The Family Place

We love remodeling. It could be the two designers that we have in our group. It could just be our preference for strong smelling paint. (Actually, we've learned strong smelling paint is a bad thing.) Either way we love to get our hands on a remodeling project. This weekend we took on The Family Place (TFP) pre-teen room. The room started out as a deep sky blue color with folding tables and small children's school chairs. It was uninviting and drab. We started out with a nice silver paint, but we all agreed that it was not quite what a pre-teen room needed. So, along with the TFP volunteer coordinator, we picked a new bright yellow-orange color called Apple Crisp. With the dark furniture, the new color really popped. It took us the whole weekend to set up the room the way we liked it, but we were all really excited about the finished product. We gave the pre-teens a new (to them) TV and video game player. We gave them a nice new stereo that was donated from a church member. We gave them new storage and updated the storage they had with a fresh coat of paint. We filled the storage with games and art supplies purchased with a donated Target gift card. We gave them a new table and chairs from Ikea, and a rug with saucer chairs to come this week. It all looks awesome. If you didn't get to help on this project, we hope you can join us for the next one. We just need to find a new organization that needs our artistic assistance. Any suggestions?

Before Photos

In progress

The finale