just happened to fit perfectly into an ENSIDIG vase. I really like that you can see the black pot through the glass. I think it adds to the look.
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B put together that dinosaur last summer. And the Lego vehicle is something he put together a few years ago. The blue boxes I got on sale at IKEA. B put them together last week.
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B's embroidered Mario, which he made last Christmas and it has been the inspiration piece for the room.
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And a view towards the hall way. If you look at the upstairs hall reveal from last week, you can see the same painting although I have since hung it a bit higher when I happened to pass by with a hammer.
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And one more time: the queen bed with trundle that dh and I built, the tufted headboard I re-covered, the cubby I built, the super sized Mario wall art B and I put up together and the IKEA chair I recovered with white faux fur. The curtains I dyed and hemmed and the long green and red pillow I sewed.
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Here is the gallery wall by itself. The lamp is the FORSÅ work lamp from IKEA.
There you have it. B's new desk and floating shelves.
Check back tomorrow for a tutorial on how we built the desk.
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Linking up to Young House Love, Bower Power, Sparkle Meets Pop and Red Bird Blue
Here is what I made in the two other Pinterest challenges that I have participated in so far:
![cow](/images/ArtPage/cow.jpg)
![Chair recovered](/images/DIYPage/Chair-recovered.jpg)
Pastel drawing Chair re-covered
Did you participate in the Pinterest challenge? What did you make? Link up in the comments and I will swing by your blog and check it out.
Also, you can follow me on Bloglovin here. Only if you want to
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IKEA hack: how to build a white desk with a miter saw and a kreg jig
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