Lounge Makeover

The long awaited lounge makeover is complete! I had so much fun planning and am so grateful that my administration gave me free reign creatively. Having a hubby who is a painter also came in handy 🙂 He was a huge help. My kids were also very helpful. The first thing we did was repaint the lounge. The next day was spent covering the green cabinets with shiplap style covering from Lakeside Collections. After that was complete, it was finally time to decorate the walls. My husband’s cousin cut and assembled the oversized frame above the cabinets. My husband painted it and covered the inside with a shiplap vinyl wallpaper. I turned it into an established sign and added some small flowers. The Smile board was redone using colored burlap. The district news bulletin board was freshened up by adding a fabric background.

The PTA bulletin board was redone using a flower template from Happily Ever Elementary and greenery from Michael’s. The colored burlap was purchased from Hobby Lobby.

There is a tiny room with a phone inside the lounge for making private calls. I didn’t want to spend a lot of time or money on it because I don’t know how many people actually use it. On the other hand, I didn’t want to leave it naked so I added a frame from JoAnn’s with some cute teacher quotes and flowers.

I found the envelopes above the mailboxes on sale at Michael’s and filled them with small white flowers and greenery to match the PTA bulletin board.

My Cricut machine got quite the workout during this project. It made things so much quicker and easier. I couldn’t be happier with the results and hope everyone else is too! Who knows, this could possibly turn into a side hustle? I would love to do this for more schools in our district! Spread the word 😉

Published by Mandy

I am a kindergarten teacher in Las Vegas, NV. I have 2 teenagers and an amazing hubby.