classroom makeover part 2

     I am not gonna lie, I have been up at school a LOT over the past month.  I admit it….I was a little paranoid when it came to moving EVERYTHING out of my old classroom into my new classroom.  I am not a "wait until the last minute" type of person (BIG surprise).  Just when I thought I had gotten all of my things out of my 1st grade classroom, I would go back to do a final "sweep" and I would fill up another entire dolly with more *stuff*.  OMG, I discovered that I have way too much stuff that I had not been using and didn't envision using any time soon, so I put a lot of it out into the hallway to find a new home, which apparently it has since it is no longer there!  I hope that other teachers will find a way to incorporate those things with their students :)
     Anyway, I feel like I am finally at a point where I could take pics of my classroom because I'm about 90% done with it!  I know it seems crazy, but I like taking the beginning of the summer to get my classroom ready for next year and then having the second half of my summer relaxing and not doing anything too much school-related.  I just really don't like being rushed to get everything done in the last 2 weeks of summer!  I am lucky that my school is open during the summer so that I can have the opportunity to work in there when it is convenient for me.
     I decided to do a rockstar theme, but not go too into the theme so that I could reuse a lot of my bulletin boards for next year if I wanted to.  This way I will not have to change everything just because I'm not doing the same theme from year to year.  So, I have a few "theme-y" things up, but for the most part, I just chose patterns and designs that I liked!  Here are the pics of my new 2nd grade classroom!!!

     

     I am really excited about the way everything came together in my room!  Now I just have to get my door and hallway decorations done, along with my calendar bulletin board and I will be ready for kids!  

classroom makeover part 1

     I recently found out that I'm going to be moving from 1st grade to 2nd grade in August and I couldn't be more thrilled!  One of the best {and worst} things about this is that I'm going to a new classroom.  On the upside, I am getting a fresh start in a new room and a chance to make it my own.  On the downside, I have to move all of my junk!!!!!  Luckily, my kids are doing a drama & music camp at our church this week, so I'm getting some time to work in both of my rooms and get some things accomplished.  One of the first things I was bummed about was that I wasn't going to be able to bring my file cabinets that I made over last summer with me.  I had Mod Podged scrapbook paper on the drawers to add a colorful pop to them!  Here is a glimpse of last summer's project:

     I really liked the way they looked, but the Mod Podge was very time-consuming and I just wanted a different look for my new classroom.  SO, off to Pinterest I went and found some *cute* file cabinet makeover ideas.  (Can you not just find anything & everything on Pinterest?!)  Anyway, I still have a looooong way to go on my 2nd grade classroom {...evident in the background of these pics!!!}, but I have tackled one task, which was to redo the file cabinets.  Here is the big reveal, lol!

     I am really happy with the way they turned out :) Crazy how much a little bit of high gloss latex paint and some wall decals will spruce up something boring into something much more….POSH!  All for about $30, too!  I'll be back with more before and after pics soon!