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Before This room was painted and had a huge window with navy drapes.  But it contained only a comfortable reading chair  and his sister's little desk. . After  We brought in a bed, mattress and pillows.  The sports themed linens were topped with a new blue striped comforter. We moved in the dresser this boy had been sharing with his sister. We also provided a beautiful, solid wood desk, complete with school supplies and a small waste basket.

Before This boy's bed was fine and had storage drawers but he was old enough to need a thicker mattress. The younger brother needed more than a broken toddler bed.  The dressers the brothers were using had broken and missing drawers. . After  The little brother got a mate's bed and mattress from his sister's room, as well as this small wooden dresser.  We brought another small dresser and placed it in their closet so they both have lots of storage.  We brought a new, thicker

Before This girl's bed was fine but, with her mom's agreement, we moved it to her brother's room along with the small dresser that was a similar shade.  So as well as furniture, the room needed new window coverings and new bedding.  This girl's love of animals was reflected in the pictures she had found to put on her walls and we wanted to respect that.  In all, she would have a nice surprise with a very different look!    . After  We brought in a new bed frame, mattress and

Before This boy shared a room with his mom so his area was in one corner.   He had a box spring and mattress but the bedding and head board were too small to fit the bed.  His dresser was wood and useful but he had to kneel on the bed to open the drawers. . After  We changed the position of the bed, put it onto a metal frame and attached a beautiful wood headboard.  We used  donated paint to delineate his space right up to ceiling height.  We bought new linens to match the p

Before This room belonged to a 5 year old boy.  He slept in the bottom bunk and the top was being used temporarily by a cousin. . After  We painted the room a very pale green shade with fresh, white trim and hung new green and white drapes on a white pole.  His bed got new linens, pillow and a soft comforter.   This mid century teak piece has drawers on the left and a cupboard on the right.  Hanging storage was not needed here, as we had provided lots of hangers for the

Before This boy was moving his double bed to the room next door.  The bed seemed to fill the room, so the challenge was to fit in the other furniture he needed. . After  We painted the room in his favourite colour of blue with white trim and found a lovely wood headboard at our Habitat for Humanity ReStore.  New pillows, blue linens and a blue print comforter complete the bed.  One of our volunteers created the drapery panel and tieback. This vintage roll top desk was a h

Before This girl had a double bed and was to trade rooms with her brother.  We measured carefully because every centimeter would count! . After  Once her new room was painted light pink with white trim,we added a lovely white head board from our favourite ReStore.  We bought white sheers with pink pom pom edges and hung them on a new white pole.  The donated dresser fit perfectly beside the bed.  We purchased pink linens and pillows which complimented the donated floral comf

Before This young girl had been through some challenging times and her room had accumulated many items she neither needed nor used.  She had a good bed and mattress but the bed needed some repair to one of the storage drawers. The closet reflected a lack of order and the bean bag chair was only used to hold random items. . After  With her mom's assistance, we helped this girl sort everything into bins labelled Keep, Toss and Donate.  When the room was cleared, we helped her

Before This teen had a double bed.  He was fine to keep the beige walls but wanted another colour or two to make it different. . After  One of our talented volunteers created this amazing feature wall.  Needless to say it was very much appreciated by the recipient.  The beautiful, slim chest of drawers was donated just in time for this installation.  We hung drapes on a sturdy new pole. We added a headboard, new beige linens and duvet cover.  A volunteer created the toss

Before This young fellow was sleeping on two box springs topped by a mattress that was for his sibling in another room.  He had a dresser but no desk or chair.  The old electrical outlets needed replacing. His bedroom door was broken and and missing its door knob.  The latex paint in this room had been applied over oil based paint without first applying a layer of primer.  The top layer was peeling badly.   After  Our first day in this room was spent peeling, sanding an

Before This little girl had a lovely bed but really needed a new mattress and bedding.  She preferred to sleep with a sibling instead of in her own bed.  The curtain rod was broken and the drapery panel had a hole in it.  The electrical outlets were decades old and one was faulty.  Although the room was painted purple, her favourite colour, the depth of tone made the room seem small.  The trim was a dark colour as well. . After        We used a very strong primer to seal

His room was small and needed construction work, furniture and decorating. Before This boy did not have a bed.  He slept on 2 old mattresses, stacked on top of one another.  His dresser was old and needed work. This room was not a pleasant colour.  It also lacked baseboards, door moldings and a closet door.  Some parts of the ceiling were stained from a plumbing problem upstairs in the homeowner's bathroom. Other parts of the ceiling were either broken or completely miss

This room was in the basement apartment of a small bungalow.  It needed further construction, which the landlord was not willing to complete. Before The closet lacked a shelf and the molding to frame the door.  The door had been taken off by a previous tenant. The baseboards were missing. This girl's dresser had a damaged surface and needed both paint and some drawer pulls. Her bed frame lacked exterior support and moved easily.   The molding was also missing from the door i

Before Five young brothers and sisters slept on the floor in this small room.  There was very little clothing storage.  This space measured only 9'3" x 9'2".  It would need to become a nice room for 3 sisters.   . After  We painted the room a soft pink with grey undertones and freshened the trim with white.   We purchased a sturdy bunk bed with a pull out bed below, so each sister now has her own bed.  New bed linens, pillows, duvets and duvet covers provided comfortable sle

Before This is the second bedroom for the five siblings.  It would need to house brothers, aged 8 and 10, but  was only  7' wide.  Clothes for all 5 of the children were mostly kept here but were not easily accessible.  The space seemed dark and closed in. The children helped their mom to clear the room for painting.  As in the girls' room, this mom gave the floor a good scrub to freshen the space before furniture was brought in. . After  Now these brothers each have their

Before A 5 year old boy was sharing his mattress with his 8 year old sister.  He had a broken bedside table for some of his clothes and the rest were in a plastic bin.  His walls needed paint and his favourite colour was blue. . After  Now his light blue room has a sturdy bed with a new mattress, linens and comforter.  We found Spiderman pillowcases as that is his favourite cartoon character.  We brought a freshly painted school desk and a chair as well as school supplies a

Before . Two brothers, ages 7 and 15 were new to Canada and were sleeping on the floor.  Their room held some random bed pieces and 4 used mattresses. After  Two of their mattresses were undamaged and fit onto a solid pine bunk bed we brought.  They have new linens, duvets and pillows. The room was just wide enough to hold a dresser, a solid wood desk and a bright red chair.  The desk contains appropriate school supplies we provided for each boy.

Before Two sisters had slept on the 2 mattresses shown here.  There were no bed frames and the headboard was too large to be attached. Tragically, the older sister passed away in an accident.  The younger girl did not want to sleep there without her sister. Our job was to create a beautiful space that completely reflected a bright, quiet little girl who loves books and the colour pink. . After  Sometimes things just come together perfectly.  We painted this room a soft pink

Before In a government apartment, two boys aged 12 and 13, shared a very tiny bedroom.  It measured about 9' x 9'. They had beds with drawers underneath, a bedside table and shared a chest of drawers. Their window leaked badly and the room was very cold in winter. In some places when we tried to sand the rough wall, it just crumbled and fell out  This demonstrates years of water damage. Other walls seemed to have never been primed prior to painting.  The paint just came rig

Before Three sisters, ages 9, 11 and 15 had arrived to their first Canadian winter and were sharing 2 used mattresses on the floor of their bedroom.  There was no bedroom furniture. . After  Each of the girls now has her own bed, with a new mattress, pillow, sheet set and duvet.  The single bed has storage both under it and in the headboard.  The solid elm dresser has 6 drawers for the 2 girls who share the bunk bed.  The hutch has closed storage, a shelf for books and a lar