Man Cave and Teen Room: An Undersized Urbanite 2014 Update

Finally got some work in on the Imagination House for the Undersized Urbanite contest this weekend.  I had so much fun trying out designs that I love.

Trying to keep the Man Cave masculine was hard.  I kept checking with James!  Basically, everything in there was man-proved by him as something he would have in his own room if he had one.  I knew that I wanted grey walls and wood tones and browns in there....I think I did alright!

 The walls look sort of green here, but they are actually charcoal grey.  The bookcase was stained with a mix of cherry and maple and then coated with satin varnish.  That table is a stand in for right now. I want something classier there.

 This bookcase got sanded and I put a new coat of Martha Stewart Lamp Black gloss paint on it and then camo paper in the back.  I love paper lined bookcases in real life!

 The desk is from a swap with a group of mini friends.  I added the handles- heavy duty staples- and made the keyboard drawer shelf thing.

This barrel table is my first random design for the house.....  I saw this on Pinterest one day and LOVED it.  Thankfully, so did James.  :)

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I am working on a chair, but need to get more solder.  !!! That's exciting, eh?  And I have tiny things to come up with, too.

Both rooms still need to get white trim and crown molding (another first for me...!!)

As for the Teen Room, I knew I wanted all white walls and a grey floor....to balance out the color of the accessories.  Wait until you see the fabrics I have picked out!!!  Those aren't in this post.  :)

 Here is another of my "I Have To Make That in Mini" stumble acrosses.  :)  Randomly showed up in my Pinterest feed, and onto the board it pinned.  Yes.  It's a corner shelf made out of a door.  Awesome, right?

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I'm already loving the set up of this room and the colors found in it.  :)  I have bright colors picked for the bed and curtains.  Fun accessories for the shelves.  A lamp to add above the desk... and some more fun things for the walls.  Maybe this needs to be a tween room.... add some 1D posters?  ha!  I also plan on building a storage bench for at the base of the bed.

Desk was a gift from Cyd at minimodpod.  So glad to be able to use it now!

 And my favorite recreation so far!!!  This light!!  It isn't put into place yet, since I still need to put up the ceiling paper, but it looks.... Awesome.  I love the shadows it casts on the walls.    So pretty.

And, in true Lyssa fashion, there are no pictures of it being made... because I was terrified that it would end up being total sh*t.  :)  Now that I know it works, I will make a new one and share later!

Hope you are enjoying my work on this house so far.  I will be finishing up these two rooms before I move onto the others, as I am waiting on materials.